Marici

Description of Marici

Marici is the Buddhist goddess of the dawn who represents awakening, triumph over evil, and victory in the face of adversity. She symbolizes light overcoming darkness, which is the metaphor for spiritual development and meditation. There are a variety of forms she appears in. She is usually yellow or red, with one, three, or more faces and six to twelve arms, riding in a chariot drawn by seven hogs or horses, removing all barriers to contentment and well-being. She occasionally rides a white horse through the sky, driving back the night with the orb of the sun in her extended right hand. Her mood can range from peaceful to wrathful.

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Buddhist Gods

The Buddhist pantheon comprises hundreds of Gods and Goddesses. They are intended to illustrate the multiple aspects of enlightenment, including its wrathful and furious sides, as well as its peaceful and beneficial aspects. In Mahayana Buddhism, gods, goddesses, and other spiritual beings play a much bigger role than in Theravada Buddhism. They symbolize the energies, forces, and entities that surround and fill human life. They also mirror the human spirit's deeper depths, reflecting attributes that can be awakened through spiritual practice. Voluptuous tree spirits, maternal nurturers, elevated knowledge figures, benevolent healers, potent protectors, cosmic mothers of liberation, and dancing female Buddhas are all part of the pantheon. Childbirth, agriculture, fortune, longevity, art, music, knowledge, love, magic, and occult rituals are all overseen by gods, goddesses, and other spiritual beings. Some of them protect against diseases, snakebites, demons, curses, untimely death, and all other fatal dangers. There are also gods, goddesses, and other spiritual beings that aid practitioners in their quest for knowledge, mental cleansing, higher rebirth, and complete spiritual enlightenment.