Item: Vajrapani (Bodhisattva & Buddhist Deity) - Mahachakra

Vajrapani, Mahachakra (Tibetan: chag na dor je, kor lo chen po. English: the Vajra Holder, Great Wheel): wrathful meditational Deity, representing the power of all Buddhas.

Sanskrit: Vajrapani Tibetan: chag na dor je

Description: (from the Mitra Gyatsa) "...above a lotus and sun seat, Brahma and Indra, is Vajrapani with a blue cape, three faces and six hands. The right [face] is white, left red, each with three eyes. With six hands, the first two hold a vajra and a wrathful gesture upraised. The middle two are folded respectfully embracing the consort...possessed of beauty, blue [in colour], holding a curved knife and skullcup. The lower two grasp a snake, at the [level of the] waist, as food. The right leg is bent, left straight." (Description: rgyud sde kun btus, vol.23, folio 215).

At the top center are three teachers of the Gelugpa Buddhist Tradition. At the left is Nagaraja Buddha and to the right is Simhanada Avalokiteshvara. Below the seated teachers is Akshobhya Buddha. At the bottom center is Shri Devi Magzor Gyalmo. To the left is Manjushri Nagaraksha and on the right is Black Garuda.

Lineage: Vajradhara, Vajrapani, Dakini Simhamukha, mahasiddha Shavaripa, Maha Pandita Javaripa, Pandita Devapurnamati, the translator Gar Chokyi Zangpo, kalyanamitra Rinchen Ngodrup, Mar Chokyi Gyaltsen, Mar Sherab Dorje, Mar Tubpa Sherab, Mar Tsondru Dorje, Mar Chogyal Sherab, Mar Shakya Drubpa, etc. (Lineage: rgyud sde kun btus, vol.30, folio 75-6).

Jeff Watt, 3-2003