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Destroyer of Death Yamantaka: Buffalo-headed Vajrabhairava, supremely wrathful Yidam manifestation of Manjushri, the Buddha of Wisdom

 
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Death itself is conquered by this towering, wrathful deity, Yamantaka. Conquering death, and the cycle of samsaric suffering, is at the very heart of Buddhism. As the “death destroyer” Yamantaka symbolizes this aspiration, and his meditational deity practice is designed to achieve that goal.

No deity is more misunderstood than the buffalo-headed deity Vajrabhairava. Wrathful barely begins to describe Yamantaka. Yet, he is none other than the great Bodhisattva of wisdom, Manjushri, in his most terrible and powerful form. How should we relate to such terrible aspects of Enlightenment? Why is Yamantaka considered a Highest Yoga Practice? In what way can he “destroy death?” We try to answer these questions, and more, in this special feature.

 

Stunning master crafted and painted statue of Yamantaka by Nepal’s Best Statues. (Nepal’s Best Statues Facebook page>>)

“When the tantric wrathful deity is understood and related to skillfully, it has the necessary qualities to be a catalyst of transformation. One deity that embodies the power to transform the destructive, aggressive aspect of the Shadow is Yamantaka. Vajrabhairava, as he is also called is practiced to overcome emotional and karmic obstacles, in particular the violence of anger and hatred.” — The Psychology of Buddhist Tantra, Rob Preece

[See “Different forms of Yamantaka” section below.]


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Arguably the most ferocious of wrathful yidams in Manjushri’s form Solitary Hero Yamantaka with 9 faces, 34 arms, 16 legs treading on gods, men and beasts alike. Detail from a magnificent Tangkha by Ben Christian (Jampay Dorje). (The artist’s website here>>)

 

Shakyamuni as Vajrabhairava, Foe-Destroyer

There are Tantras describing the manifestation of Buddha as  Vajrahairava, the Foe-Destroyer. Foe Destroyer means the opponent of the Maras (representing temptations, attachments, and fear of death.) In some Tantra accounts, it is written that Shakyamuni himself — as he sat under the Bodhi tree enduring the attack of demonic Mara the tempter and Yama (death) — manifested as Vajrabhairava to “terrify and subdue” Mara / Yama. (Yama and Mara are often confounded.) Yamantaka means “death opponent” or opponent of death.

In Sutra, Shakyamuni faced the hoards and temptations of Mara, subduing them mentally, transforming them, and ultimately attaining Enlightenment. In Tantra, this mental process transforms into visualized or manifested forms. Shakyamuni manifested mentally as the Vajra Terrifier (Vajrabhairava) — not only conquering the four Maras (including the fourth: death), thus becoming the Conqueror — but also demonstrating the ultimate Tantra practice. In Tantra, the mental processes go beyond simple meditation and thought — incorporating visualized imagery (deity generation) and sound (mantra) and transformation (yoga.)

“Mara”, meaning the destroyer or tempter” was the demonic ‘evil one’ who attempted to obstruct Buddha’s enlightenment under the bodhi tree… They are also depicted in the form of Brahma (Skandha Mara), Yaksha (Klesha Mara), Yama… Iconographically, the four maras may be depicted as being crushed under the feet of…. Vajrabhairava. In Vajrayana Buddhism, the armies of Mara represent all of the mental and emotional delusions that arise as “demonic enemies or fiends.” [1]

Yamantaka with Manjushri’s head at the crown.

The Four Maras to be overcome

The four Maras to be overcome (according to both Sutra and Tantra) are:

  1. the mara of the aggregates (Skt. skandhamāra; Tib. ཕུང་པོའི་བདུད་, Wyl. phung po’i bdud), which symbolizes our clinging to forms, perceptions, and mental states as ‘real’;
  2. the mara of the destructive emotions (Skt. kleśamāra; Tib. ཉོན་མོངས་ཀྱི་བདུད་, Wyl. nyon mongs kyi bdud), which symbolizes our addiction to habitual patterns of negative emotion;
  3. the mara of the Lord of Death (Skt. mṛtyumāra; Tib. འཆི་བདག་གི་བདུད་, Wyl. ‘chi bdag gi bdud), which symbolizes both death itself, which cuts short our precious human birth, and also our fear of change, impermanence, and death; and
  4. the mara of the sons of the gods (Skt. devaputramāra; Tib. ལྷའི་བུའི་བདུད་, Wyl. lha’i bu’i bdud), which symbolizes our craving for pleasure, convenience, and ‘peace’. [3]

Yamantaka’s “infamous” notoriety

Yamantaka is, perhaps, most famous in the West because of the intricate and elaborate sand mandalas of Yamantaka:

 

Temporary sand mandala of Yamantaka. After endless hours of intricate work, the entire beautiful mandala is swept away to demonstrate impermanence.

야만타카의 임시 모래 만다라입니다.
끝없는 복잡한 작업 후에, 그 아름다운 만다라 전체가 영원함을 보여주기 위해 휩쓸려 간다.

It is said that when President Nixon was considering aid for Tibet, he saw an image of Yamantaka, complete with horns, and judged that the Tibetan people were primitive demon-worshipers. Of course, modern understanding of the symbolism makes it clear that Yamantaka is a wrathful but compassionate Yidam, whose terrible power is turned against the obstacles to our practice, especially anger, hate, and death.

Also, adding to Yamantaka’s “infamous” notoriety — or misunderstood reputation — is the sometimes violent story of the Ra Lotsawa, the “sorcerous”  RaLo who vanquished rival teachers with Vajrabhairava “magic.” [We’ll cover RaLo in an upcoming feature. Suffice it to say, his stories have to be understood in context and are largely metaphorical.]

Despite all of the infamy, Yamantaka is a most profound Highest Yoga practice, as explained by Venerable Zasep Rinpoche: “Yamantaka practice contains every practice you need.” Yamantaka practice in the Gelug tradition incorporates “everything”: Generation and Completion practice, Father and Mother Tantra, Vajrasattva purification practice, Guru Yoga, Protection Wheel, Uncommon Protection Wheel, and even Body Mandala.

“Lama Tsongkhapa said, Yamantaka is the most powerful practice in terms of transforming the mind and purification, ” explained H.E. Zasep Rinpoche during teachings at Nelson B.C. on Yamantaka. “It is a very powerful and important practice in this degeneration age.”

NOTE: Yamantaka practice is a Highest Yoga Tantric practice and REQUIRES initiation to practice as a Yidam.

 

According to some accounts, one of the reasons then-President Richard Nixon denied aid to Tibet was an image of Yamantaka in union with his Wisdom Consort. The horns might have been too much for that era, but equally the “sex” played a role.

리처드 닉슨 당시 대통령이 티베트 지원을 거부한 이유 중 하나는 그의 지혜로운 협력자들과 연합한 야만타카의 이미지였다고 한다. 그 시대에는 뿔이 너무 심했을 수도 있지만, 마찬가지로 "성"이 역할을 했다.

Not only is Yamantaka the most ferocious of the Tibetan meditational deities, everything about him is fierce and almost deliberately “over the top” in scope and scale:

  • His name “Bhairava” means “terrifier.”
  • In his name, Yamantaka, contains the name “Yama”, the Lord of Death — although when combined with “antaka” it actually means the “Destroyer of Death”
  • He is visualized in an underworld, a charnel ground filled with demons, spirits, cannibals — but all of whom he brings under his power
  • He is the “horned” god, and many Westerners see a resemblance to Satan’s horns.
  • He is brimming with invulnerable life-force, symbolized through his potently erect penis. (The erect phallus represents “ever-expanding great bliss” which is necessary to many Higher Yogic practices.)
  • His “shock and awe” imagery is meant to convey unshakable power that cannot be resisted.
  • He has many arms, legs and faces (depending on which form), his arms holding many weapons, ripe with symbolism. The wrathful faces, to a non-practitioner, can appear “demonic.”
  • He stamps on bodies — not as a killer, but as a force that brings all things under his control.
  • He is surrounded by flames — but not hell-flames; these are the flames of wisdom — for he is none other than the Buddha of Wisdom, Manjushri, in his wrathful form.
Yamantaka, among the most wrathful of the wrathful Enlightened deities.야만타카는 가장 분노한 계몽주의 신들 중 하나입니다.

Totality: the faces of compassion, wisdom, and activity

Wrathful barely begins to describe Yamantaka. In his Highest Yoga Tantra form as Solitary Vajrabhairava, he has nine heads (the central one being a “buffalo”), all with three eyes, fangs, and ferocious expressions:

  • The nine faces represent the nine “scriptural categories” — which is explained in commentary to initiates.
  • The two horns represent “the two levels of truth” — relative and ultimate.
  • The thirty-four arms (together with body, speech and mind) represent the thirty-seven limbs of Enlightenment.
  • The sixteen legs represent the sixteen types of emptiness.

