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Geoffrey Samuel describes these Gyalpo spirits as "king-spirits" who are "the spirits of evil kings or of high lamas who have failed their vows." He also states that they are white in color. Nebesky-Wojkowitz characterizes this type of spirit as generally red in colour and of violent character, harassing mainly lamas and religious people, but also laity and even animals. In fact Gyalpo spirits often have both white (peaceful) and red (wrathful) forms.

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  • Gyalpo spirits
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  • Geoffrey Samuel describes these Gyalpo spirits as "king-spirits" who are "the spirits of evil kings or of high lamas who have failed their vows." He also states that they are white in color. Nebesky-Wojkowitz characterizes this type of spirit as generally red in colour and of violent character, harassing mainly lamas and religious people, but also laity and even animals. In fact Gyalpo spirits often have both white (peaceful) and red (wrathful) forms.
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  • རྒྱལ་པོ་དཔེ་ཧར
  • རྒྱལ་ཆེན་ཤུགས་ལྡན
  • རྒྱལ་པོ
  • རྒྱལ་པོ་གསུམ་
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  • Gyaiqen Xudain
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  • rgyal po dpe har
  • rgyal chen shugs ldan
  • rgyal po
  • rgyal-po gsum
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  • Geoffrey Samuel describes these Gyalpo spirits as "king-spirits" who are "the spirits of evil kings or of high lamas who have failed their vows." He also states that they are white in color. Nebesky-Wojkowitz characterizes this type of spirit as generally red in colour and of violent character, harassing mainly lamas and religious people, but also laity and even animals. In fact Gyalpo spirits often have both white (peaceful) and red (wrathful) forms. It is believed one can be protected against Gyalpo spirits by means of appropriate rituals. In religious meditation instructions texts, Padmasambhava warns his disciples against magical displays of this class of spirits. Some gyalpos are believed to be bound by oath by Padmasambhava, for example Gyalpo Pehar is believed to be the main guardian of the Samye temple build at the time of Padmasambhava and the king Trisong Detsen. Machig Labdron enumerates outer, inner and secret ways gyalpo spirits manifest. The outer way are very elegant temples with beautiful ornaments, crystal stupas and many offerings, rich with silver and gold, with well dressed monks giving teachings, full of charisma; their characteristic provocation is nervousness and confusion. Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (1920-1996) wrote that as very often gyalpos manifest as masters, spiritual teachers and enlightened beings, several highly realised practitoners of the past fell for their tricks. Tibetans believe that when one dreams of a lama this may be a Gyalpo spirit. In Vajrayana there exist special methods for checking whether a being manifesting as one's spiritual master is really the guru or a gyalpo. There also exist special practices for protecting oneself from the influence of gyalpos or cutting off the negative influence if one has done gyalpo practice in the past. Some lamas state that enlightened beings sometimes appear in the form of Gyalpo spirits or that such protectors may have a dual nature. Lelung Shepay Dorje writes, "Those such as the great yaksha Tsiu Marpo and King [Gyalpo] Pehar are, in actuality, definitely Buddhas, and fully renowned as protectors of Buddha's teachings... With one expression Pehar may help someone, and with another he may obstruct someone, but his actions are not conceivable to ordinary thought. When dispatched for activity, Pehar is made offerings in the aspect of a Dharma protector and requested to perform activities, while, on the other hand, the very same Pehar is often dispatched on missions in the aspect of a demon."
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