Open AccessKönyvtári, kolostori és múzeumi kutatómunka Mongóliában
Author(s) -
Krisztina Teleki
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
távol-keleti tanulmányok
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2786-2976
pISSN - 2060-9655
DOI - 10.38144/tkt.2017.1.5
Subject(s) - hero , ceremony , cult , order (exchange) , ancient history , art , geography , history , literature , archaeology , business , finance
The present article introduces a research work executed from 2014 to 2015 inMongolia in order to reveal the cult and current practices of Yamāntaka orVajrabhairava, one of the main tutelary deities of the Tibetan Gelug School.The article offers a Hungarian translation of the main visualization text of itsSolitary Hero form [Dpal rdo rje ʻjigs byed dpaʼ gcig gi mngon rtogs bsgombzlas mdor bsdus bzhugs so, ‘Summary of the Visualisation and MantraRecitation Practices of the Solitary-Hero Vajrabhairava’]. This text was written by Ngawang Lobsang Chöden in Tibetan (1642–1714) and became verypopular in Mongolia. As Vajrabhairava is one of the major tutelary deitiesof Gelug monasteries, his texts are read at every ceremony related to the wrathful protectors as well, and being an extremely powerful tutelary deity,helps meditating monks and other practitioners to enter the path leading toenlightenment