{"id":5328,"date":"2026-04-27T10:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/ekajati\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T14:32:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T14:32:56","slug":"ekajati","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/ekajati\/","title":{"rendered":"Ekajati"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5328\" class=\"elementor elementor-5328 elementor-2029 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10fdade e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"10fdade\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-herohlft0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"herohlft0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3ceb64 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c3ceb64\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96ae5e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"96ae5e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ekajati, goddess of the Tibetan tradition<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e45238a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e45238a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ekaja\u1e6d\u012b is a protector goddess of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, in Sanskrit &#8220;the single-braided one&#8221; (eka, &#8220;one&#8221;, ja\u1e6d\u0101, &#8220;strand of hair, braid&#8221;).<\/p><p>She is one of the three principal female protectors of the Nyingma school and of the Dzogchen teachings associated with it. Of religious-historical significance is her role as guardian of the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"A ritually repeated syllabic or verbal formula with transformative effect; central in Indian traditions, adapted in the West as decree practice.\">mantra<\/span> <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The passing on of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span> and of the &#8220;hidden treasures&#8221; (terma) of the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Legendary Indian tantric master (8th c.); transmitted Buddhism to Tibet.\">Padmasambhava<\/span> corpus.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-klsbdg01 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"klsbdg01\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-klshtm01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"klshtm01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iwg-pill-row\"><span class=\"iwg-klasse-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"God \/ goddess: personified supreme power within the pantheon of a culture, with clear areas of responsibility: forces of nature, fate, war, fertility. 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gods from the Tibetan tradition, historical-illustrative\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_tibet_ekajati-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_tibet_ekajati-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_tibet_ekajati-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_tibet_ekajati.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32917199 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"32917199\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26e916cb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26e916cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-253a40d4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"253a40d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1200c304 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1200c304\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ekajati<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11758e7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11758e7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ekaja\u1e6d\u012b is depicted in <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The study of pictorial content and its meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">iconography<\/span> as blue-black or dark brown, with a single upright strand of hair, one eye, one fang, one breast and usually with a scorpion or a corpse in her hand.<\/p><p>Her functions include the protection of the mantric <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A solemn religious promise made to a deity.\" tabindex=\"0\">vows<\/span> (samaya), the warding off of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"In Hinduism, duty and cosmic order; in Buddhism, the teaching of the Buddha.\">Dharma<\/span> enemies and the preservation of the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"A religious-ritual tradition in Hinduism and Buddhism with a doctrine of energy polarities.\">Tantra<\/span> texts. In <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An ordered sequence of symbolic actions with religious or cultural meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">ritual<\/span> s\u0101dhanas she is <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The petitioning or invoking address to a deity or power.\" tabindex=\"0\">invoked<\/span> together with R\u0101hula and Dorje Legpa as the triad of Nyingma protector deities, especially in the context of Dzogchen instructions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-159dcf9a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"159dcf9a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48cee66f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"48cee66f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">At a glance: Ekajati<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f50d82c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f50d82c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Type:<\/strong> Tibetan Buddhist principal protector goddess of the Nyingma tradition, mother of the mantras<br><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of the gods of a religion or culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">Pantheon<\/span>: Tibetan Buddhism (especially Nyingma, alongside Sakya and <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"The pre-Buddhist religious tradition of Tibet; works with Tsen, Nyen, Lu and D\u00fc as a classification of non-human beings.