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Protective tent

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The protective tent (Wyl. bsrng gr) and protective spheres (Wyl. bsrng 'khor)

sometimes called 'vajra tent,' are meditated upon in Vajrayana sadhana practices toprevent any negative influence from entering the practice space. It is usually doneafter expelling the obstructing forces (Tib. gek) and preserved throughout the wholeduration of the practice. The traditional example to illustrate this is ofthoroughly locking oneself in after expelling thieves out of the house. There arethe relative and the absolute protective tents.

Visualisation of protective spheres can be more or less elaborate. In its simplestform it is a vajra tent formed of a large crossed vajra with all the intervalsfilled with smaller vajras so that it is impenetrable. The following animation shows

a more complex one, as described by Khenpo Chemchok in his commentary to the RigdzinDpa sadhana.

Contents

1 Animation of the Protection Spheres2 The Relative Protection Spheres

2.1 Formation

2.2 The Ground2.3 The Inner Layer2.4 The Outer Layer: The Net of Vajras2.5 The Vajra Canopy2.6 The Intermediate Layer2.7 The Vajra Tent2.8 The Surroundings

Animation of the Protection Spheres

The animation is a Flash file, so you'll need a Flash player or Flash extension onyour browser.Khenpo Chemchok's explanation of the different parts is given below.(click on the yellow arrow in the right corner to play the animation)


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The Ground

The animation can be downloaded by right clicking Protective Tent Animation

(http://www.rigpawiki.org/Media/Video/ProtectionTent.swf) and choose "save as".

The Relative Protection Spheres

Formation

Your heart emanates wrathful deities, weapons and masses of flame. At the same time,the wrathful weapons and flames you sent out earlier to expel the negative forcesnow return towards you. At the point where they meet, the vajra sphere is formed,

like liquid metal being poured into a cast.

The Ground

The ground transforms into a great crossed vajra. Small, and evensmaller vajras fill all the gaps around and inside the mainvajras, so that there is not even one tiny gap remaining.


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Ground and

inner laer

Outer and

inner laer

seen from

above

The vajra

canop

The Inner Laer

Arising around the edge of the circular ground is a solid andunyielding wall of standing vajras. Again, all the gaps in thisperimeter fence are filled with smaller vajras.

The Outer Laer: The Net of Vajras

Outside this is a net of vajras interlaced in squares, the spokesparallel to the circumference.

The Vajra Canop

Above this net lies the vajra canopy, which is formed by a largedouble vajra. Again, all conceivable gaps are filled with tinyvajras. At the four tips of the double vajra are small halfvajras that point slightly upwards.


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The vajra tent

The Intermediate Laer

In the space between the first and second layers of the protective sphere, there isanother net of vajras, hanging down like a curtain from the top of the vajra canopy.It looks like a cup with a sealed top.

The Vajra Tent

The vajra tent has the shape of a dome and covers all the otherlayers of the sphere. It is formed from a crossed vajra. The fourspokes of the vajras slope downwards, all the way to the ground.As before, any space is totally filled with tiny vajras. The tentcovers the spokes of all the vajras, including those of thestanding vajras, and looks like an iron helmet. At the summit isa blue vajra with outspread spokes. All around the perimeter ofthe tent blaze the fires of the end of time.

The Surroundings

Imagine that an infinite number of wrathful deities and weapons spread outwards fromthe protective tent. They scatter and annihilate all negative influences.

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