Aizen-Myōō upper back outline @leccetattoofest #2019 🇮🇹 ~ Rāgarāja रागराज, also known as Aizen-Myōō, is one of the five Wisdom Kings like Acala (Fudo-Myōō). Rāgarāja is known to transform worldly lust into spiritual awakening 👹 ~ He is portrayed as a red-skinned man with a fearsome appearance, a vertical third eye and flaming wild hair that represents rage, lust and passion. There is usually a lion's head on top of his head in his hair, representing the mouth into which thoughts and wishes may be fed 🦁 ~ The six arms bear a bell which calls one to awareness; a vajra, the diamond that cuts through illusion, an unopened lotus flower representing the power of subjugation, a bow and arrows (sometimes with Rāgarāja shooting the arrow into the heavens), and the last one holding something that we cannot see (referred to by advanced esoteric practitioners as "THAT".) Rāgarāja is most commonly depicted sitting in full lotus position atop an urn that ejects jewels showing beneficence in granting wishes 🌌 ~ Rāgarāja represents the state at which harnessed sexual excitement or agitation—which are otherwise decried as defilements—are seen as equal to enlightenment and passionate love can become compassion for all living things 💜 ~ #ragaraja #aizenmyoo #wisdomking #irezumi #irezumicollective #asiantattoo #japanesetattoo #japaneseink #tattoo #tattoos #tattooistartmag #freshlyinked #asian_inkspiration #asian_inkandart #outline #progress #passion #compassion #Lecce #Italy #Calgary #Toronto #Scarborough #wt_tattoo “Without continual growth, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning...progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing towards what will be…” 👣 (at Lecce Tattoo Fest) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwcUkYTHLL9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1k2pp5astp6ve
