Hayagriva is the wrathful emanation of Chenrezig, his horse-head cresting through flaming hair, his furious neigh shattering demonic forces and clearing obstacles that compassion alone cannot dissolve.
The horse-headed wrathful deity Hayagriva was transmitted directly from Indian Vajrayana Buddhism into Tibetan Buddhist practice, where he became one of the Eight Great Dharmapalas and a key yidam deity of the Nyingma tradition.
Padmasambhava mastered the Hayagriva sadhana at the Asura cave in Nepal, attaining the wrathful horse-headed deity's power, which he then unleashed to subdue the demons blocking the establishment of Buddhism at Samye.
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