\">B\u00f6n<\/span>)<br>Function: protection of the highest tantras (Dzogchen mantras), destroyer of the obstacles of sa\u1e43s\u0101ra<br>Main attributes: a single lock of hair, a single eye, a single tooth, a single breast, black skin colour<br>Main <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of religious acts of veneration for a deity or sacred figure.\" tabindex=\"0\">cult<\/span> sites: the principal Nyingma monasteries (Mindrolling, Dorje Drak, Pelyul, Kathok, Shechen)<br>Meaning of Ekajati: Sanskrit, &#8220;one lock of hair&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18613602 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"18613602\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-262b8a9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"262b8a9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Classification<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46dcb7d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"46dcb7d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61d3ab3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61d3ab3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-117c166 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"117c166\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Period of the texts<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73997a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73997a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ekajati (Tibetan <em>Tsechigma<\/em>, &#8220;One-Lock&#8221;) is one of the most important female protector goddesses of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"'Diamond Vehicle'; tantric form of Mahayana Buddhism, primarily in Tibet, with yidam practice and mantra technique at its centre.\">Vajrayana<\/span> Buddhism. Her roots lie in the Hindu-tantric tradition. In Tibet she is especially central in the <em>Nyingma<\/em> tradition, principal protector of the Dzogchen teachings and of the highest <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"A ritually repeated syllabic or verbal formula with transformative effect; central in Indian traditions.\">mantra<\/span> tradition.<\/p><p>The main flourishing period of Ekajati veneration: 11th to 14th centuries, with the tert\u00f6n traditions (treasure-finders of Padmasambhava). In modern Tibet she remains central in every Nyingma monastery.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d47b156 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d47b156\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff38c2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff38c2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Area of distribution<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e49fcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e49fcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Main cult sites: all <strong>principal Nyingma monasteries<\/strong> with their own Ekajati <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Spiritual practice of exercise in Hinduism and Buddhism with mantra, visualization and rite.\" tabindex=\"0\">sadhana<\/span> traditions (Mindrolling, Dorje Drak, Pelyul, Kathok, Shechen). In Bhutan and Nepal in many Tibetan Buddhist monasteries.<\/p><p>Internationally in Nyingma centres worldwide. In the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"The pre-Buddhist religious tradition of Tibet; works with Tsen, Nyen, Lu and D\u00fc as a classification.\">B\u00f6n<\/span> tradition as <em>Sipai Gyalmo<\/em> (a related female protector goddess). In modern exile Tibet she is cultivated especially within the Nyingma sangha.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db03c39 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"db03c39\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-229a87b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"229a87b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f471fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f471fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">State of the sources<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36b1201 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36b1201\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Central sources: Tibetan tantric <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"A spiritual practice of cultivation in Hinduism and Buddhism; comprises mantra, visualisation and rite, often with an assigned yidam.\">sadhana<\/span> texts on Ekajati (especially from the Nyingma terma tradition), Padmasambhava hagiographies. Secondary literature: Beer, <em>The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs<\/em>; Linrothe, <em>Ruthless Compassion<\/em>; Nebesky-Wojkowitz, <em><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A place or institution where a divine pronouncement is sought.\" tabindex=\"0\">Oracles<\/span> and <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A spiritual being to which harmful or ambivalent effect is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">Demons<\/span> of Tibet<\/em>; Lopez, <em>Religions of Tibet in Practice<\/em>; Karmay, <em>The Arrow and the Spindle<\/em>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ae0637c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ae0637c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31d07739 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"31d07739\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Designation and spellings<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7642947 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b7642947\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a086266 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a086266\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ekajati is depicted with particular iconographic elements that are symbolically encoded and carry deep meaning. These elements convey, in a central way, the functions, sources of power, areas of responsibility and cosmic role of this entity.<\/p><p>In the case of Ekajati, the iconography is strictly fixed and full of meaning: she is depicted with a single knot of hair, a single eye, and a single tooth, usually with dark blue or black skin, a single breast, and an upper body that is bare or draped with human skin. In her hands she often holds a heart or a corpse, a phurba, and skull cups. These features point to her role as guardian of the mantras and protector of the Nyingma school and the Dzogchen teachings. The stability of these rules of depiction over the centuries is connected to the fact that each attribute is tied to specific texts and lines of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The passing on of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">transmission<\/span> and may not be altered at will.