@Meaningness Met a dharma teacher today, student of late Namgyal Rinpoche. He asked me if I've been given a yidam yet. What does that mean?
General sort-of explanation of yidams:https://vividness.live/2017/02/09/yidams-a-godless-approach-naturally/ …
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In some but not all Vajrayana traditions, your lama assigns you a specific yidam to practice.
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In some but not all Vajrayana traditions, this is made into a Big Deal. The person was asking whether you’d had the Big Deal.
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Thanks! I know they are a form of Vajryana visualization practice, but what does it mean to be given one?
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