A gyalpo dharmāpala in peaceful aspect, Gangteng Monastery
Gyalpo spirits are one of the eight classes of haughty gods and spirits (Wylie: lha srin sde brgyad) in Tibetan mythology and religion. Gyalpo (Tibetan: རྒྱལ་པོ་, Wylie: rgyal po), a word which simply means "king" in the Tibetic languages, in Tibetan mythology is used to refer to the Four Heavenly Kings (Tibetan: རྒྱལ་ཆེན་བཞི་) and especially to a class of spirits, both Buddhist and Bon, who may be either malevolent spirits or oath-bound as dharmapalas (Wylie: chos skyong, bon skyong).
Gyalpospirits are one of the eight classes of haughty gods and spirits (Wylie: lha srin sde brgyad) in Tibetan mythology and religion. Gyalpo (Tibetan:...
arrived in Tibet in the eighth century, he subdued all gyalpospirits and put them under control of Gyalpo Pehar, who promised not to harm any sentient beings...
Bhutan Gyalpo of Ladakh, title of the King of Ladakh Gyalpo Lhosar, the Tibetan New Year and a new year festival of Sherpa people of Nepal Gyalpospirits, gods...
and his consort. They are known by a few different names, such as the Gyalpo Pehar called “King Pehar” (Wylie: pe har rgyal po). Pehar is featured as...
witchcraft Begtse Door gods, for similar protective East Asian deities Gyalpospirits Heng and Ha Nio - wrathful guardians of Japanese Buddhist temples Palden...
Thangtong Gyalpo (Tibetan: ཐང་སྟོང་རྒྱལ་པོ་, Wylie: thang stong rgyal po) (1385 CE–1464 CE or 1361 CE–1485 CE), also known as Chakzampa, the "Iron Bridge...
water spirits, who activated the water element in the area, and smoke offerings were made to the local spirits associated with the natural world. Gyalpo Losar...
The later Semde compilation tantra titled the All-Creating King (Kunjed Gyalpo) is one of the most important and widely quoted of all Dzogchen scriptures...
bodhisattvas and to countless, who dakinis, devas and nagas. Drangsong Tröpé Gyalpo (Wyl. ston pa drang srong khros pa'i rgyal po, "Wise Wrathful King"), during...
crowned on 17 December 1907, and installed as the head of state, the Druk Gyalpo (Dragon King). In 1910, King Ugyen and the British signed the Treaty of...
him as his own son and Padmasambhava is enthroned as the Lotus King (Pema Gyalpo). However, Padmasambhava's khaṭvāṅga staff falls on one of Indrabhuti's...
Hyolmo Community. Sonam Lhosar , New Year's day of Tamang and Hyolmo people Gyalpo Lhosar, New Year's day of Sherpa people Tamu Lhosar, New Year's day of Gurung...
equivalent of beer). The second day of Losar is known as King's Losar (gyalpo losar). Losar is traditionally preceded by the five-day practice of Vajrakilaya...
Lama Duwang Chosje, at the command of the fifth king of Ladakh, Lhachen Gyalpo (Lha-chen-rgyal-po). It is off the Leh-Kargil Highway, 50 km west of Leh...
destroyed gyalpo, a minor mundane protector, a major mundane protector, an enlightened major protector whose outward appearance is that of a gyalpo, or as...
spirit protector, Pehar Gyalpo, and bound him by oath to become the head of the entire hierarchy of Buddhist protective spirits. Pehar, later known as...
Tulku, a.k.a. Kunga Nyingpo), named the child 'Kün-ga Migyur Tobgyal Wanggi Gyalpo'. His family called him 'Künga Migyur'. The child's father, Dudul Rabten...
Party, a member of the Diet – National Public Safety Commissioner) Pema Gyalpo (Political scientist, first non-Japanese member) Koichi Hagiuda (Liberal...
Je Tsongkhapa, is considered a mahasiddha in the Gelug school Thangtong Gyalpo Drukpa Kunley Tsangnyön Heruka "The Madman Heruka from Tsang", (1452-1507)...
root guru of Tsangpa Gyare, Ling Repa and his guru, Phagmo Drupa Dorje Gyalpo, who was in turn a principal disciple of Gampopa as well as Dampa Sumpa[citation...
bone, it begins to talk to Gyalpo Migkarla, asking him to make offerings to the spirits and wrap it in brocade and silk. Gyalpo Migkarla follows the instructions...
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