{"id":256,"date":"2022-02-19T08:32:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T08:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/?p=256"},"modified":"2022-02-24T00:58:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T00:58:16","slug":"the-vajra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/the-vajra\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vajra"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"178\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/vajra-Buddhist-Symbol.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2756\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Vajra is a Buddhist tantric emblem that represents enormous spiritual strength and spiritual stability. It represents Vajrayana, one of Buddhism&#8217;s three primary streams. The Vajra, which is shaped like a club with ribbed spherical heads, represents the qualities of a diamond (purity and indestructibility) as well as the properties of a thunderbolt (irresistible energy).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also denotes boundless inventiveness, dexterity, and strength. The Vajra is also known as Dorje in Tibetan Buddhism, where it is used as a ritual tool. Lamas and other sadhana practitioners utilise it in conjunction with a bell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vajra is a Buddhist tantric emblem that represents enormous spiritual strength and spiritual stability. It represents Vajrayana, one of Buddhism&#8217;s three primary streams. The Vajra, which is shaped like a club with ribbed spherical heads, represents the qualities of a diamond (purity and indestructibility) as well as the properties of a thunderbolt (irresistible energy). &#8230; <a title=\"The Vajra\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/the-vajra\/\" aria-label=\"More on The Vajra\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2757,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256\/revisions\/2757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}