大轮金刚手菩萨是藏传佛教密宗胎藏界金刚手院核心尊神,位列无上瑜伽密五大金刚本尊之一,兼具金刚手菩萨忿怒相与弥勒菩萨明王化身的双重属性。
Mahachakra (Tibetan: chag na dor je, kor lo chen po. English: The Great Wheel Vajra Holder). Mahachakra is a Tantric form of the bodhisattva Vajrapani appearing as a meditational deity - regarded as completely enlightened. Just as there are many forms of Vajrapani, so also are there many varieties of Mahachakra both with consort and without, with retinue figures or solitary.
Description: (from the Mitra Gyatsa) “…above a lotus and sun seat, Brahma and Indra, is Vajrapani with a blue cape, three faces and six hands (三面六臂). The right [face] is white, left red, each with three eyes. With six hands, the first two hold a vajra and a wrathful gesture upraised. The middle two are folded respectfully embracing the consort…possessed of beauty, blue [in colour], holding a curved knife and skullcup. The lower two grasp a snake, at the [level of the] waist, as food. The right leg is bent, left straight.” (Description: rgyud sde kun btus, vol.23, folio 215).
大轮金刚手菩萨为蓝色三面六臂相,口中衔蛇并拥抱明妃立于莲台之上,后倚火焰身光。胸前右手施无畏印,左手施与愿印,其余四臂分持金刚杵、毒蛇等法器,或结印。明妃左手端着骷髅碗,内有翻腾的血浆,右手持钺刀,左腿上屈盘绕主尊腰部。此类唐卡或造像主要出自西藏.
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