In this astonishing form, he has thirty-four hands, each with symbolic weapons, and sixteen legs. He can also appear in union with his consort Vajravetali. He can also appear with two or six-arms. He is normally blue-black, symbolic of many things, among them wrathful activity.

 

The many faces of Wisdom and Compassion: Top right ferocious Yamantaka (two arms), top center Yamantaka with nine heads — Manjushri’s head on top — top right a rarer tantric form, center bottom Orange Manjushri with Wisdom Sword, bottom right center Peaceful Black Manjushri, bottom Right Wrathful Black Manjushri and bottom left, the syllable Hum on a Lotus.

지혜와 연민의 많은 얼굴들: 오른쪽 상단에 흉포한 야만타카(두 팔), 오른쪽 상단에 9개의 머리를 가진 중앙 야만타카(맨주크리의 머리 위), 오른쪽 하단에 지혜의 검을 가진 오렌지 만주시리, 오른쪽 하단에 평화로운 흑만주시리, 왼쪽 하단에 오른쪽 하단에 분노의 흑만주시리, 연꽃 위에 흥얼거림이라는 음절이 있다.

The top head is Manjushri, the Buddha of Wisdom. The middle face, below Manjushri, and above the ferocious buffalo, is the face of red Hayagriva — the ferocious form of Amitabha or Chenrezig Buddhas of Compassion. These many faces describe the completeness of Yamantaka practice: Manjushri for wisdom, Hayagriva for compassion, the wrathful Buffalo head for Activity (Wisdom, Compassion and Activity together represent a total practice). Surrounding these heads are six more faces: red, yellow and green to the right and grey, white and black, to the right — again associated with vast layers of symbolism.

To the uninitiated, seeing his ferocious image for the first time — just imagine, for example, the early Christian missionaries arriving in Tibet and seeing a near-demonic deity in the temples — he seems frightening, the stuff of nightmares. This is, as it should be. Yamantaka (Vajrabhairava in Sanskrit) is meant to be so fearsome that even the demons — whether you view them as metaphorical inner demons or external entities — tuck tail and run. Even Yama bows down (the ancient equivalent of Satan or Hades).

Ultimately, death itself is conquered by this towering, wrathful deity, Yamantaka. Conquering death, and the cycle of samsaric suffering, is at the very heart of Buddhism. As the “death destroyer” Yamantaka symbolizes this aspiration, and his meditational deity practice is designed to achieve that goal.

 

Yamantaka, destroyer of death.

 

Yamantaka — overcoming anger and hatred

Yamantaka’s ultimate mission is “destroyer of death” (see below)— in the same way, for example, Medicine Buddha’s main mission is “healing” — but, as with all manifestations of the Enlightened, Yamantaka embodies all of the qualities of a Buddha. He does, however, have other well-known “specialties.” His practice is famous for overcoming “emotional and karmic obstacles, in particular the violence of anger and hatred.”

Dr. Alexander Berzin explains: “What is it that is going to prevent us from attaining that state of a Buddha? Our own confusion, our own laziness, our own bad temper and anger, our own attachments. This is the real enemy – it’s all these disturbing emotions and negative attitudes in our own minds. So we really need some very, very strong force not to just give in and let ourselves be ruled by this confusion.”

He continues: “We need a combination of compassion – we want to help others – and force and strength that “I’m not going to let all this junk that’s going on in my mind prevent me from being able to help others,” like laziness: “I don’t feel like doing it. I don’t feel like going and helping somebody.” You have to cut through that.”

 

Yamantaka with Manjushri head.

 

Destroying death?

How does Vajrabhairava “destroy” death? By helping us to understand the true nature of reality.

Dr. Alexander Berzin explains why an assertive Yidam, such as Yamantaka, can help us break through: “In order to overcome that confusion and laziness, we need the full understanding of reality – in Buddhist terms, voidness – that things don’t exist in the impossible ways that our minds project. So with understanding, we want to cut through these grosser levels with all the confusion – with a lot of strength – and get down to the subtlest level.

As a Highest Yoga Tantra practice it includes generation and completion stage practices, which are the ultimate meditational practices for helping us see reality as it truly is. The assertive and complex imagery of the “destroyer of death” requires us to really concentrate on the task of “creating” (generating) the visualization. Where softer, gentler meditational deities might allow us to relax and coast, Yamantaka’s sheer ferocious complexity demands full attention. Then, just as we master this awesome and frightening imagery — suddenly, we are guided to deconstruct our hard work, to dissolve away the intensely real visualization.

 

                                                       Yamantaka and consort.야만타카와 부인

 

In what way can this possibly “destroy death”? It has nothing to do with immortality or staying young forever. Destroying death means to understand that we are already Empty of inherent existence, that our egos are a construct. When the ego is stripped away, we are no more than part of the whole — but that, in itself, is an amazing truth and joy. And, that whole that we are a part of, Shunyata, is eternal and timeless. Understanding this concept is a deep and vast topic, not explainable in a book or a simple feature article. This is why we have great teachers to guide us. [For a story on Shunyata, or Emptiness, see>>]

We destroy death, in this case, by deconstructing the ego, the bringer of our pain and suffering. It is the ego’s clinging to pleasure and aversion to pain that causes our suffering. The moment our parents put a label on us (as children) — we became that label. The ego naturally followed. In its extreme form, the narcissistic personality, the ego is everything. In its subtlest form, that of a humble monk who has renounced most of the pleasures of so-called reality, the ego is very unimportant. Compassion for others takes precedence, taking us yet another step towards Enlightenment.

 

                       
                         Yamantaka with 9 heads, 34 arms, 16 legs.9개의 머리, 34개의 팔, 16개의 다리를 가진 야만타카.

 

Highest Yoga Tantra  — understanding Emptiness, overcoming death

Alexander Berzin explains the Highest Yoga Tantra, such as Yamantaka practice, and how it helps us understand Emptiness (Voidness) and, with practice, ultimately overcome death, for the benefit of all beings:

“Now, normally we get down to that subtlest level when we die. During that period of death – what’s called the clear light of death – before the Bardo (the in-between state) and rebirth, we are just experiencing that clear-light level. (Pardon the dualistic way of saying that – that we are experiencing it, as if there’s a separate me. There’s no separate me experiencing it.) In other words, our mental activity during that short period of death is just this subtlest, subtlest level. I think that’s a clearer way of saying it.

“But normally when we experience death, we’re totally unaware of what’s going on – we don’t recognize the potentials and abilities of that subtlest level of mind. We have all these habits of our confusion – all these habits of compulsive behavior based on confusion and disturbing emotions – and because of the momentum of so many lifetimes of being under the influence of these habits, what happens? New rebirth – samsaric rebirth – with another cluster or configuration of these habits being activated and generating the next samsaric life filled with the same types of compulsive behavior and confusion. That’s our ordinary type of death.

“So what we want to do is to be able to overcome that kind of death and instead be able, in our meditation, to get to that subtlest level of mental activity. And we’ve used great force to get down there. But now it’s with a totally calm understanding of reality that we can apply in meditation at this time of clear light in order to be able to get:

  • That clear-light state to have the understanding of voidness or reality
  • The subtlest energy of it to transform and appear in the form of a Buddha.

“If we do this often enough and strongly enough, we’re able to stay like that forever. So this is basically the tantra path of the highest class of tantra.”

Of course, as a Highest Yoga Tantra practice, Yamantaka requires huge dedication and commitment. It comes with practice commitments, Tantric commitments and Guru commitments. It’s not for dabblers. It takes daily practice for years to master — and it always requires a teacher, to answer those tough questions that will inevitably arise.

Always at Yamantaka’s heart, we visualize Manjushri, with his sword of wisdom. A stunning thangka of Lord Manjushri by Jampay Dorje. See our previous story on Jampay Dorje’s work>>

 

The benefits of Vajrabhairava practice

Yamantaka (Vajrabhairava) is treasured in the Gelug tradition because the great sage, Lama Tsongkhapa, himself an emanation of Manjushri, recommended the practice as “most important.”

Yamantaka is treasured, in part, because it’s a “container practice.” You can wrap other practices around Yamantaka practice. For instance, if you invite protectors, you first visualize yourself as Yamantaka. It incorporates Guhyasamaja and Chakrasamvara practices. Yamantaka practice incorporates both Father and Mother tantra. Father tantra is the practice of the “illusory body” and Mother tantra is the practice of “clear light.”

