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Definition

Yidam: An emanated form of a Buddha, often with multiple faces, arms, and legs, which tantric practitioners visualize themselves as. This is done in order to create for one's mind a close bond with the figure so as to be able to attain enlightenment, in the form of that figure, through such practice.

Relationships with All Beings, a Spiritual Teacher and a Yidam

yidam, a so-called Buddha-figure or meditational deity. Some yidams are infographics where each

Part in Dependent Arising of the Self in Terms of Relations with Others

Yidams: Tantric Deities

yidams, tantric deities) used in tantra and about their unusual forms, Westerners need to understand

Part in Making Sense of Tantra

Clarification of Various Crucial Aspects of Tantra

yidams. Also, yidams cannot be found self-established and inherent in our minds, whereas archetypes

Part in Approaching Tantra as a Westerner

Six-Session Yoga: Refuge and Bodhichitta

yidam. This can be any of the yidams, but it should correspond to what we are visualizing

Part in Commentary on "An Extensive Six-Session Yoga" – Dr. Berzin

yidam, and thus shall secure all limited beings in a guru-yidam's supreme state

in Tantric Practices

Six-Session Yoga: Self-Generation & Short Version

yidam in front of us. Now we imagine the guru-yidam comes to the top of our head

Part in Commentary on "An Extensive Six-Session Yoga" – Dr. Berzin

Essentials for Understanding and Practicing Tantra

yidams. It is very interesting how the word “yidam” was translated. With yidam in Tibetan

Part in Approaching Tantra as a Westerner

Misunderstandings about Ngondro

yidam. A yidam is a meditational figure, or as it’s sometimes called a deity

in Preliminaries

Compassion, Refuge and Dharma Protectors in Tantra Practice

yidam practice correctly, that you might end up being reborn as a ghost. What would

Part in Approaching Tantra as a Westerner

Tantra: The Pathway and Resultant Levels

yidam form or another yidam form, and it’s coming from the network of positive

Part in Essentials of Tantra in Terms of Hologram Theory

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