"Every person whose heart is moved by love and compassion, who deeply and sincerely acts for the benefit of others without concern for fame, profit, social position, or recognition expresses the activity of Chenrezig."
Bokar Rinpoche
In the Tibetan Buddhist pantheon of enlightened beings, Chenrezig is renowned as the embodiment of the compassion of all the Buddhas, the Bodhisattva of Compassion.
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Tara is a female Bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism who appears as a female Buddha in Vajrayana Buddhism.
She is known as the "mother of liberation"
and represents the virtues of success in work and achievements.
Sukhavati, or western pureland, refers to the pureland of Buddha Amitabha in Mahayana Buddhism
Mainly deity Amitabha Buddha, red in color, sitting on a peacock throne
to the left, it's chenrezig
to the right, it's Vajrapani
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Guru Rinpoche, founder of Tibetan Buddhism, regarded as the second Buddha
The Eight Manifestations of Guru Rinpoche are the eight principal forms assumed by Guru Rinpoche at different points in his life:
Guru Tsokyé Dorje, 'Lake-born Vajra' (birth)
Guru Shakya Sengé, 'Lion of the Shakyas' (ordination)
Guru Nyima Özer, 'Rays of the Sun' (subjugating demonic spirits)
Guru Padmasambhava, ‘Lotus-born’ (establishing Buddhism in Tibet); Guru Pema Jungné (Wyl. gu ru pad+ma 'byung gnas)
Guru Loden Choksé 'Wise Seeker of the Sublime' (mastery of the teachings)
Guru Pema Gyalpo 'The Lotus King' (kingship)
Guru Sengé Dradrok 'The Lion's Roar' (subjugation of non-buddhists)
Guru Dorje Drolö 'Wild Wrathful Vajra' (concealing terma, binding spirits under oath)
Sarasvati is the Hindu and Buddhist goddess of knowledge, music, arts, wisdom
Gesar a legendary warrior king who is invoked as a protector of the Buddhist teaching
White Tara, a manifestations of Tara, white in color, associated with long life practices.
Amitayus ,'The Buddha of Boundless Life' — a sambhogakaya aspect of Amitabha, particularly associated with longevity. He is mostly depicted sitting and holding in his hands a vessel containing the nectar of immortality. Amitayus is also one of the three deities of long life.