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-709a44a8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"709a44a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f585873 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f585873\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Description<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70621c12 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"70621c12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4296eb49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4296eb49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ekajati was central to the religious practice and everyday understanding of Tibet. People turned to this entity in critical situations or at particular ritual seasons, with structured rituals, prayers or <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An offering to a deity to express gratitude, petition, or veneration.\" tabindex=\"0\">offerings<\/span>. The practice was precisely handed down and often led by priests or specialists.<\/p><p>The continuity of these practices across many generations shows that it was regarded as effective and necessary. The functions were manifold: preventive (warding off misfortune), healing (alleviation of suffering), transformative (accompaniment through transitions) and protective (continuous watching).<\/p><p><strong>Appearance and symbolism<\/strong><\/p><p><em>Ekajati<\/em> is depicted as a dark brown or black woman with wild hair, a single glittering eye (hence the name) and with bared teeth.<\/p><p>She wears a skull as a diadem and is naked or clad in skin. Her attributes are a scapular of human bones and a skull cup. She rides on a donkey or is surrounded by flames.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44e71476 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"44e71476\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c1fc3f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c1fc3f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Profile: Ekajati<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84f33b8e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"84f33b8e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-hqkdc67p elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"hqkdc67p\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The most important aspects of Ekajati at a glance. The following fields summarise origin, function, appearance, veneration, symbols and cultural parallels.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-qh9oavvu iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"qh9oavvu\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-awzx8k2k elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"awzx8k2k\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cultural context<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-x6rowhv0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"x6rowhv0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the Nyingma tradition Ekajati is regarded as the <em>mother of all mantras<\/em>; from her emanate the protective aspects of all the highest tantras.<\/p><p>Her uniquely reduced iconography (one lock, one eye, one tooth, one breast) symbolises her <em>singleness<\/em>: she is undivided, unambiguous, undividedly focused on the destruction of the obstacles of sa\u1e43s\u0101ra. In the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"In Tibetan Buddhism, a meditation deity with which a practitioner works in identification, in order to embody aspects of enlightenment.\">yidam<\/span> hierarchy of protector goddesses she belongs to the highest class.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e3o4kxs iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8e3o4kxs\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08rkdgov elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"08rkdgov\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Object of effect<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-uwjelx8s elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"uwjelx8s\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Principal protector goddess of the Dzogchen teachings and of the highest <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A sacred syllable or formula spoken repeatedly in Hinduism and Buddhism.\" tabindex=\"0\">mantra<\/span> tradition. Destroyer of the obstacles to spiritual practice, especially the subtle, hard-to-recognise obstacles. In tantric practice, protection for the practitioners against all threats from supersensible spheres. Patroness of the tert\u00f6n tradition (treasure-finders who discover teachings remaining within Padmasambhava).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-jm2n74ec iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"jm2n74ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8vufse4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8vufse4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Appearance<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mwb9u015 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"mwb9u015\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The iconographically unique form makes Ekajati unmistakable: <em>a single lock<\/em> on the otherwise bald head, <em>a single eye<\/em> in the middle of the forehead, <em>a single tooth<\/em> protruding from the gaping mouth, <em>a single breast<\/em> in the centre of the chest.<\/p><p>Black (or dark blue) skin colour, very muscular body. In her hands: <em>skull cup<\/em> (kapala), <em>khatvanga<\/em> (skull staff), <em>club<\/em> with skull. A funnel-shaped loincloth of human skin. Standing on a prostrate human body, in a flaming aureole.