Yamantaka
Terminator of Death
Death has been stalking my every step so far this year, many people i know, or have heard of, have passed away, or are in deaths grip struggling to stay alive. I personally have felt its presence much to close for comfort and earlier this year was read for by one of my elders and had DEATH come up strongly around me during the divination, i was prescribed various remedies and rituals to keep it at bay and banish it from my life.
So it was this morning, as i meditated that i felt its cold breath come close to me again, i experienced many visions of various people who disguise their true nature but ultimately carry death and hate in their hearts.
Instantly Yamataka flashed through my mind, as i began vehemently chanting his name.
' Yamaaaa, Yamaaa, Yamaaa'.
'May the illusion of the three deaths now be trampled under foot, may good fortune health and joy be placed in the hearts of all sentient beings and may the light of awareness, illuminate the corners of confusion, banishing all who incur fear and propagate the illusion of seperation!
...
“Trample him, dance on the head of this treacherous demon of selfish concern”
Dharmarakshita calls on Yamantaka in The Wheel of Sharp Weapons.
Due to his nature, he is extremely effective in protection against the most wrathful and powerful spirits, black magic and curses.
Yamantaka is the ferocious spectacle of Lord Manjushri, the supreme embodiment of Buddha’s wisdom.
As a fully enlightened Buddha, he works to destroy our ignorance and dualistic conventions, the cause of all our suffering.
He arises with the form of a blue black body with 9 ferocious faces out of which the main one is a bull’s head, 34 strong hands holding various sharp implements and 16 legs to carry the short and stout body.
To behold Yamantaka is a frightful experience as his ferocious compassion is beyond any wrathful Buddhas, demons and spirits put together. He is the ultimate destroyer of the Lord of Death.
He displays this with two hands in the gesture (mudra) of threatening downwards at all sentient beings in samsara who harm and another upwards daringly at even the Buddhas and Dharma Protectors who do not assist. He does this out of great concern for the protection of those who take refuge in him.
Contrary to initial impression, he is not out to harm anybody in any way but direct this energy at our negative emotions and ego-grasping ways. He is blue black in colour representing his true nature of emptiness and he wields it like a weapon towards the destruction of the self-cherishing ego.
Yamantaka’s profound practice is amongst the highest tantras (Maha-anuttara) available from Buddhism. To focus on his practice is a profound and quick method towards achieving attainments and ultimately enlightenment in a single lifetime.
It is also the only practice available in Buddhism to purify extreme negative karma of the five heinous crimes that would have normally guaranteed extreme retribution in hell.
Tsem Tulku Rinpoche.
'OM HRIH SHTRIH VIKRITA NANA HUNG PHAT
OM SVABHAVA SHUDDHA SARVA DHARMA
SVABHAVA SHUDDHO HAM'
'YAM RAM AH'
So it was this morning, as i meditated that i felt its cold breath come close to me again, i experienced many visions of various people who disguise their true nature but ultimately carry death and hate in their hearts.
Instantly Yamataka flashed through my mind, as i began vehemently chanting his name.
' Yamaaaa, Yamaaa, Yamaaa'.
'May the illusion of the three deaths now be trampled under foot, may good fortune health and joy be placed in the hearts of all sentient beings and may the light of awareness, illuminate the corners of confusion, banishing all who incur fear and propagate the illusion of seperation!
...
“Trample him, dance on the head of this treacherous demon of selfish concern”
Dharmarakshita calls on Yamantaka in The Wheel of Sharp Weapons.
Due to his nature, he is extremely effective in protection against the most wrathful and powerful spirits, black magic and curses.
Yamantaka is the ferocious spectacle of Lord Manjushri, the supreme embodiment of Buddha’s wisdom.
As a fully enlightened Buddha, he works to destroy our ignorance and dualistic conventions, the cause of all our suffering.
He arises with the form of a blue black body with 9 ferocious faces out of which the main one is a bull’s head, 34 strong hands holding various sharp implements and 16 legs to carry the short and stout body.
To behold Yamantaka is a frightful experience as his ferocious compassion is beyond any wrathful Buddhas, demons and spirits put together. He is the ultimate destroyer of the Lord of Death.
He displays this with two hands in the gesture (mudra) of threatening downwards at all sentient beings in samsara who harm and another upwards daringly at even the Buddhas and Dharma Protectors who do not assist. He does this out of great concern for the protection of those who take refuge in him.
Contrary to initial impression, he is not out to harm anybody in any way but direct this energy at our negative emotions and ego-grasping ways. He is blue black in colour representing his true nature of emptiness and he wields it like a weapon towards the destruction of the self-cherishing ego.
Yamantaka’s profound practice is amongst the highest tantras (Maha-anuttara) available from Buddhism. To focus on his practice is a profound and quick method towards achieving attainments and ultimately enlightenment in a single lifetime.
It is also the only practice available in Buddhism to purify extreme negative karma of the five heinous crimes that would have normally guaranteed extreme retribution in hell.
Tsem Tulku Rinpoche.
'OM HRIH SHTRIH VIKRITA NANA HUNG PHAT
OM SVABHAVA SHUDDHA SARVA DHARMA
SVABHAVA SHUDDHO HAM'
'YAM RAM AH'
PDF; For more in depth study; http://www.fpmt-ldc.org/pdf/gtz_yss.pdf
Video; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKgeQIgf0aw
Video; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRKENELmH0U#t=66
Video; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlOyDhQe4F0
Video; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKgeQIgf0aw
Video; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRKENELmH0U#t=66
Video; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlOyDhQe4F0