{"id":20878,"date":"2019-11-01T01:10:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T01:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/?p=20878"},"modified":"2019-10-30T21:34:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T21:34:37","slug":"she-who-is-all-the-goddess-of-ten-thousand-names-51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2019\/11\/01\/she-who-is-all-the-goddess-of-ten-thousand-names-51\/","title":{"rendered":"She Who is All \u2013 The Goddess of Ten Thousand Names"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vajrayogini<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

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(<\/span>Photo Credit: The Divine Feminine Oracle Guidebook <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>by Meggan Watterson<\/span>)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Vajrayogini is considered to be the prime deity of the Tantric pantheon, the principal female deity of the Chakrasamvara Cy<\/span>cl<\/span>e of Yantras, and central to the practice of Vajrayogini Buddhism.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

She is a Dakini (Tantric Priestess) and female Buddha, the complete essence of Buddhahood in female form, and is common to all Tibetan Buddhism schools. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Her red body symbolizes Her inner fire, while the flames surrounding her represent Her elevated wisdom and spiritual transformation. The ability to see with clarity in the future, as well as the present and past, is evident in Her third eye chakra. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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She carries a bowl filled with blood, which represents the sacred blood of menstruation and birth. It also represents the clear light of bliss that can be attained by letting go of our attachment to ego.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

There are different forms of Vajrayogini, each having a different name and appearance. Some of Her names are descriptive; some refer to Her lineage. The following examples are from the website <\/span><\/span><\/span>himalyanart.org<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Vajrayogini has been called the Buddha for our time, this time we live in with our busy, hectic lives, our myriad <\/span>of <\/span>problems and fears of work, paying our bills, the terrifying issues around the world. She is both peaceful and full of wrath. Vajrayogini is a meditation deity. She helps us to see the truth, free of our illusions, free of being selfish. She works always for others and their well-being and helps us to destroy us of our hanging on to our egos. Vajrayogini is easy to reach during our dark times. She is anxious to help us and bring us to Enlightenment. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

You can meditate upon Her likeness, one of Her mandalas or chant Her mantra. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n