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37ss2yr6 iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"37ss2yr6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3v0wp3wx elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3v0wp3wx\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Activity<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-w3247g2m elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"w3247g2m\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Sphere of effect:<\/strong> Ekajati is venerated in every Nyingma monastery, especially in Dzogchen practice. Before important tantric practices she is <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The petitioning or conjuring address to a deity or power.\" tabindex=\"0\">invoked<\/span> for protection. In the personal practice context she is invoked against subtle obstacles that cannot be warded off by coarser protector deities (e.g. Mahakala).<\/p><p>In tantric <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Ritual admission into a religious or esoteric order; often associated with symbolic death and rebirth.\">initiation<\/span> (wang) she is transmitted as a central protective yidam. In cham dances she appears <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Belonging to a fixed religious sequence of actions.\" tabindex=\"0\">ritually<\/span> as a figure worn by masked dancers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0qpjal9w iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0qpjal9w\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ndoih0o elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ndoih0o\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Means of protection<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6684tyh9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6684tyh9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One lock, one eye, one tooth, one breast (characteristic reduction), skull cup (kapala), khatvanga (skull staff), club with skull, funnel-shaped loincloth of human skin, bone ornaments, black skin colour, flaming aureole. <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Belonging to the divine and thereby withdrawn from everyday use.\" tabindex=\"0\">Sacred<\/span> plants: none specific. Sacred colours: black, dark blue.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3lfi7x32 iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3lfi7x32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0kg99ga1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0kg99ga1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ekajati's parallels<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-n0fum6kp elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"n0fum6kp\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Palden Lhamo<\/em> (Buddhism, a related Tibetan protector goddess), <em>Mahakala<\/em> (Buddhism, male wrathful form), <em>Sipai Gyalmo<\/em> (B\u00f6n, a related female protector goddess), <em>Yamantaka<\/em> (<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Diamond Vehicle; tantric form of Mahayana Buddhism, primarily in Tibet, with yidam practice at its centre.\">Vajrayana<\/span>), <em>K\u0101l\u012b<\/em> (Hinduism, a related wrathful mother goddess).<\/p><p>Functionally: all unique female tantric protector goddesses with a reduction iconography. In her symbolism of singularity, Ekajati is unique among the religions of the world.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a584676 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5a584676\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d0757bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d0757bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ekajati, parallels in other cultures<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60563f68 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"60563f68\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a93fdd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a93fdd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ekajati belongs to the wrathful protector goddesses of Tibetan Vajrayana, closely related to Palden Lhamo and Mahakala. Functionally comparable are the Hindu Ugratara and Mahakali, the Japanese Kishimojin (Hariti) and the Chinese Bixia Yuanjun.<\/p><p>The profile of the maternal protectress with a simultaneously fearsome appearance is a basic <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A recurring thematic element in art or narrative.\" tabindex=\"0\">motif<\/span> of the Asian Tantra tradition. Different cultures recognised the same thing and manifested it in local, adapted forms. Universal patterns are more significant than specific variations.<\/p><p><strong>Jewish tradition<\/strong><\/p><p>No direct equivalent; distantly related are the protective figures of Merkabah <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A religious current with an emphasis on immediate experience of God.\" tabindex=\"0\">mysticism<\/span> (Sandalphon, Metatron), which, however, are not conceived as female and carry no function as guardian of vows.<\/p><p><strong>Greco-Roman world<\/strong><\/p><p><span data-nosnippet>Structurally comparable are the Erinyes\/Furies as wrathful female guardians of ritual order, who punish broken oaths and transgressions. Hekate too, as a nocturnal goddess of boundaries and protection, shares with Ekaja\u1e6d\u012b the function of a keeper of hidden mysteries (Hekateion cults, cf. <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"German scholar of religious studies (1931-2015); principal work Greek Religion (1977).\">Walter Burkert<\/span>: Greek <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The academic discipline that studies religions comparatively and without confessional commitment.\" tabindex=\"0\">Religion<\/span>, Munich 1977).<\/span><\/p><p><strong>Mesopotamia<\/strong><\/p><p><span data-nosnippet><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Mesopotamian demoness regarded as a threat to pregnant women and newborns.\" tabindex=\"0\">Lamashtu<\/span> and related protective\/harming goddesses with a wrathful countenance likewise fulfil <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Warding off evil: of signs and objects intended to keep harmful influences away.\" tabindex=\"0\">apotropaic<\/span> functions, though without the explicit aspect of guarding vows. Compare Frans Wiggermann: Mesopotamian Protective <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A bodiless being to which agency in the world is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">Spirits<\/span>, Groningen 1992.