Windhorse Imports The Feminine Archetype and Yab-Yum


	Feminine Archetype Ref: FEM1 The attainment of wisdom and compassion, or enlightenment, is represented in the Tantric tradition as the union of male and female Buddhas. Vajra Yogini and Tara are both important yidams, or meditation guides for practitioners.


Samantabhadra Ref: ST03 The primordial Buddha in union with consort size 8". Plain copper. Second quality. click here for larger image Price: £225.00


	Green Tara Ref: ST10 4" Tara, gold plated body. Tara is the principal female embodiment of enlightenment in Mahayana Buddhism. Green Tara is regarded as spiritual consort of Amoghasiddhi, the Dhyani Buddha. Green Tara is thought to have mortal base in the historic persons of the Nepali and Chinese princess who married the great king Srong Tsong Gampo and credited with the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet and China. Green Tara vowed "until Samsara is empty, I shall work for benefit of sentient beings in a woman's body". Price: £85.00


Green Tara Ref: ST08 8" Green Tara, representing the female aspect of compassion.Green Tara is regarded as spiritual consort of Amoghasiddhi, the Dhyani Buddha. Green Tara is thought to have mortal base in the historic persons of the Nepali and Chinese princess who married the great king Srong Tsong Gampo and credited with the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet and China. Green Tara vowed "until Samsara is empty, I shall work for benefit of sentient beings in a woman's body". Click here for larger image Price: £235.00


	Dancing Mayadevi Ref: SS31 Dancing silverline Mayadevi , mother of Siddhartha Gautam, part gold plated. 20cm Price: £190.00


Vajra Yogini 8" Ref: SS07B This version of Vajra Yogini is very finely detailed and painted. 8" part gold plated. Tibetan: Dorje Naljor-ma. Female sambhogakaya form of Buddha. A meditation deity of the anuttarayoga tantra wisdom (mother) classification, consort to Cakrasamvara. A dakini is the most important female principle, representing the ever changing flow of female energy. On tantric Buddhism, dakinis are the guardians of teachings and are considered the supreme embodiments of wisdom. She drinks blood from a skullcup held in her left hand. In her right her she helds a chopper. Her skull topped magic staff (khatvanga) leans against her left shoulder, surmounted by the vajra cross (symbolizing the union of wisdom and compassion, he vase of elixir, the three heads (wet, shrunken, and skull, symbolizing conquest of the three poisons). Her sow´s face is clearly seen jutting out on the right behind her bejeweled skull diadem (see detail). A necklace of skulls loops down to her knees. She wears human bone breast ornaments, apron, and bangles. Price: £245.00