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This mandala is dedicated to the deity Yamantaka, Conqueror of Death and represents his celestial palace. Yamantaka is a Mahayana Buddhist of the Highest Yoga Tantra Class. Yamantaka is a Sanskrit name that can be broken down into two elements. Yama, the name of the God of death and Antaka, or "terminator" Thus Yamantaka's name literally means "the terminator of death". Within Buddhism, "terminating death" is actually a quality of all buddhas as they have stopped the cycle of rebirth samsara. In this context, Yamantaka represents the goal of the Mahayana practitioner's journey to enlightenment, or the journey itself: in awakening, one adopts the practice of Yamantaka - the practice of terminating death.
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