<\/span><\/p><p><strong>India\/Asia<\/strong><\/p><p><span data-nosnippet>Ekaja\u1e6d\u012b goes back to pre-Buddhist Hindu Tantra layers (Ekaja\u1e6d\u0101 as one of the Mah\u0101vidy\u0101s in Shaktism, cf. David Kinsley: Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine, Berkeley 1997). In Tibetan Buddhism she is integrated by Padmasambhava; in the Chinese Buddhist sphere she appears as Yiji Mu, in Japanese Shingon as a protective aspect of Ichiji Kinrin.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpd2baae4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cpd2baae4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp397dc61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp397dc61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The protectress of the mantra teachings and the single braid<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpeb05a63 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cpeb05a63\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp130a8f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp130a8f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ekajati (Sanskrit <em>Ekajati<\/em>, Tibetan <em>Ral gcig ma<\/em>, &#8220;she with the one tuft of hair&#8221;) is known in Tibetan Buddhism above all as the principal protectress of the Nyingma school and its secret teachings.<\/p><p>Her name points to her most striking iconographic feature: a single, upright tuft of hair or braid. This peculiarity is interpreted symbolically in the ritual texts as a sign of unity and of undivided concentration, the gathering of all powers into a single point.<\/p><p>Ekajati is regarded as the most important of the three great protectors of the <em>Dzogchen<\/em> teachings, the so-called Great Perfection, which forms the highest system of teaching of the Nyingma school.<\/p><p>To her in particular is entrusted the protection of the <em>terma<\/em>, those hidden treasure texts which, according to <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The passing on of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span>, were concealed by Padmasambhava and his disciples in the 8th century and later rediscovered by appointed finders, the <em>tert\u00f6n<\/em>.<\/p><p>Ekajati is said to guard these texts and to make them accessible only to the rightful finders, while she wards off unauthorised access.<\/p><p>This function makes her a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A being venerated as divine within a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">deity<\/span> with a markedly text-related task. She is not primarily the protectress of a place or a person, but the keeper of a lineage of transmission and of its written substance.<\/p><p>From the perspective of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The discipline that studies religions comparatively and without confessional commitment.\" tabindex=\"0\">religious studies<\/span> this is illuminating, because it shows how closely, in Tibetan Buddhism, the notion of protector deities could be bound up with concern for the authenticity and purity of teaching traditions. Whoever receives a secret teaching at the same time enters into a relationship with its protectress.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp4b8f0c4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp4b8f0c4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpf7704e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cpf7704e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Iconography: the one eye, the one tooth, the one breast<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpdbece37 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cpdbece37\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp10bb45c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp10bb45c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The pictorial representation of Ekajati is governed by a principle of singularity that takes up her name and carries it through consistently. In her common form she has a single tuft of hair, a single eye in the middle of the forehead, a single tooth and a single breast.<\/p><p>Her skin is dark blue or black, her expression extremely wrathful. In her hands she usually holds a heart or a corpse, a phurba dagger and other attributes of the wrathful deities.<\/p><p>The individual features are interpreted symbolically in the ritual commentaries. The one eye stands for the undivided vision of absolute reality, the one tooth for the power to crush all obstacles, the one breast for the nourishment of the one teaching that does not disintegrate into many parts.<\/p><p>These interpretations are not incidental but part of the meditation instruction: in the uniform body of Ekajati the practitioner is to contemplate the principle of non-dual cognition.<\/p><p>Numerous variants of her form exist, with differing numbers of arms and with various accompanying figures, depending on the teaching tradition and the underlying <em>terma<\/em> text. Some forms link her closely with other protector deities of the Nyingma school.<\/p><p>In material culture Ekajati is represented above all by <em>thangka<\/em> paintings, which had their place in the secret protector chapels of the Nyingma monasteries and were often kept veiled.<\/p><p>Bronze figures are rarer than for some other protector deities. The iconographic diversity makes museum identification difficult, which is why depictions of Ekajati are frequently attributed with reservation in collection catalogues. Related wrathful protectresses are <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/palden-lhamo\/\">Palden Lhamo<\/a> and the likewise wrathful <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/yamantaka\/\">Yamantaka<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp329ea3c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp329ea3c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp444145d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp444145d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Origins: Indian roots and Tibetan development<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp98d87e2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp98d87e2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpaf5d383 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cpaf5d383\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The origin of Ekajati cannot be determined unambiguously, and scholarship discusses several strands.