Tibetan Buddhist practices

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thumb|The ancient Dharmachakra symbol used by Emperor Ashoka.

right|thumb|upright=1.15|Tibetan board carving of the ḍākinī Vajrayogini

thumb|Makara as the Vahana (vehicle) of the goddess Ganga Makara () is a legendary sea-creature in Hindu mythology. In Hindu astrology, Makara is equivalent to the Zodiac sign Capricorn.

thumb|upright=1.2|A white Tibetan script|Tibetan letter A inside a rainbow thigle is a common symbol of Dzogchen. The Sanskrit letter A is also a common symbol for non-arising in Mahayana Buddhism.

Tibetan religious item

religious concept in Buddhism

Mahākāla (, ) is a deity common to Hinduism and Buddhism.

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traditional Buddhist dance

devotional tool in Buddhism

thumb|A Kālacakra Mandala with the deities Kalachakra and Vishvamata

thumb|270px|Seal design with the word Mahāmudrā ("great seal") in Mongolian 'Phags-pa script

Tibetan funeral practice

thumb|Yamantaka is the "destroyer of death" deity in Vajrayana Buddhism, above riding a water buffalo.|320x320pxYamāntaka or Vajrabhairava is the "destroyer of death" deity of Vajrayana Buddhism. Sometimes he is conceptualized as "conqueror of the lord of death". Of the several deities in the Buddhist pantheon named Yamāntaka, the most well known belongs to the Anuttarayoga class of tantra of deities popular within the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.

celestial realm or pure abode of a buddha or bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism

female Tibetan Buddhist deity

mythical creature

right|thumb|300px|Hevajra and Nairātmyā, surrounded by a retinue of eight ḍākinīs. Marpa Lotsawa|Marpa transmission. Hevajra (Tibetan: ཀྱེའི་རྡོ་རྗེ་ kye'i rdo rje / kye rdo rje; Chinese: 喜金剛 Xǐ jīngāng / 呼金剛 Hū jīngāng;) is one of the main yidams (enlightened beings) in Tantric, or Vajrayana Buddhism. Hevajra's consort is Nairātmyā (Tibetan: བདག་མེད་མ་ bdag med ma).

Tantric Buddhist scripture

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set of advanced Tibetan Buddhist practices

ritual gesture, practice in Buddhism

thumb|upright=1.2|Chöd practitioners at Boudhanath stupa

Phowa (, ) is a tantric practice found in both Hinduism and Buddhism. It may be described as "transference of consciousness at the time of death", "mindstream transference", "the practice of conscious dying", or "enlightenment without meditation" (). In Tibetan Buddhism phowa is one of the Six yogas of Naropa and also appears in many other lineages and systems of teaching.

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Level of realization within Tibetan Buddhism

Buddhist mantra

In Tibetan Buddhism, Ngöndro (, ) refers to the preliminary, preparatory or foundational practices or disciplines (Sanskrit: sādhanā) common to all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism and also to Bon. They precede deity yoga.

Tibetan Buddhist tradition involving the creation and destruction of mandalas made from coloured sand

thumb|280px|Tibetan letter "A" inside a thigle. The A, which corresponds to the sound ‘ahh’, represents kadag while the thigle represents lhun grub.

Jambhala, also known as Dzambhala, Dzambala, Zambala or Jambala, is the Buddhist deity of fortune and wealth and a member of the Jewel Family . He is sometimes equated with the Hindu deity Kubera. Jambhala is also believed to be an emanation of Avalokitesvara or Chenrezig, the Bodhisattva of Compassion. There are five different wealth Jambhalas; each has his own practice and mantra to help eliminate poverty and create financial stability.

Tibetan meditation practice

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Lojong (, 'mind training') is a contemplative practice in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition which makes use of various lists of aphorisms or slogans which are used for contemplative practice. The practice involves refining and purifying one's motivations and attitudes. There are various sets of lojong aphorisms; the most widespread text in the Sarma traditions is that of Chekawa Yeshe Dorje (12th century). There is also another set of eight lojong slogans by Langri Tangpa. In the Nyingma tradition, there is a list of seven lojong slogans which are part of the Dzogchen Nyingthig lineage.

lamps traditionally burning clarified yak butter

thumb|right|Ekajati, also known as Blue Tara or Ugra Tara, is one of the fierce goddesses in the Vajrayana Buddhist tradition.

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thumb|300px|Tibetan painting depicting Indian Buddhist Mahasiddha|Mahasiddhas and yoginis practicing karmamudrā

Tibetan Buddhism advanced practice

Vajrayana practice involving visualization of mental images of a deity

Anuyoga (Devanagari: अनुयोग 'further yoga') is the designation of the second of the three Inner Tantras according to the ninefold division of practice used by the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. This schema categorizes various stages of practice, and Anuyoga specifically emphasizes the completion stage of Tantra. As with the other yanas, Anuyoga represents both a scriptural division as well as a specific emphasis of both view and practice. Anuyoga delves into inner practices involving the subtle body, chakras, prana (subtle energies), nadis (energy pathways), and consciousness (bindu). It

The samaya (, , pinyin: Sānmèiyē jiè; rōmaji: sonmaya kai), is a set of vows or precepts given to initiates of an esoteric Vajrayana Buddhist order as part of the abhiṣeka (empowerment or initiation) ceremony that creates a bond between the guru and disciple.

The Āryamañjuśrī­mūlakalpa (The Noble Root Manual of the Rites of Mañjuśrī) is a Mahāyāna sūtra and a Mantrayāna ritual manual (kalpa) affiliated with the bodhisattva of wisdom, Mañjuśrī. In Tibetan Buddhism it is classified as a Kriyā-tantra. According to Sanderson (2009: 129) and the study by Matsunaga (1985), the text is datable to about 775 CE.