6,493
edits
Difference between revisions of "Nechung Oracle"
no edit summary
Occultwiki (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Nechung Oracle''' is the personal oracle of the Dalai Lama since the second Dalai Lama of Tibetan Buddhism. The medium currently resides in Nechung Monastery es...") |
Occultwiki (talk | contribs) |
||
| Line 11: | Line 11: | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
After the fall of the Western Xia, the influx of Tangut refugees into Tibet led to the adoption of the Pehar deity into Tibetan Buddhism. The cult of Pehar at Nechung Monastery experienced a meteoric rise in popularity in the seventeenth century primarily through the deliberate efforts of the Fifth Dalai Lama and his regent Sangyé Gyatso. | After the fall of the Western Xia, the influx of Tangut refugees into Tibet led to the adoption of the Pehar deity into Tibetan Buddhism. The [[cult]] of Pehar at Nechung Monastery experienced a meteoric rise in popularity in the seventeenth century primarily through the deliberate efforts of the Fifth Dalai Lama and his regent Sangyé Gyatso. | ||
When Padmasambhava, the semi-legendary tantric Buddhist master from India who fully revealed the Vajrayana in Tibet in the 8th – 9th centuries, consecrated Samye Monastery with the Vajrakilaya dance, he tamed the local spirit protector, Pehar Gyalp, and bound him by oath to become the head of the entire hierarchy of Buddhist protective spirits. Pehar, later known as Dorje Drakden, became the principal protector of the Dalai Lamas, manifesting through the Nechung Oracle. | When Padmasambhava, the semi-legendary tantric Buddhist master from India who fully revealed the Vajrayana in Tibet in the 8th – 9th centuries, consecrated Samye Monastery with the Vajrakilaya dance, he tamed the local spirit protector, Pehar Gyalp, and bound him by oath to become the head of the entire hierarchy of Buddhist protective spirits. Pehar, later known as Dorje Drakden, became the principal protector of the Dalai Lamas, manifesting through the Nechung Oracle. | ||