Vajrakilaya Thangka Canvas Print (Black) 16"x20" by Neljorma Tendron Vendor_Tulku Jamyang author of Middle Passage and

author of Middle Passage and Taming the Ox

In Sangyes Nyenpa Rinpoche’s words

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

It also reveals for the first time fascinating details of his ten years of self-exile in Bhutan

Naropa University

Vajrakilaya Thangka Canvas Print (Black) 16"x20" by Neljorma Tendron Vendor_Tulku Jamyang author of Middle Passage andVajrakilaya 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