Tibetan Oracle Yidam The Mirror of the Mind
Yidam is an innovative Tibetan Buddhist card reading. 'Yidam' is the Tibetan word for ‘meditation deity’, a visual support for tantric meditation. This is a Buddhist oracle with tarot-like cards, which uses Tibetan Tantric Deities as images instead of the conventional archetypes. There are endless possibilities to the consultation, including very specific questions associated with the 5 Dhyani Buddhas and for which one uses only the 15 Dhyani Buddha cards. Consultations can be about past present and future (projection of karma) on a spiritual level, like personal development and emotions, but also on an external level: work, health, family, relationships and projects. These consultations are extremely useful and accurate to help you choose between two or more options and make important decisions.The cards presented as advice offer simple practices from Tibetan Buddhism that you can do without having necessarily received an initiation. Just think of a tarot reading but empowered by the Yidams and with a practical Buddhist approach. These consultations can be of great support to practitioners but also to non-Buddhist who wish a new and highly beneficial insight into their own mind-life reality.
Where does it come from?
Yidam is a collection of 40 popular millenary Tibetan Tantric Deities that are lineage-wise neutral or that are commonly practiced by two or more of the four lineages of Tibet (Nyingma, Shakya, Kagyu, Gelug). Each card has a specific function inside the oracle and the cards can be read on many levels, from practical to mystical. The selection and the written contents of the guidebook were made at the beginning of 2013 by the author (Kunsang – Jakaira Perez) in collaboration with Condor Blanco Foundation from Chile, who looked after the graphic part.
Tibetan Oracle Yidam The Mirror of the Mind
Yidam is an innovative Tibetan Buddhist card reading. 'Yidam' is the Tibetan word for ‘meditation deity’, a visual support for tantric meditation. This is a Buddhist oracle with tarot-like cards, which uses Tibetan Tantric Deities as images instead of the conventional archetypes. There are endless possibilities to the consultation, including very specific questions associated with the 5 Dhyani Buddhas and for which one uses only the 15 Dhyani Buddha cards. Consultations can be about past present and future (projection of karma) on a spiritual level, like personal development and emotions, but also on an external level: work, health, family, relationships and projects. These consultations are extremely useful and accurate to help you choose between two or more options and make important decisions.The cards presented as advice offer simple practices from Tibetan Buddhism that you can do without having necessarily received an initiation. Just think of a tarot reading but empowered by the Yidams and with a practical Buddhist approach. These consultations can be of great support to practitioners but also to non-Buddhist who wish a new and highly beneficial insight into their own mind-life reality.
Where does it come from?
Yidam is a collection of 40 popular millenary Tibetan Tantric Deities that are lineage-wise neutral or that are commonly practiced by two or more of the four lineages of Tibet (Nyingma, Shakya, Kagyu, Gelug). Each card has a specific function inside the oracle and the cards can be read on many levels, from practical to mystical. The selection and the written contents of the guidebook were made at the beginning of 2013 by the author (Kunsang – Jakaira Perez) in collaboration with Condor Blanco Foundation from Chile, who looked after the graphic part.
Who does the reading?
My name is Kunsang. I attended the two year residential Basic Program of Buddhist Studies in ILTK in Italy. Towards the end of the program I became a Buddhist nun in the Tibetan Tradition, receiving the first two ordinations and training from late Geshe Jampa Gyatso. At the age of 22 I traveled to India to study Tibetan language at Thosamling monastery in Dharamsala. I ended up completing the two years residential intensive Tibetan Dharma Translation course and the five year Traditional Philosophy study program in Tibetan, including daily debate and memorization… My main Teacher during the program was Ven. Geshe Tsewang Nyima, and H.E. Dorzong Rinpoche was a precious support for my practice. I did several retreats from one week to 4 months in between study periods, and I’ve had the honour of serving as simultaneous
interpreter for the teachings of H.H. Dalai Lama from Tibetan and English into Spanish and Italian since 2007 in several locations. After completing my training I returned my monastic vows and became again a lay practitioner and an instructor. Since then I’ve been travelling to work as translator, lecturer, counselor and Tibetan language teacher in several countries in Latin-America and in India. The diffusion of this Oracle is part of international ‘Awakening Project (Proyecto Despertar) - applied Tibetan Buddhism for the West’. I offer these consultations to the public as a wonderful way to connect with Tibetan Buddhism and to improve their quality of life. If you would like to know more about my education, experience or about the Oracle, contact me
