abhiseka (In esoteric Buddhism

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• Abhiseka — is the name used to describe a number of ritualistic practices in Indian religions.HinduismAbhiseka is the name given to a late Vedic rite of anointing government officials, particularly heads of state, at the time of their taking power or to… …   Wikipedia

• Buddhism — Buddhist, n., adj. Buddhistic, Buddhistical, adj. Buddhistically, adv. /booh diz euhm, bood iz /, n. a religion, originated in India by Buddha (Gautama) and later spreading to China, Burma, Japan, Tibet, and parts of southeast Asia, holding that… …   Universalium

• Buddhism in China — Chinese Buddhism (zh ts|t=漢傳佛教|s=汉传佛教; Pinyin: fójiào) refers collectively to the various schools of Buddhism that have flourished in China proper since ancient times. These schools integrated the ideas of Confucianism, Taoism and other… …   Wikipedia

• abhiseka — ▪ religion Sanskrit  Abhiṣeka         (“sprinkling”), in esoteric Buddhism, a purificatory or initiatory rite in which a candidate is sprinkled with water or other liquid, signifying a change in status.       Originally, abhiseka was an integral… …   Universalium

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• Vajrasattva — Tibetan Vajrasattva holds the vajra in his right hand and a bell in his left hand. Vajrasattva (Sanskrit: वज्रसत्त्व, Tibetan: རྡོ་རྗེ་སེམས་དཔའ། Short form is dorsem རྡོར་སེམས།)[1] is a bodhisattva in the Mahayana, Mantrayana and Vajrayana b …   Wikipedia

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• Lawapa — or Lavapa (Tibetan: la ba pa ; grub chen la ba p a; wa ba pa [ Wa ba pa (Tibetan) holds the semantic field the one with goitre . Source: [http://www.thdl.org/texts/reprints/bot/bot 12 01 03.pdf] (accessed: January 30, 2008). ] ) was a figure in… …   Wikipedia

• Hevajra — (Tibetan: kye i rdo rje / kye rdo rje ) is one of the main yidams in Tantric, or Vajrayana Buddhism. Hevajra s consort is Nairātmyā (Tibetan: bdag med ma).History of the Hevajra TantraThe Hevajra Tantra in IndiaThe Hevajra Tantra, a yoginītantra… …   Wikipedia