Yidam

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Yidam	(skt.: ishtadevata tib.: yidam) Yidam is ones tutelary deity, a personal protector of ones practice and guide to Enlightenment; it is the deity with which one has the strongest connection. Yidam is also referred to as the Sacred Mind, an emanation of ones manifestation of the true nature in the Sambhogakaya aspects.

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"Like me, the countless living beings have been wandering in cyclic existence. Many times they have been a parent to me and shone radiant kindness upon me. How unworthy not to respond to their sorrow. For the sake of all living beings we must strive in the practices bringing Enlightenment."

- 1st Dalai Lama