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Protective Tent - Rigpa Wiki
Protective tent
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The protective tent (Wyl. bsr ng g r) and protective spheres (Wyl. bsr ng 'khor) sometimes called 'vajra tent,' are meditated upon in Vajrayana sadhana practices to prevent any negative influence from entering the practice space. It is usually done after expelling the obstructing forces (Tib. gek) and preserved throughout the whole duration of the practice. The traditional example to illustrate this is of thoroughly locking oneself in after expelling thieves out of the house. There are the relative and the absolute protective tents. Visualisation of protective spheres can be more or less elaborate. In its simplest form it is a vajra tent formed of a large crossed vajra with all the intervals filled with smaller vajras so that it is impenetrable. The following animation shows a more complex one, as described by Khenpo Chemchok in his commentary to the Rigdzin D pa sadhana.
Contents
1 Animation of the Protection Spheres 2 The Relative Protection Spheres 2.1 Formation 2.2 The Ground 2.3 The Inner Layer 2.4 The Outer Layer: The Net of Vajras 2.5 The Vajra Canopy 2.6 The Intermediate Layer 2.7 The Vajra Tent 2.8 The Surroundings
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The animation can be downloaded by right clicking Protective Tent Animation (http://www.rigpawiki.org/Media/Video/ProtectionTent.swf) and choose "save as".
The Ground
The ground transforms into a great crossed vajra. Small, and even smaller vajras fill all the gaps around and inside the main vajras, so that there is not even one tiny gap remaining.
The Ground
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The Inner La er
Arising around the edge of the circular ground is a solid and unyielding wall of standing vajras. Again, all the gaps in this perimeter fence are filled with smaller vajras.
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The Intermediate La er
In the space between the first and second layers of the protective sphere, there is another net of vajras, hanging down like a curtain from the top of the vajra canopy. It looks like a cup with a sealed top.
The Surroundings
Imagine that an infinite number of wrathful deities and weapons spread outwards from the protective tent. They scatter and annihilate all negative influences. Retrieved from "http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Protective_tent" Categories: Key Terms | Sadhanas | Media Library This page was last modified on 14 January 2009, at 11:14. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- Noncommercial 3.0 License.
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