<\/p><p>The name <em>Ekajati<\/em> is attested in Indian tantric Buddhism, where a figure of the same name appears in the circle of the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A being venerated as divine within a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">deity<\/span> Tara; in some sources she is regarded as a wrathful form or a companion of Tara. This Indian layer probably forms the point of departure.<\/p><p>In Tibet, however, Ekajati acquired an independent and greatly expanded significance that goes far beyond the Indian model. Above all in the Nyingma school and in the <em>Dzogchen<\/em> teachings she became the central protectress.<\/p><p><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The passing on of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">Tradition<\/span> connects her installation in this function partly with Padmasambhava, partly with the great <em>tert\u00f6n<\/em> figures of later centuries, who revealed their own Ekajati forms and ritual cycles in their treasure texts.<\/p><p>Since these texts are themselves the object of Ekajati&#8217;s protective function, a circular structure characteristic of the <em>terma<\/em> tradition arises: the protectress of the treasure texts is described in precisely these treasure texts.<\/p><p>From the perspective of religious studies, Ekajati is thus an example of how an originally marginal Indian figure could rise to become a principal deity in a new cultural context, because she filled a specific function that the Tibetan system required: the protection of a growing corpus of secret, continually newly discovered texts.<\/p><p>The exact historical sequence of this elevation is difficult to reconstruct for lack of datable sources. It is certain that, at the latest in the later development of the Nyingma school, that is from about the 14th century onward, Ekajati held her preeminent position.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36dd7469 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"36dd7469\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13760ab4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13760ab4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Further links<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28c87796 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"28c87796\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d6538df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d6538df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/palden-lhamo\/\">Palden Lhamo, a related Tibetan protector goddess<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/mahakala\/\">Mahakala, male wrathful protective form<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/yamantaka\/\">Yamantaka, a related wrathful yidam<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/kali\/\">K\u0101l\u012b, Hindu wrathful mother goddess<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/buddhism\/\">Buddhism, pantheon overview<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/high-deities\/\">High deities, sub-category<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-grl4kl40 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"grl4kl40\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bzsbfrmh elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bzsbfrmh\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Literature (selection)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c13224a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2c13224a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eymh9ub elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0eymh9ub\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<footer class=\"iwg-literatur\" data-nosnippet=\"true\"><ul><li><span data-nosnippet>Beer, Robert: <em>The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs<\/em>. Boston 1999.<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Nebesky-Wojkowitz, Ren\u00e9 de: <em>Oracles and Demons of Tibet<\/em>. The Hague 1956.<\/span><\/li><li>Walde, Christine (ed.): <em>Der Neue Pauly<\/em> (entry &#8220;Ekajati&#8221;).<\/li><\/ul><\/footer>\n<p class=\"iwg-bib-more\"><span data-nosnippet>Further standard works in the <a href=\"\/en\/literature\/\">literature index<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92d93ea e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"92d93ea\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4eeba2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4eeba2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Frequently asked questions about Ekajati<\/h2><div class=\"iwg-faq-q\"><h3>Who is Ekajati in Tibetan Buddhism?<\/h3><p>Ekajati (Sanskrit, roughly &#8220;she with a single strand of hair&#8221;) is a wrathful protector goddess of Tibetan Buddhism and is regarded as the most important protectress of the secret <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A sacred syllable or formula spoken repeatedly in Hinduism and Buddhism.\" tabindex=\"0\">mantra<\/span> teachings, especially in the Nyingma school.<\/p><p>She is depicted with striking, deliberately imperfect-seeming features: a single eye, a single tooth, a single lock of hair and a single breast. This singleness symbolises the non-dual, undivided nature of the highest reality beyond all conceptual multiplicity.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"iwg-faq-q\"><h3>What is Ekajati&#8217;s role as guardian of the terma?<\/h3><p>In the Nyingma school Ekajati is regarded as the supreme guardian of the terma, the hidden treasures. Terma are teachings which, according to <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The passing on of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span>, were concealed by Padmasambhava in the 8th century so that, at the right time, they would be rediscovered by masters appointed for the task, the tert\u00f6ns.<\/p><p>Ekajati watches over the fact that these teachings do not fall into unauthorised hands and are not falsified. 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