Dr. Alexander Berzin explains: “You remember I said that Vajrabhairava is the container within which you combine Guhyasamaja practices and Chakrasamvara practices in the Gelugpa way of practicing? He has thirty-four arms, right? The second of the five special features is that in two of his hands he holds intestines and a triangular fire stove. This represents two types of practices in Guhyasamaja: illusory body and clear light. So that means that he incorporates the Guhyasamaja type of practices.”

The main feature of Yamantaka practice is “overcoming the obstacles” or “defeating the maras.” How does Yamantaka overcome the four Maras? Dr. Berzin explains:

  • The mara of death: by understanding, with the clear-light mind, emptiness, you come close to experiencing death, without dying. As you understand the illusory nature of reality, and the reason for our suffering, you come closer to escaping samsara.
  • The mara of disturbing emotions: anger to fight anger, wrath to fight wrath, using the psychology of wrathful deities to suppress the mara of disturbing emotions.
  • The mara of aggregates: Once we learn how to transform the clear light of death into the Wisdom of Emptiness, the aggregates of samsara can no longer affect us.
  • The mara of the sons of gods: With the Wisdom of Emptiness we overcome doubt and incorrect views.

 

Yamantaka, the Death Destroyer, arguably the fiercest of all the fierce deities in Buddhism, is a highest yoga tantra practice. Yamantaka helps practitioners with obstacles to practice, and particularly with anger. Yamantaka thangka by Kayla Komito Sacred Art. The Etsy site is here>>]

죽음의 파괴자인 야만타카는 거의 틀림없이 불교에서 가장 사나운 신들 중 하나이며 최고의 요가 탄트라 수행이다. 야만타카는 연습에 장애가 있는 실무자들, 특히 분노로 돕는다. Kayla Komito Sacred Art의 Yamantaka thangka. Etsy 사이트는 여기 >>]

Father-Mother Combined?

Gelek Rimpoche explains: “Yamantaka basically falls into the father tantra category, Heruka/Vajrayogini into the mother tantra. Heruka is known as the ‘jewel tip’. If you have the mandala you put the important jewel on the roof top and the queen of England does so with the crown jewels. In that sense Heruka male and female is the outstanding mother tantra, and likewise, in the Gelugpa tradition, the Guhyasamaja tantra is considered the outstanding father tantra.”

Even though it is considered primarily “Father Tantra”, the symbolism and attributes and practice do incorporate elements of Mother Tantra. Since Yamantaka is the wrathful aspect of Manjushri, this shouldn’t be too surprising. Usually, Highest Yoga practices are either Father practice — emphasizing “illusory body”, compassion and “blissful awareness” — or Mother Tantra — emphasizing “illusory mind” (rather than body) clear light (or brilliance) and wisdom. Heruka Chakrasamvara and Vajrayogini practices, for example, are Mother Tantra primarily; Guhyasamāja is the classic example of Father Tantra. [See symbolism of implements below.]

Yamantaka has elements of both Father and Mother Tantra — although his practice is generally considered Father Tantra — as indicated by the symbolism of their visualized implements: the Khatvanga (Mother Tantra and suggestive of Tummo practice, see below) and Yamantaka specifically carries the triangular stove and intestines, standing for illusion body and Father Tantra practice.

Mother Tantra Khatvanga carried by Vajrayogini has three heads and topped with a Vajra. Yamantaka also carries this Khatvanga.
바즈라요기니가 들고 있는 탄트라 카트방가 수녀는 머리가 세 개이고 위에 바지라가 올려져 있다. 야만타카는 이 하트방가도 가지고 있다.

Gelek Rimpoche: “The method of developing the illusion body. If you look at Yamantaka’s hand implements, out of his thirty-four hands, one is holding the intestines of a human being and another one is holding a stove. He is not going to make a barbecue, but stove and intestines symbolize something … Human intestines is a sign of the illusion body. So showing that, is telling: ‘I also carry the quality of Guhyasamaja – developing the illusion body’. So the second quality is that the Yamantaka practice has the whole complete method of developing the illusion body.”

Illusion body is associated with “Father Tantra” by definition. However, Gelek Rimpoche explains the “Mother Tantra” aspects as well:

“Again, if you look at Yamantaka’s hand implements, you see he carries a khatanga. What is a khatanga? There are different kinds of these sticks they carry around. One is the trident [tib. katvang tse sum], normally known in the west, then there is the one with the single pole, and the mother tantra deities carry a khatanga which has a vajra on the top and then [three] skulls. The khatanga normally is the exclusive sign of the mother tantra, but Yamantaka carries a khatanga, too. That gives you another message: just like the Heruka or Hevajra tantras have a method of developing the psychic heat power [tib. tummo], burning and melting the source of joy from the head, Yamantaka has that too.”

 

Symbolism of Yamantaka

Yamantaka carries many implements, which are the most direct symbols of his practice, benefits and completeness — and it is here we have suggestions of the blend of Father and Mother Tantra. From Gelek Rimpoche’s “Solitary Yamantaka Teachings” the symbolism is defined as:

Right side (his right):

First right hand: skin of an elephant – victory
over narrow-mindedness

Yamantaka, a ferocious emanation of Manjushri, conquered Yama, Lord of Death.만주쉬리의 맹렬한 분출물인 야만타카는 죽음의 신 야마를 정복했다.

“Remaining right hands:
I . curved knife (in front!) – cutting through ignorance
2. dart – piercing conception of subject and object
3. pestle – destroying degenerated mindfulness
4. fish knife – cutting off cyclic existence
5. harpoon – destroying the faults of body, speech, mind
6. ax – cutting imprints of obscurations of sentient beings
7 spear – piercing wrong views
8. arrow – transfixing pain of preconception
9. hook – keeps spirits and demons away
10. skull-headed club – destroying the obstacles of karma
11. Katanga – transforming into nature of great practice too – tummo)
12. rimless wheel – turning the wheel of Dharma
13. five-point vajra – being in the nature of the five wisdoms
14. vajra-hammer – destroying avarice
15. sword – bestowing the eight siddhis
16. hand-drum – invoking the buddhas

“Under the right feet: eight siddhis
1. human – pill
2. buffalo -eye lotion
3. bullock – underground movement
4. donkey – sword
5. camel – flying in space
6. dog – becoming invisible
7. sheep – immortality
8. fox – the destruction of sickness

NOW, the LEFT (his left):

First left hand: skin of an elephant – victory over narrow-mindedness

Remaining left hands
1. skull-cup filled with blood (in front!) restoring degenerated commitments
2. head of Brahma – working with great compassion
3. shield – victory over the 4 maras
4. leg – practitioner proceeding to enlightenment
5. lasso – enveloping the mental continuum with pure wisdom
6. bow – victory over the 3 worlds entrails -possibility of developing illusion body (YT holds method of father tantra)

7. intestine – represents the “illusion body” according to Gelek Rimpoche: “shows that within this practice are included all the teachings from Sangwa dupa which focuses on the illusion body” [1]8. bell – sound of Prajnaparamita
9. hand – performing the four activities
10. cotton shroud – eliminating the veil of obstacles to wisdom
11. man impaled on a stick – directly realizing emptiness by penetrating all things through voidness (YT practice not easy, but forcefully
you get through.)
12. brazier (stove) – possibility of developing clear light (YT practitioners — a quicker chance to develop wisdom) 
13. scalp – mental continuum being filled with compassion
14 threatening mudra – threatening the demons: ‘You should give priority of bestowing Siddhihood on my practitioners’.
15. trident with flags – understanding the emptiness of the three doors as being one entity
16. fan – indicates that all things are like illusions

Under the left feet: eight powers
1. vulture – power of body
2. owl – power of speech
3. crow – power of mind
4. parrot – power of miracles
5. hawk – power of going anywhere
6. kite – power of abode
7. mynah bird – power of wish-fulfillment
8. swan – qualities (be of use for others)

The legend of Yamantaka — a story of anger and death

Yamantaka, a ferocious emanation of Manjushri, conquered Yama, Lord of Death.
만주쉬리의 맹렬한 분출물인 야만타카는 죽음의 신 야마를 정복했다.

만주쉬리의 맹렬한 분출물인 야만타카는 죽음의 신 야마를 정복했다.Legend and myth are the languages of the subconscious, according to various schools of psychology. The legend of Yamantaka is no different. It’s essence, of course, is that Manjushri, the Buddha of Wisdom, took on a form more terrible than Yama himself — Yama being the personification of death — and prevented Yama from decimating Tibet. At that level, the symbolism is clear.

Deeper into the legend you gain a lot more in terms of mysterious symbolism and messaging. The story is told of a monk, a hermit really, who was in his fiftieth year of isolated meditation in a cave in the mountains. Just as he was about to achieve a profound insight, two thieves burst into his cave, with a stolen Water Buffalo. Despite the monk’s pleas to stop — just for a few minutes until he finished his meditation — the thieves beheaded the poor buffalo. Then, out of spite, the two thieves also beheaded the monk.

