Nine eyes Dzi

Ten years ago, a friend showed me this very unique & beautiful nine eyes Dzi to me. I got a shock at that moment, when I hold this Dzi in my hand I can feel some kind of energy going through my body. In my mind how wonderful it would be if I can own [...]

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Heaven Earth Dzi bead 天地天珠

From Wikipedia,
Dzi bead (pronounced “zee”) is a bead stone of mysterious origin worn as part of a necklace and sometimes as a bracelet. In several Asian cultures, including that of Tibet, the bead is considered to provide positive spiritual benefit. These beads are generally prized as protective amulets and are sometimes ground up into a [...]

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Lord Buddha

From Wikipedia,
Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual teacher in the northern region of the Indian subcontinent who founded Buddhism.[1] He is generally seen by Buddhists as the Supreme Buddha (Sammāsambuddha) of our age. The time of his birth and death are uncertain: most early 20th-century historians dated his lifetime as c. 563 [...]

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Cakrasaṃvara 胜乐金刚

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Cakrasaṃvara, Chinese: 胜乐金刚 shènglè jīngāng; Tibetan: Korlo Demchog (Tibetan: འཁོར་ལོ་སྡོམ་པ / བདེ་མཆོག; Wylie: khor lo sdom pa / bde mchog) is a heruka (and known simply as Heruka to Gelugpa Buddhists) and one of the principal iṣṭha-devatā, or meditational deities of the Sarma schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The Cakrasaṃvara sadhana is considered to be of [...]

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Vajrasattva 金剛薩埵

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Vajrasattva (Tibetan: Dorje Sempa, Japanese: Kongōsatta, Chinese: 金剛薩埵 Jīn gāng sà duǒ) is a bodhisattva in the Mahayana and Vajrayana buddhist traditions. Vajrasattva’s name translates to Diamond Mind. In the Japanese Vajrayana school of Buddhism, Shingon, Vajrasattva is the esoteric aspect of the bodhisattva Samantabhadra and is commonly associated with the student practitioner who [...]

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Mahakala 大黒天

From Wikipedia,
Mahakala is a Dharmapala (“protector of dharma“) in Vajrayana Buddhism (Tibetan Buddhism and Japanese Shingon Buddhism).
In Japanese Buddhism, Mahakala (大黒天, Daikokuten?), belongs to the fourth hierarchy of deities (tenbu).
Name
Mahākāla is a Sanskrit bahuvrihi of mahā (“great”) and kāla (“black”). The literal Tibetan translation is “Nagpo Chenpo” (Wylie: gnag po chen po) though, when referring [...]

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Manjusri 文殊師利菩薩

Orange Manjusri

White Manjusri
From Wikipedia,
Manjusri (Ch: 文殊 Wénshū or 文殊師利菩薩 Wénshūshili Púsà; Jp: Monju; Tib: Jampelyang; Nepalese: मंजुश्री Manjushree) is a bodhisattva (emanating enlightened being) in the Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions of Buddhism. Manjusri is the bodhisattva associated with wisdom, doctrine and awareness and in Vajrayana Buddhism is the meditational deity (yidam), who embodies enlightened wisdom. [...]

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Avalokiteśvara 觀世音菩萨

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Avalokiteśvara (Sanskrit: अवलोकितेश्वर , Bengali: অবলোকিতেশ্বর, lit. “Lord who looks down”, Chinese: 觀世音) is a bodhisattva who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas. He is one of the more widely revered bodhisattvas in mainstream Mahayana Buddhism. In China and its sphere of cultural influence, Avalokiteśvara is often depicted in a female form known as [...]

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Padmasambhava 蓮花生上师

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Padmasambhava (Tibetan: པདྨ་འབྱུང་གནས; Wylie: padma ‘byung gnas, Chinese: 蓮華生上師; pinyin: Lian Hua Sheng Shang Shi ) The Lotus Born, is said to have transmitted Tantric Buddhism to Bhutan and Tibet in the 8th century. In those lands he is better known as Guru Rinpoche (“Precious Master”) or Lopon Rinpoche,[1] where followers of the Nyingma school regard [...]

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Tsongkhapa

From Wikipedia,
Tsongkhapa (1357–1419), whose name means “The Man from Onion Valley”, was a famous teacher of Tibetan Buddhism whose activities led to the formation of the Geluk school. He is also known by his ordained name Lobsang Drakpa (blo bzang grags pa) or simply as Je Rinpoche (rje rin po che).
Tsongkhapa heard Buddha’s teachings from [...]

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