Goddess Marici and Mayajalamahatantra

[Rakshasa]

Anyone has any info about Mayajalamahatantra which is about Goddess Marici. I've heard that Goddess Marici is the goddess of military arts. Is this tantra found in Tibetan canon?

[kirtu]

Anyone has any info about Mayajalamahatantra which is about Goddess Marici. I've heard that Goddess Marici is the goddess of military arts. Is this tantra found in Tibetan canon?

I have to check my notes (and this notebook is not with me at eh moment) but I'm pretty sure that in Bari Lotsawa's cycle she appears as a bodhisattva guarding primarily against robbery.

Kirt

[Meido]

If you're interested in Marici in particular vis a vis military arts, you might also Google "David Hall Marishiten". Hall wrote a thesis called "Marishiten: Buddhism and the Warrior Goddess", tracing the origins and development of Marici (Jp. Marishiten) veneration and sadhana in India, China and Japan. The thesis itself may be found online.

A separate article by him entitled "Marishiten: Buddhist Influences on Combative Behavior" appears in a book called Koryu Bujutsu: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan.

~ Meido