badz+ra pha waM mgo: 1 definition
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhist Teachers, Deities and other Spiritual beingsbadz+ra pha waM mgo (བཛྲ་ཕ་ཝཾ་མགོ) in Tibetan is another name for the “cuckoo-headed Vajrā”—one of the �Fifty-eight Wrathful Deities� (Tibetan: khro bo lha nga brgyad) according to various sources such as the Guhyagarbha Tantra and the Tibetan Book of the Dead.—They feature in Tantric teachings and practices which focus on purifying elements of the body and mind. These deities [e.g., badz+ra pha wam mgo] form part part of the the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities who manifest to a deceased person following the dissolution of the body and consciousness whilst they are in the intermediate state (bardo) between death and rebirth. The cuckoo-headed Vajrā is part of the “six yoginis corresponding to the activity of increasing� and is also known in Tibetan as badz+ra pha wam mgo.

Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (Բ) are collected indepently.
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