Red Seng-gé Dongma

Red Seng-gé Dongma

Seng-gé gDong dMar

Khandro Déchen comments:
Seng-gé Dongma is an extremely important yidam within the Aro gTér and she was the central practice of Aro Yeshé. In terms of the three kayas she is Kuntuzangmo (kun to bZang mo / Samantabhadri), the wisdom ground of being (chos sKu / dharmakaya); Yeshé Tsogyel (ye shes mTsho rGyal / Jnana Sagara), the wisdom-dynamic of being (longs sKu / sambhogakaya); and Red Seng-gé Dongma (seng ge gDong dMar / simha mukha or simha vaktra), the wisdom manifestation of being (sPrul sKu / nirmanakaya).

There are five manifestations of Seng-gé Dongma within the Aro gTér cycle of yidams: the yellow, white, red, green, and blue Seng-gé Dongmas.

Ngak’chang Rinpoche says of her:
The Red Seng-gé Dongma is known as the ‘Ravishing Corpulent Red Lioness of Maniacal Mutilation’who slays the self-constructed ugliness of deranged attempts to violate the copious wholesomeness and fullness of Dharma. The wrath of each of the manifestations of Seng-gé Dongma within the Aro gTér kyil’khor of Seng-gé Dongmas is reflected in their volume. The Red Seng-gé Dongma manifests the empty wrath of passion and is second only in her rage to the Green Seng-gé Dongma who manifests the empty wrath of paranoia.