The monk, who had attained great siddhis, became suddenly very angry and, using his great powers, arose bodily with the head of the bull in place of his own. He killed the two thieves, then — even more furious, now, that his bloodlust had risen — he went on a killing rampage all over Tibet, as Yama, the personification of Death.

Alexander Berzin, from a lecture on Yamantaka, finishes the story: “So the people of Tibet were afraid for their lives, and they prayed to Manjushri to listen to them. And Manjushri transformed himself into Yamantaka, looking very similar to Yama but ten times more powerful and horrible, and Manjushri as Yamantaka then defeated Yama and made him into a protector for Buddhism.

“So what do we learn from this story? It’s very interesting. Don’t just look at these things as little fairy tales to tell children. There’s this whole thing that you get in the study of mythology – to see what are the lessons behind the mythology, and is there a deeper psychological thing that is going on, and so on. You get that in Jungian psychology, for example.

Of course, there’s anger and hate, to be tamed by our practice. Anger and hate arise from ego and clinging. The monk was so attached to his achievement, his anger could not be stopped — except by the wisdom of Manjushri. The Buddha of Wisdom used fierce appearance to fight fierce appearance, manifesting as Yama with a water buffalo bullhead, only many times more ferocious. All to say, in Yamantaka practice, we can overcome anger — and, ultimately, death — by understanding appearances are deceptive, attachment is the root of samsara, and escape lies in Emptiness.

 

Yamantaka YabYum with Wisdom consort. The YabYum represent Father (Yab) Mother (Yum) in union: compassion and wisdom together as one.

Yamantaka YabYum 지혜의 동반자. 야브염은 아버지(야브) 어머니(얌)의 결합을 나타낸다: 연민과 지혜가 하나로 함께 한다.

Different forms of Yamantaka

There are three very popular forms of Yamantaka, all of which have a main “buffalo head” with Manjushri head on top (on the crown) except for Black Yamari and Red Yamari, who have no buffalo head:

  1. Vajrabhairava with 9 heads, 34 arms, 16 legs: this form can appear in any of three mandalas: solitary (single-deity), 49-deity mandala and 13-deity mandala
  2. Vajrabhairava with 6 heads, 6 arms, 6 legs (found in the Kalachakra text).
  3. Vajrabhairava with 4 heads, 8 arms, 4 legs.

Yamantaka himself has many forms, some solitary, some in union with consort, and all requiring empowerment from a lineage teacher:

  • 5-Deity Rakta Yamari (Virupa)
  • 13-Deity Rakta Yamari (Shridhara)
  • 13-Deity Manjushri Krishna Yamari (Rwa Lotsawa)
  • 21-Deity Sanmukha Manjushri Yamari (Rwa Lotsawa)
  • Vajrabhairava w/ 8 Vetalas (“ghouls”) and 32 Ayudhas (ritual objects) (Rwa Lotsawa/Ngor)
  • Vajrabhairava w/ 8 Vetalas and 32 Ayudhas (Mal Lotsawa)
  • 13-Deity Vajrabhairava (Rwa Lotsawa/Tsongkhapa/Gelug)
  • 17-Deity Vajrabhairava  (Kyo Lotsawa)
  • 49-Deity Vajrabhairava (Chang Lodru Sherab Lama; zhang lcog-gru shes-rab bla-ma)
  • Ekantanayaka (Ekavira) Vajrabhairava w/ 32 Ayudhas (Buton)
  • Ekantanayaka (Ekavira) Vajrabhairava (Rwa Lotsawa/Tsongkhapa/Gelug) [Source: Yamantaka.com]

죽음의 파괴자 야만타카: 버팔로 머리의 바지라브하이라바, 지혜의 부처 만주쉬리의 극도로 분노한 이담 표현
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죽음 자체는 이 우뚝 솟고 분노한 신 야만타카에 의해 정복된다. 죽음을 정복하는 것, 그리고 삼사적 고통의 주기는 불교의 핵심이다. "죽음의 파괴자" 야만타카는 이러한 열망을 상징하며, 그의 명상적인 신의 실천은 그 목표를 달성하기 위해 고안되었다.
버팔로 머리의 신 바지라비라바보다 더 오해받는 신은 없다. 분노는 간신히 야만타카를 묘사하기 시작한다. 그러나 그는 다름 아닌 그의 가장 끔찍하고 강력한 모습을 한 위대한 지혜의 보살 만주쉬리이다. 우리는 계몽주의의 그러한 끔찍한 측면들과 어떻게 연관되어야 할까요? 왜 야만타카가 최고의 요가 수행법으로 여겨지나요? 어떤 방식으로 그가 "죽음을 파괴"할 수 있을까요 우리는 이 특별한 기능에서 이러한 질문에 답하고 더 많은 것을 하려고 노력한다.

 

부처 주간 야만타카 조각상, 네팔 최고의 조각상 불교
네팔 최고의 조각상이 제작하고 그린 야만타카의 조각상입니다. (네팔 최고의 조각상 페이스북 페이지 >>)
"탄트릭 분노의 신이 능숙하게 이해되고 관련될 때, 그것은 변화의 촉매가 되기 위해 필요한 자질을 가지고 있다. 그림자의 파괴적이고 공격적인 면을 변화시키는 힘을 구현하는 신은 야만타카이다. Vajrabhairava, 그는 감정적이고 카르믹한 장애물, 특히 분노와 증오의 폭력을 극복하기 위해 연습된다." - 불교 탄트라의 심리학, 롭 프리체

[아래의 "다양한 형태의 야만타카" 섹션을 참조하십시오.]

특별 권한 부여 이벤트 공지
자셉 툴쿠 린포체는 2022년 9월 23일부터 24일까지 야만타카 임파워먼트를 줌온 라이브로 제공할 예정이다.  준비 권한 부여 2022년 9월 23일 금요일과 야만타카 권한 부여 2022년 9월 24일 토요일. 시간: 시작 시간: 오후 3시 30분 *PDT (Nelson B.C. 시간) 참고: 태평양 일광 절약 시간입니다. 질문이 있으시면 gadenwest@gmail.com으로 이메일을 보내 주십시오.

 

부처 주간 야만타카 불교
9개의 얼굴, 34개의 팔, 16개의 다리를 가진 Manjushri의 형태에서 가장 격렬한 분노의 이담들은 거의 틀림없이 사람과 짐승 모두를 밟은 고독한 영웅 Yamantaka이다. 벤 크리스티안(잠페이 도르제)이 그린 웅장한 탕카의 디테일. (아티스트 홈페이지는 이쪽>>)
 

적 파괴자인 바지라브헤라바로서의 석가모니
부처의 모습을 적 파괴자인 바지라하이라바로 묘사하는 탄트라가 있다. Foe Destroyer는 마라스의 상대를 의미한다(유혹, 애착, 죽음에 대한 두려움을 나타낸다 일부 탄트라의 기록에 따르면, 부처님 자신이 마족의 마태자와 야마(죽음)의 공격을 견디며 보디 나무 아래에 앉아 있을 때, 마라/야마를 "공포하고 제압"하기 위해 바지라비라바로 나타났다고 한다. (야마와 마라는 종종 혼동된다) 야만타카는 "죽음의 상대" 또는 죽음의 상대를 의미한다.

수트라에서 석가모니는 마라의 말과 유혹에 직면하여 정신적으로 그들을 제압하고 변형시켜 궁극적으로 깨달음을 얻었다. 탄트라에서 이러한 정신적 과정은 시각화되거나 발현되는 형태로 변화한다. 석가모니는 정신적으로 4대 마라스(네 번째 마라스: 죽음 포함)를 정복했을 뿐만 아니라 궁극적인 탄트라 수행을 보여주는 Vajra forwier (Vajrabhairava)로 나타났다. 탄트라에서 정신적 과정은 단순한 명상과 사고를 넘어 시각화된 이미지(신의 생성)와 소리(만트라)와 변형(요가)을 통합한다

'마라'는 '파괴자' 또는 '침략자'라는 뜻으로 부처님의 깨달음을 보디나무 아래서 방해하려는 악마적 '악인'이었다… 그들은 또한 브라흐마(스칸다마라), 약샤(클레샤마라), 야마(야마)의 형태로 묘사된다… 도상학적으로 네 마리의 마라는 …의 발밑에 깔려 있는 것으로 묘사될 수 있다. 바지락헤이라바. 바라야나 불교에서 마라의 군대는 "악마의 적 또는 악마"로서 발생하는 모든 정신적, 감정적 망상을 나타낸다 [1]
부처 주간 클로즈업 야만타카 36 암 불교
만주쉬리의 머리를 왕관에 쓴 야만타카.
극복해야 할 4대 마라
수트라와 탄트라에 따르면 극복해야 할 네 가지 마라는 다음과 같다:

골재의 마라(Skt. skandhamara; Tib). 형태, 인식, 정신 상태에 매달리는 우리의 모습을 '진짜'로 상징하는 ཕུ. fung po'i bdud);
파괴적인 감정의 마라도 (Skt. kleāamara; Tib). 부정적인 감정의 습관적인 패턴에 대한 중독을 상징하는 Wyl. nyonmongski bdud);
죽음의 신의 마라 (Skt. Mṛtyumara; Tib). 와일, 와일. 'chibdag gibdud)'는 죽음 자체를 상징하며, 이는 우리의 소중한 인간 탄생을 단축시키고 변화, 불변, 죽음에 대한 두려움을 모두 상징한다
신들의 아들들의 마라 (Skt. devaputramara; Tib). 즐거움, 편리함, 그리고 '평화'에 대한 우리의 갈망을 상징하는 Wyl. lha'i bu'ibdud).

