Description
This oxidized Dorje Phagmo statue features a dynamic and energetic figure, symbolizing the transformational potential of insight.Her physical characteristics include a dance position, a red body, an angry face with three eyes, and a pig’s head by her side, which represents the annihilation of ignorance and the transformation of illusions into knowledge. Her accessories include the Kartika (Ritual Knife), Kapala (Skull Cup), Khatvanga (Staff), a Crown of Five Skulls, bone ornaments, as well as a lotus and sun disk. These symbols illustrate her transcendence over mundane appearances and her connection to tantric rituals. Vajravarahi is significant for embodying essential traits and lessons such as wisdom, compassion, transformation, and freedom. She combines prajna (wisdom) and upaya (skillful techniques) to guide practitioners toward enlightenment, helping them overcome challenges along the way. She is particularly associated with advanced tantric practices in the Chakrasamvara and Vajrayogini lineages.
Dimension:
Height: 15.25” with frame
Height: 13” without frame
Width: 10.75”
Depth: 5.5”
Weight: 3.5 kg
Made of: Copper with oxidized finish.
The Dorje Phagmo statue ceremony is a sacred practice in Tibetan Buddhism, especially associated with the Kagyu and Sakya schools. Dorje Phagmo, also known as Vajravarahi is a female tantric goddess who represents compassion, knowledge, and the transformation of desire into enlightenment. During the ritual, the statue is placed on an altar adorned with offerings such as food, candles, and flowers. Practitioners invoke Dorje Phagmo by reciting mantras and performing visualizations to call upon her presence. The statue transforms into a living embodiment of the deity’s enlightened qualities when the goddess is invited to reside within it.
Offerings include water, flowers, incense, light, food, and music. Practitioners meditate on Dorje Phagmo’s form, often visualizing her as a red deity holding a curved knife and a skull cup, which symbolize the cutting of ignorance and the surrendering of ego. Throughout the ritual, practitioners continuously recite the mantra, concentrating on its meaning and the enlightened spirit of the deity.
Aspirations and prayers are made for the welfare of all living beings, including a commitment to dedicate the ritual’s merit for the liberation of all sentient creatures. The ceremony concludes with the dissolution of the visualization, a dedication of merit, and expressions of gratitude to Dorje Phagmo. To preserve the sacredness of the ceremony, the area is often sealed with protective prayers or mantras. I
n summary, the Dorje Phagmo statue ritual is a profound practice aimed at cultivating wisdom, compassion, and the transformation of negative emotions into enlightened awareness.
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