Tibetan Buddhism and Culture

Vajrakilaya In Vajrayana Buddhism, obstacles are not regarded as punishments or bad luck, but as mirrors that reflect the hidden layers of o...

The Importance and Significance of Empowerment in Vajrayana Empowerment, or initiation (Abhisheka in Sanskrit, Wang in Tibetan), is a crucia...

Vajradhara: The Primordial Buddha of Vajrayana Vajradhara is a central figure in Vajrayana Buddhism, also known as Tantric Buddhism. He is r...

The Function of Empowerment Empowerment is to ripen or mature our buddha nature. Even though all beings possess the Buddha nature, without r...

Abhiseka , (empowerment), in esoteric Buddhism, is a purificatory or initiatory rite in which a candidate is sprinkled with water or other l...

Vairocana Also known as the Luminous One, Vairocana is a major Buddha in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism.  Vairocana is often seen as the ...

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva / 地蔵菩薩 The  Bodhisattva vow   is a  vow  ( Sanskrit :  pranidhana ,  lit. aspiration or resolution) taken by some  M...