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야만타카의 악명
야만타카는 서양에서 가장 유명한데, 그 이유는 야만타카의 복잡하고 정교한 모래 만다라 때문이다:

 

부처 주간 모래 만다라 야만타카 불교
야만타카의 임시 모래 만다라입니다. 끝없는 복잡한 작업 후에, 그 아름다운 만다라 전체가 영원함을 보여주기 위해 휩쓸려 간다.
 

닉슨 대통령은 티베트 지원을 고려할 때 뿔이 달린 야만타카의 모습을 보고 티베트인들이 원시적인 악마 숭배자라고 판단했다고 한다. 물론 상징성에 대한 현대적인 이해는 야만타카가 분노하지만 동정심이 많은 이담이라는 것을 분명하게 한다. 그의 끔찍한 힘은 우리의 실천, 특히 분노, 증오, 죽음의 장애물에 대항한다.

또한, 야만타카의 "불명한" 악명 또는 오해된 명성에 추가되는 것은 바라브하이라바 "마법"으로 경쟁 교사들을 물리친 "마법적인" 라로츠와족의 때때로 폭력적인 이야기입니다 [다음 특집에서는 RaLo를 다룰 예정입니다. 그의 이야기는 문맥으로 이해되어야 하며 대체로 은유적이다.]

모든 불명예에도 불구하고, 야만타카는 가장 심오한 최고 요가 수행법이며, 자셉 린포체에 의해 설명되었다: "야만타카 수행은 당신이 필요로 하는 모든 연습을 포함한다." 겔룩 전통의 야만타카 관습은 "모든 것"을 포함한다: 세대와 완성 연습, 아버지와 어머니 탄트라, 바지라사트바 정화 연습, 구루 요가, 보호 바퀴, 흔치 않은 보호 바퀴, 그리고 심지어 바디 만다라까지.

"라마 송카파는 "야만타카는 마음과 정화를 변화시키는 측면에서 가장 강력한 실천입니다,"라고 H.E. 자셉 린포체가 야만타카의 넬슨 B.C.에서 강의하는 동안 설명했습니다. "그것은 이 퇴화 시대에 매우 강력하고 중요한 관행입니다."
참고: 야만타카 연습은 가장 높은 요가 탄트리 연습이며 이담으로 연습하기 위해서는 시작이 필요하다.

 

부처 주간 야만타카 야붐 불교
리처드 닉슨 당시 대통령이 티베트 지원을 거부한 이유 중 하나는 그의 지혜로운 협력자들과 연합한 야만타카의 이미지였다고 한다. 그 시대에는 뿔이 너무 심했을 수도 있지만, 마찬가지로 "성"이 역할을 했다.
 

야만타카는 티베트의 명상 신들 중에서 가장 흉포할 뿐만 아니라, 그에 대한 모든 것은 격렬하고 범위와 규모 면에서 거의 의도적으로 "오버"된다:

그의 이름 "Bhairava"는 "테러리스트"를 의미합니다
그의 이름인 야만타카에는 '죽음의 파괴자'라는 뜻의 '야마'라는 이름이 들어있다
그는 악마, 영혼, 식인종들로 가득한 납골당인 지하세계에서 상상되지만, 그가 그의 힘으로 데려오는 모든 사람들
그는 "뿔 달린" 신이고, 많은 서양인들은 사탄의 뿔과 닮았다고 생각한다.
그는 강력하게 직립한 그의 음경을 통해 상징되는 불굴의 생명력으로 가득 차 있다. (직립 팔루스는 많은 고등 요가 수행에 필요한 "늘어나는 거대한 행복"을 나타낸다.)
그의 "충격과 경외" 이미지는 저항할 수 없는 흔들림 없는 힘을 전달하기 위한 것이다.
그는 (어떤 형태에 따라) 많은 팔, 다리, 얼굴을 가지고 있으며, 많은 무기를 들고 상징성이 무르익었다. 분노에 찬 얼굴은 비전문가에게 "악마"처럼 보일 수 있다
그는 살인자로서가 아니라 모든 것을 그의 통제하에 두는 힘으로서 몸에 도장을 찍는다.
그는 지옥불이 아니라 불꽃에 둘러싸여 있다. 이것들은 지혜의 불꽃이다. 그는 다름아닌 분노의 형태로 만쥬쉬리 지혜의 부처이기 때문이다.
아름다운 세부 불교의 부처 주간 야만타카
야만타카는 가장 분노한 계몽주의 신들 중 하나입니다.
전체성: 연민, 지혜, 활동의 얼굴
분노는 간신히 야만타카를 묘사하기 시작한다. 그의 가장 높은 요가 탄트라 형식의 고독한 바지라비라바에서, 그는 9개의 머리를 가지고 있으며, 모두 3개의 눈, 송곳니, 그리고 흉포한 표정을 가지고 있다:

9개의 면은 9개의 "스크립트 범주"를 나타낸다.
두 개의 뿔은 상대적인 것과 궁극적인 것인 "두 가지 수준의 진리"를 나타낸다.
34개의 팔(몸, 말, 마음과 함께)은 계몽주의의 37개의 팔다리를 나타낸다.
16개의 다리는 16개의 공허함을 나타낸다.
이 놀라운 형태로, 그는 각각 상징적인 무기를 가진 34개의 손과 16개의 다리를 가지고 있습니다. 그는 또한 그의 배우자 Vajravetali와 연합하여 출연할 수 있다. 그는 또한 두 개나 여섯 개의 팔을 가지고 나타날 수 있다. 그는 보통 푸른색을 띠며, 많은 것들을 상징하며, 그 중에서도 분노에 찬 활동을 한다.

 

부처 주간 부처 주간 만주쉬리 야만타카 검은 만주쉬리 불교의 많은 얼굴들
지혜와 연민의 많은 얼굴들: 오른쪽 상단에 흉포한 야만타카(두 팔), 오른쪽 상단에 9개의 머리를 가진 중앙 야만타카(맨주크리의 머리 위), 오른쪽 하단에 지혜의 검을 가진 오렌지 만주시리, 오른쪽 하단에 평화로운 흑만주시리, 왼쪽 하단에 오른쪽 하단에 분노의 흑만주시리, 연꽃 위에 흥얼거림이라는 음절이 있다.

 

머리 꼭대기는 지혜의 부처인 만주쉬리이다. 가운데 얼굴은 만쥬시리 아래와 사나운 물소 위에 있는 붉은 하야그리바의 얼굴이다. 다음과 같은 많은 면들이 야만타카 연습의 완전성을 설명한다: 지혜를 위한 만주쉬리, 연민을 위한 하야그리바, 분노한 버팔로 활동을 위한 머리(지혜, 연민, 활동은 함께 전체적인 실천을 나타낸다). 이 머리들을 둘러싸고 있는 여섯 개의 얼굴들은 오른쪽으로 빨강, 노랑, 초록, 오른쪽으로 회색, 흰색, 검은색 - 다시 거대한 상징적 층과 연관되어 있다.
초기 기독교 선교사들이 티베트에 도착하여 사원에서 악마에 가까운 신을 본 것을 상상해 보세요. 그의 흉포한 이미지를 처음 보는 사람들에게는 그가 악몽의 대상인 것처럼 보입니다. 이것은, 원래 그래야만 하는 것이다. 야만타카(산스크리트어 Vajrabhairava)는 너무 무시무시해서 여러분이 그들을 은유적인 내면의 악마로 보든 외부의 실체로 보든 간에 심지어 악마들도 꼬리를 물고 달아나도록 의도되었습니다. 심지어 야마도 고개를 숙인다(고대의 사탄 또는 하데스에 해당).

