Guru Drakpo,
(English: Wrathful Teacher) fierce Padmasambhava, from the Terma
(Revealed Treasure) Lineage of Nyang Ral Nyima Ozer (1124-1192).
Very fierce, red in color, with one face and three eyes, he has
a gaping mouth and yellow hair flowing upward. The right hand holds
upraised a black vajra sceptre, the left a nine-headed black scorpion.
Adorned with a crown, earrings, bracelets and necklaces of gold
and numerous writhing snakes, he wears a garland of heads and an
elephant skin draped across the shoulders. A tiger skin covers the
lower body. With the right leg bent and left extended atop a seat
of two prone figures, a sun disc, multi-coloured lotus blossom and
dharmakara, he stands surrounded by the orange flames of pristine
awareness.
"From the wrathful mandala of natural great bliss, Padma Krodha,
with a red-black blazing body, one face, two hands, two legs outstretched;
homage to the form of the terrifying Fierce One." (Nyingma Liturgical
Verse).
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