Vajrakilaya Thangka Canvas Print (Black) 16"x20" by Neljorma Tendron Vendor_Tulku Jamyang the most prolific female writer

the most prolific female writer in Tibetan history

- The Ecstasy of Enlightenment

is symbolic of the subtle energy upon which the mind's thoughts arise

author of Middle Passage and Taming the Ox

“An exposition of Buddhism conceived in a resolutely modern spirit

Vajrakilaya Thangka Canvas Print (Black) 16"x20" by Neljorma Tendron Vendor_Tulku Jamyang the most prolific female writerVajrakilaya or Dorje Phurba is the extremely wrathful form of Vajrasattva, the pure vajra nature of Enlightenment. In this imagery, the compassion of the Buddhas is expressed forcefully, to eradicate in a powerful way the entrenched ignorance and emotional afflictions which cause obstacles, interfering with auspicious circumstances and preventing the dawning of realization. Thus, the symbol of compassion is the phurba or phurbu, the ritual dagger