궁극적으로 죽음 자체는 이 우뚝 솟은 분노의 신 야만타카에 의해 정복된다. 죽음을 정복하는 것, 그리고 삼사적 고통의 주기는 불교의 핵심이다. "죽음의 파괴자" 야만타카는 이러한 열망을 상징하며, 그의 명상적인 신의 실천은 그 목표를 달성하기 위해 고안되었다.
 

부처 주간 야만타카 탕카 불교
야만타카, 죽음의 파괴자.
 

야만타카 - 분노와 증오의 극복
야만타카의 궁극적인 사명은 "죽음의 파괴자"(아래 참조)이며, 예를 들어 의학 부처의 주요 임무는 "치유"이다. 하지만 그는 다른 잘 알려진 "특기"를 가지고 있다 그의 연습은 "감정적이고 카르믹한 장애물, 특히 분노와 증오의 폭력"을 극복한 것으로 유명하다

알렉산더 버진 박사는 다음과 같이 설명합니다. "무엇이 우리가 부처의 상태에 도달하는 것을 막을 것인가? 우리 자신의 혼란, 우리 자신의 게으름, 우리 자신의 나쁜 성질과 분노, 우리 자신의 애착. 이것은 진정한 적이다 – 그것은 우리 자신의 마음속에 있는 이 모든 불안한 감정과 부정적인 태도들이다. 따라서 우리는 그저 굴복하지 않고 이러한 혼란에 의해 우리 자신이 지배당하지 않도록 하기 위해 정말로 매우 강력한 힘이 필요합니다."
그는 계속합니다: "우리는 다른 사람들을 돕고자 하는 연민과 힘과 힘의 조합이 필요합니다. "나는 내 마음속에서 일어나는 이 모든 잡동사니들이 내가 다른 사람들을 돕는 것을 방해하지 않도록 할 것입니다." "나는 그것을 하고 싶지 않습니다." 저는 가서 누군가를 돕고 싶지 않아요." 당신은 그것을 잘라내야 합니다."

 

부처 주간 클로즈업 야만타카 36 암 불교
만주쉬리 머리를 가진 야만타카.
 

죽음을 파괴한다고?
바지라비라바는 어떻게 죽음을 "파괴"하나요? 우리가 현실의 본질을 이해할 수 있도록 도와줌으로써.

알렉산더 버진 박사는 야만타카와 같은 단정적인 이담이 우리가 돌파하는 데 도움이 될 수 있는 이유를 설명한다: "그 혼란과 게으름을 극복하기 위해서는, 우리는 우리의 마음이 투영하는 불가능한 방식으로 사물이 존재하지 않는다는 현실에 대한 완전한 이해가 필요하다. 따라서 이해를 통해, 우리는 많은 혼란을 겪으면서 이러한 더 큰 수준을 뚫고 가장 미묘한 수준으로 내려가고자 합니다.
최고 요가 탄트라 연습으로서 그것은 생성과 완성 단계 연습을 포함하는데, 이것은 우리가 현실을 실제로 볼 수 있도록 돕는 궁극적인 명상 연습이다. "죽음의 파괴자"에 대한 단호하고 복잡한 이미지는 우리가 시각화를 "창조"(생성)하는 작업에 진정으로 집중할 것을 요구한다. 부드럽고 온화한 명상 신들이 우리가 휴식을 취하고 해안을 걸을 수 있게 해주는 반면, 야만타카의 순수한 흉포한 복잡성은 충분한 주의를 요구한다. 그리고 나서, 우리가 이 놀랍고 무서운 이미지를 마스터하는 것처럼, 갑자기, 우리는 매우 실제적인 시각화를 녹이기 위해 우리의 노력을 해체하도록 안내됩니다.

 

부처 주간 야만타카 비트맵 불교
야만타카와 부인.
 

이것이 어떤 방식으로 "죽음을 파괴"할 수 있을까요? 그것은 불멸이나 영원히 젊음을 유지하는 것과는 아무 상관이 없다. 죽음을 파괴한다는 것은 우리가 이미 내재된 존재의 공허함, 우리의 자아가 하나의 구성물이라는 것을 이해하는 것을 의미한다. 자아가 벗겨질 때, 우리는 전체의 일부에 지나지 않지만, 그것 자체가 놀라운 진실이고 기쁨이다. 그리고, 우리가 속한 모든 것, 슈냐타는 영원하고 영원하다. 이 개념을 이해하는 것은 책이나 간단한 특집 기사로는 설명할 수 없는 깊고 방대한 주제이다. 이것이 우리가 우리를 안내해줄 훌륭한 선생님들이 있는 이유입니다. [슈냐타, 또는 공허함에 대한 이야기는 >> 참조]

우리는 이 경우에, 우리의 고통과 고통을 가져오는 자아를 분해함으로써 죽음을 파괴합니다. 우리의 고통을 유발하는 것은 쾌락에 집착하고 고통에 대한 혐오이다. 부모님이 우리에게 (어린 시절) 꼬리표를 붙이는 순간, 우리는 그 꼬리표가 되었습니다. 자아가 자연스럽게 따라왔다.

 

극단적인 형태, 자아도취적인 성격, 자아가 모든 것입니다. 가장 미묘한 형태에서, 소위 현실의 쾌락의 대부분을 포기한 겸손한 수도승의 그것은 자아는 매우 중요하지 않다. 다른 사람에 대한 연민이 우선하며 계몽주의로 한 걸음 더 나아갑니다.

 

부처 주간 야만타카 2007 불교
9개의 머리, 34개의 팔, 16개의 다리를 가진 야만타카.
 

최고의 요가 탄트라 — 공허함을 이해하고 죽음을 극복한다
알렉산드르 베르진은 야만타카 연습과 같은 최고 요가 탄트라를 설명하며, 그것이 공허함을 이해하고 연습을 통해 궁극적으로 죽음을 극복하는 데 어떻게 도움이 되는지 설명한다:

부처 주간 야만타카 풀 사카 비트맵 불교

"이제, 보통 우리는 죽을 때 가장 미묘한 수준까지 내려갑니다. 죽음의 그 기간, 즉 죽음의 맑은 빛이라고 불리는 것이 바르도(중간 상태)와 부활 이전에 우리는 단지 그 맑은 빛의 수준을 경험하고 있을 뿐입니다. (이원론적인 방식으로 말하자면, 우리는 마치 별개의 내가 있는 것처럼 그것을 경험하고 있습니다.). 그것을 경험하는 나는 따로 없다.) 다시 말해서, 그 짧은 죽음 기간 동안의 우리의 정신 활동은 단지 이 미묘하고 미묘한 수준일 뿐이다. 나는 그것이 더 명확한 표현이라고 생각한다.

"하지만 보통 우리가 죽음을 경험할 때, 우리는 무슨 일이 일어나고 있는지 완전히 알지 못합니다. 우리는 그 미묘한 수준의 마음의 잠재력과 능력을 인식하지 못합니다. 우리는 혼란과 불안한 감정에 기초한 강박적인 행동의 모든 습관을 가지고 있으며, 이러한 습관의 영향을 받는 매우 많은 일생 동안의 추진력 때문에, 무슨 일이 일어날까요? 새로운 재탄생 – 삼사릭 재탄생 – 이러한 습관의 또 다른 클러스터 또는 구성이 활성화되고 다음 삼사릭 생활이 동일한 유형의 강박적 행동과 혼란으로 가득 차게 됩니다. 그건 우리의 평범한 죽음의 유형입니다.

"그래서 우리가 하고 싶은 것은 그런 종류의 죽음을 극복하고 대신 우리의 명상 속에서 그 미묘한 수준의 정신 활동에 도달할 수 있는 것입니다. 그리고 우리는 그 아래로 내려가기 위해 엄청난 힘을 사용했습니다. 하지만 이제는 현실에 대한 완전히 침착한 이해로 우리가 다음을 얻기 위해 이 밝은 시간에 명상에 적용할 수 있습니다:

공허함이나 현실을 이해하기 위한 그 맑은 빛 상태
부처의 형태로 변형되어 나타나는 그것의 가장 미묘한 에너지.
"만약 우리가 이것을 충분히 자주 그리고 강하게 한다면, 우리는 영원히 그렇게 지낼 수 있을 것이다. 그래서 이것은 기본적으로 최고 등급의 탄트라의 탄트라 경로입니다."

물론, Highest Yoga Tantra 연습으로서, Yamantaka는 엄청난 헌신과 헌신을 필요로 한다. 연습 약속, 탄트릭 약속, 구루 약속과 함께 제공됩니다. 이건 술래들을 위한 게 아니야. 숙달하는 데는 수년간 매일 연습이 필요합니다. 그리고 필연적으로 발생할 수 있는 어려운 질문에 답하기 위해서는 항상 선생님이 필요합니다.

부처 주간지 만주쉬릴 불교
항상 야만타카의 심장에, 우리는 그의 지혜의 검으로 만주쉬리를 상상한다. Jampay Dorje의 Manjushri 경의 놀라운 땡카입니다. Jampay Dorje의 작품에 대한 이전 이야기 보기>>
 

Vajrabhairava 연습의 이점
야만타카(바즈라브하이라바)는 겔룩 전통에서 중요하게 여겨지는데, 그 이유는 만주시리의 배출물인 라마 송카파가 이 관습을 "가장 중요한" 것으로 추천했기 때문이다

야만타카는 부분적으로 "용기 연습"이기 때문에 귀중하다 야만타카 연습을 중심으로 다른 연습을 마무리할 수 있습니다. 예를 들어, 보호자를 초대하는 경우 먼저 자신을 야만타카로 시각화합니다. 그것은 구히아사마자와 차크라삼바라의 관습을 통합한다. 야만타카 관행은 아버지와 어머니 탄트라를 모두 포함한다. 탄트라 신부는 '착시체'의 실천이고, 탄트라 신부는 '맑은 빛'의 실천이다

알렉산더 버진 박사는 이렇게 설명합니다. "바즈라비에라바는 겔룩파의 연습 방식으로 구히아사마자 연습과 차크라삼바라 연습을 결합하는 용기라고 제가 말했던 것을 기억하시나요? 그는 34개의 팔을 가지고 있죠, 그렇죠? 다섯 가지 특별한 특징 중 두 번째는 그가 두 손으로 창자와 삼각형 난로를 들고 있다는 것이다. 이것은 구히아사마자의 두 가지 관습인 환상적인 몸과 맑은 빛을 나타낸다. 그래서 그것은 그가 구히아사마자 유형의 관행을 통합한다는 것을 의미합니다."
야만타카 연습의 주요 특징은 "장애물을 극복" 또는 "마라를 물리치는 것"이다 야만타카는 네 마리의 마라를 어떻게 극복하나요? 버진 박사는 이렇게 설명합니다:

죽음의 마라도: 이해함으로써, 맑은 마음, 공허함으로, 죽지 않고 죽음을 경험하는 것에 가까워집니다. 현실의 환상적인 본성과 우리의 고통의 이유를 이해하면서, 여러분은 삼사라 탈출에 더 가까워집니다.
불안한 감정의 마라: 분노와 싸우기 위한 분노, 분노와 싸우기 위한 분노, 불안한 감정의 마라를 억제하기 위해 분노한 신들의 심리를 사용한다.

 

집계의 마라: 일단 우리가 죽음의 맑은 빛을 공허의 지혜로 바꾸는 법을 알게 되면, 삼사라의 집합체는 더 이상 우리에게 영향을 미칠 수 없다.
신들의 아들들의 마라: 공허의 지혜로 우리는 의심과 잘못된 견해를 극복한다.
 

부처 주간 야만타카 겔룩파 아름다운 불교
죽음의 파괴자인 야만타카는 거의 틀림없이 불교에서 가장 사나운 신들 중 하나이며 최고의 요가 탄트라 수행이다. 야만타카는 연습에 장애가 있는 실무자들, 특히 분노로 돕는다. Kayla Komito Sacred Art의 Yamantaka thangka. Etsy 사이트는 여기 >>]
 

아버지와 어머니의 결합?
겔렉 림포체는 다음과 같이 설명한다: "야만타카는 기본적으로 아버지 탄트라 범주, 헤루카/바랴요기니는 어머니 탄트라 범주에 속한다. 헤루카는 '보석 팁'으로 알려져 있다. 만약 당신이 만다라를 가지고 있다면 당신은 중요한 보석을 지붕 꼭대기에 놓고 영국의 여왕은 왕관 보석으로 그렇게 한다. 그런 점에서 헤루카 남녀는 뛰어난 어머니 탄트라이고, 겔룩파 전통에서도 마찬가지로 구히아사마자 탄트라는 뛰어난 아버지 탄트라로 여겨진다."

비록 그것이 주로 "탄트라 신부"로 여겨지지만, 상징성과 속성 그리고 실천은 탄트라 수녀의 요소들을 포함한다. 야만타카는 만주쉬리의 분노의 일면이기 때문에, 이것은 그리 놀라운 일이 아닐 것이다. 일반적으로, 가장 높은 요가 수행은 "착각적인 몸", 동정심과 "축복적인 인식"을 강조하는 아버지 수행 또는 "신체보다 환상적인 마음", 맑은 빛(또는 명석함)과 지혜를 강조하는 어머니 탄트라 수행이다. 예를 들어, 헤루카 차크라삼바라와 바랴요기니의 실천은 주로 탄트라 수녀이며, 구히아사마자는 탄트라 신부의 고전적인 예이다. [아래 도구의 상징성을 참조하십시오.]

야만타카는 아버지와 어머니 탄트라의 요소를 모두 가지고 있는데, 그의 행위는 일반적으로 탄트라 신부로 간주되지만, 시각화된 도구의 상징성에서 알 수 있듯이, 카트방가(마더 탄트라와 투모의 행위를 암시한다.)와 야만타카는 환상을 상징하는 삼각형 난로와 창자를 구체적으로 운반한다 몸과 탄트라 신부의 연습.

Vajrayogini Khatvanta 어미 탄트라 세 개의 두개골과 바지라 상의
바즈라요기니가 들고 있는 탄트라 카트방가 수녀는 머리가 세 개이고 위에 바지라가 올려져 있다. 야만타카는 이 하트방가도 가지고 있다.
겔렉 림포체 : "착시체를 발달시키는 방법. 야만타카의 손 기구를 보면, 그의 34개의 손 중에서 한 손은 사람의 창자를 잡고 있고 다른 한 손은 난로를 들고 있다. 그는 바비큐를 만들지 않을 것이지만, 난로와 창자는 무언가를 상징한다… 인간의 창자는 환상의 몸의 표시이다. 그래서 그것을 보여주는 것은 '나는 또한 구히아사마자의 자질을 가지고 있다 – 환상의 몸을 개발한다'고 말하는 것이다. 그래서 두 번째 자질은 야만타카 연습이 환상체를 개발하는 완전한 방법을 가지고 있다는 것이다."
착시체는 정의상 "탄트라 신부"와 관련이 있다. 그러나 겔렉 림포체는 "마더 탄트라"의 측면도 설명한다:

"다시 말하지만, 야만타카의 손 도구를 보면, 그가 하탕가를 들고 다니는 것을 볼 수 있다. 하탕가란 무엇인가? 그들이 가지고 다니는 막대기에는 다른 종류가 있다. 하나는 삼지창이다. 카방체섬(Katvangtse sum)은 일반적으로 서양에서 알려져 있고, 그 다음에 단극을 가진 것이 있고, 어머니 탄트라 신들은 꼭대기에 바지라가 있고 그 다음에 세 개의 두개골이 있는 카탕가를 가지고 있다. 일반적으로 하탕가는 어미 탄트라의 배타적인 기호이지만, 야만타카는 하탕가도 가지고 다닌다. 이것은 여러분에게 또 다른 메시지를 줍니다: 마치 헤루카나 헤바자라 탄트라가 심령적 열력을 개발하는 방법을 가지고 있는 것처럼. Tummo), 머리에서 기쁨의 원천을 태우고 녹이는 것, 야만타카도 그것을 가지고 있다."

 

야만타카의 상징
야만타카는 그의 실천, 이익, 완성도의 가장 직접적인 상징인 많은 도구를 가지고 있으며, 여기서 우리는 아버지와 어머니 탄트라의 혼합에 대한 제안을 한다. 겔렉 림포체의 《고독한 야만타카 가르침》에서 상징은 다음과 같이 정의된다:

오른쪽(오른쪽):
"첫 번째 오른손: 코끼리의 피부 – 승리
지나치게 편협한

부처 주간 야만타카 맹렬한 불교
만주쉬리의 맹렬한 분출물인 야만타카는 죽음의 신 야마를 정복했다.
"오른손 남은 오른손:
I. 커브드 나이프 (앞에!) – 무지를 가르며
2. 다트 – 주제와 대상에 대한 날카로운 개념
3. 절굿공이 – 퇴화된 마음챙김을 파괴한다
4. 생선칼 – 주기적인 존재를 차단한다
5. 작살 – 신체, 언어, 정신의 결함을 파괴한다
6. ax – 지각 있는 존재의 가려진 자국을 자릅니다
7 창 – 잘못된 전망을 꿰뚫어보기
8. 화살 – 선입견의 고통을 이식합니다
9. 후크 – 영혼과 악마를 멀리하라
10. 해골 머리 클럽 – 업보의 장애물을 파괴하다
11. 카탕가 – 훌륭한 관행의 자연으로 변신하기 – 투모)
12. 무테 바퀴 – 달마의 바퀴 돌리기
13. 5가지 바즈라 – 5가지 지혜의 본질에 있음
14. vajra-hammer – 탐욕 파괴

칼 – 팔괘를 바치다
16. 손으로 그림을 그리다 – 부처님을 불러내다

"오른발 아래: 여덟 개의 idhis
1. 인간 – 알약
2. 버팔로 아이 로션
3. 불록 – 지하 운동
4. 당나귀 – 검
5. 낙타 – 우주를 날다
6. 개 – 보이지 않게 됨
7. 양 – 불멸
8. 여우 – 질병의 파괴

자, 왼쪽(왼쪽):
첫 번째 왼손: 코끼리의 피부 – 편협함에 대한 승리

남은 왼손
1. 피가 가득 담긴 해골 컵(앞에!) 퇴화된 약속을 복원합니다
2. 브라흐마의 우두머리 – 큰 동정심을 가지고 일함
3. 방패 – 4 마라에 대한 승리
4. 레그 – 계몽을 진행하는 실무자
5. 라소 – 순수한 지혜로 정신적 연속체를 감싸는 것
6. 활 – 3세계 창자에 대한 승리 - 착시체 발달 가능성 (YT는 아버지 탄트라의 방법을 보유하고 있다)

7. 장 – 겔렉 림포체에 따르면 "환상의 몸"을 나타낸다: "이 연습 안에 환상의 몸에 초점을 맞춘 상와두파의 모든 가르침이 포함되어 있음을 보여준다." [1]8. 벨 – 프라하파라미타의 소리
9. 손 – 네 가지 활동 수행
10. 면 장막 – 지혜의 장애물의 베일 제거
11. 막대기에 찔린 남자 – 공허함을 통해 모든 것을 꿰뚫음으로써 공허함을 직접적으로 깨닫는다 (YT 연습은 쉽지 않지만 강력하게)
당신은 통과합니다.)
12. 화로(스토브) – 투명한 빛을 개발할 수 있는 가능성 (YT 실무자 - 지혜를 개발할 수 있는 더 빠른 기회) 
13. 두피 – 동정심으로 가득 찬 정신적 연속체
14 위협적인 무드라 – 악마들을 위협하는 것: '너는 내 수행자들에게 싯디후드를 주는 것을 우선시해야 한다.'
15. 깃발이 달린 삼지창 – 세 개의 문이 비어 있는 것을 하나의 실체로 이해한다
16. 팬 – 모든 것이 환상과 같다는 것을 나타냅니다

왼발 아래: 여덟 개의 힘
1. 독수리 – 신체의 힘
2. 올빼미 – 언론의 힘
3. 까마귀 – 정신력
4. 앵무새 – 기적의 힘
5. 매 – 어디든 갈 수 있는 힘
6. 연 – 거주지의 힘
7. 구관조 – 소원 성취의 힘
8. 백조 – 품질(다른 사람에게 유용함)

야만타카의 전설 - 분노와 죽음의 이야기
부처 주간 야만타카 맹렬한 불교
만주쉬리의 맹렬한 분출물인 야만타카는 죽음의 신 야마를 정복했다.
다양한 심리학 학파에 따르면, 전설과 신화는 잠재의식의 언어이다. 야만타카의 전설도 다르지 않다. 물론 그것의 본질은 지혜의 부처인 만주쉬리가 야마 자신보다 더 끔찍한 형태를 취했다는 것이다 - 야마는 죽음의 화신이다 - 그리고 야마가 티벳을 소멸시키지 못하게 했다. 그런 차원에서 상징성은 분명하다.

전설 속으로 들어가면 신비한 상징성과 메시지 측면에서 훨씬 더 많은 것을 얻을 수 있다. 그 이야기는 정말 은둔자인 승려에 대한 것인데, 그는 산 속의 동굴에서 50년째 고립된 명상을 하고 있었다. 그가 심오한 통찰력을 얻으려 할 때, 두 명의 도둑이 훔친 물소와 함께 그의 동굴로 뛰어들었다. 스님이 명상을 마칠 때까지 몇 분 동안만 멈추라고 간청했음에도 불구하고, 도둑들은 불쌍한 버팔로를 참수했습니다. 그러자 두 도둑도 앙심을 품고 스님을 참수했다.

큰 싯디를 달성한 수도사는 갑자기 매우 화가 났고, 그의 큰 힘을 사용하여, 자신의 황소의 머리를 대신하여 몸을 일으켰다. 그는 두 명의 도둑을 죽였고, 그 다음에는, 그의 피의 욕망이 높아졌기 때문에, 그는 죽음의 화신인 야마처럼 티벳 전역에서 살인을 자행했다.

알렉산드르 베르진은 야만타카에 대한 강연에서 "그래서 티베트 사람들은 그들의 목숨을 두려워했고, 그들의 말을 듣기 위해 만주쉬리에게 기도했다. 그리고 만주쉬리는 야마와 매우 비슷하게 생겼지만 열 배나 더 강력하고 끔찍했던 야만타카로 변신했고, 이후 야만타카로서의 만주쉬리는 야마를 물리치고 불교의 수호자로 만들었다.

"그럼 우리는 이 이야기에서 무엇을 배울 수 있을까요? 그것은 매우 흥미롭다. 이런 것들을 아이들에게 들려줄 작은 동화로만 보지 마세요. 신화에 대한 연구에서 얻을 수 있는 모든 것들이 있습니다. 신화 뒤에 숨겨진 교훈이 무엇인지, 그리고 더 깊은 심리학적인 것들이 진행되고 있는지 등등. 예를 들어, 융기학자들의 심리학에서 알 수 있습니다.
물론, 분노와 증오가 있습니다. 우리의 연습에 길들여져야 합니다. 분노와 증오는 자아와 집착에서 비롯된다. 그 수도사는 그의 업적에 너무 애착을 가졌기 때문에, 만주쉬리의 지혜 이외에는 그의 분노를 멈출 수 없었다. 지혜의 부처는 사나운 용모로 사나운 용모와 싸웠으며, 물소머리를 가진 야마로 나타나 불과 몇 배의 흉포함을 보였다. 모두 말하자면, 야만타카 실천에서, 우리는 외모가 기만적이고 애착이 삼사라의 뿌리이며 공허함에 있는 거짓말을 탈출하는 것을 이해함으로써 분노를 극복할 수 있고, 궁극적으로 죽음을 극복할 수 있다.

 

부처님과 함께하는 부처님 주간 야만타카
Yamantaka YabYum과 지혜의 동반자. 야브염은 아버지(야브) 어머니(얌)의 결합을 나타낸다: 연민과 지혜가 하나로 함께 한다.

 

다른 형태의 야만타카
야만타카에는 세 가지 매우 인기 있는 형태가 있는데, 물소 머리가 없는 블랙 야마리와 레드 야마리를 제외하고는 모두 맨주시리 머리가 꼭대기에 있는 주요 버팔로 머리를 가지고 있다:

9개의 머리, 34개의 팔, 16개의 다리를 가진 Vajrabhairava: 이 형태는 3개의 만다라 중 어느 것에나 나타날 수 있다: 단독(단일 신), 49 신 만다라, 13 신 만다라
6개의 머리, 6개의 팔, 6개의 다리를 가진 Vajrabhairava (칼라차크라 본문에서 발견됨).
머리 4개, 팔 8개, 다리 4개를 가진 바지라비헤라바.
야만타카 자신은 많은 형태를 가지고 있으며, 일부는 혼자, 일부는 배우자와 결합하고 있으며, 모두 혈통 교사의 권한을 요구한다:

5-Deity Rakta Yamari(비루파)
13-Deity Rakta Yamari(슈리다라)
13-Deity 만주쉬리 크리슈나 야마리(르와 로츠와)
21-데이트 산무카 만주쉬리 야마리(르와 로츠와)
8개의 베탈라("귀신")와 32개의 아유다(예물)(Rwa Lotsawa/Ngor)가 있는 Vajrabhairavaw
8개의 Vetalas와 32개의 아유다(Mal Lotsawa)가 있는 Vajrabhairaw
13-데이트 바지라비라바(르와로자와/송카파/젤루그)
17-Deity Vajrabhairava(교 로츠와)
49-Deity Vajrabhairava (창 로드루 쉐라브 라마; 장독그뤼쉬랍블라마)
에칸타나야카(에카비라) 바지라비라바와 32 아유다스(부톤)
에칸타나야카(에카비라) 바지라비라바(르와 로자와/송카파/젤루그) [출처: Yamantaka.com]

 

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