{"schemaVersion":1,"id":"https://mandalaatlas.org/deities/white-jambhala/","slug":"white-jambhala","pillar":"deities","datePublished":"2026-10-27","dateModified":"2026-10-27","tibetanUchen":"ཛམ་བྷ་ལ་དཀར་པོ།","wylie":"dzam bha la dkar po","sanskrit":"Sita Jambhala","devanagari":"सित जम्भल","editions":{"en":{"url":"https://mandalaatlas.org/deities/white-jambhala/","markdownUrl":"https://mandalaatlas.org/deities/white-jambhala/index.md","language":"en","title":"White Dragon-Riding Jambhala (Dzambhala Karpo)","subtitle":"Avalokiteśvara’s Tear Emanation · Relieving Poverty, Illness & Karmic Obstacles","summary":"Born from the compassionate tear of Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara and brought to Tibet by Atiśa Dīpaṃkara (982–1054), White Jambhala rides a roaring turquoise snow-dragon surrounded by four directional ḍākinīs—pacifying extreme destitution, illness, and misfortune so bodhicitta can flourish.","infobox":[{"label":"Tibetan (Wylie)","value":"ཛམ་བྷ་ལ་དཀར་པོ་འབྲུག་ཞོན། (dzam bha la dkar po ’brug zhon)"},{"label":"Buddha Family","value":"Padma (Lotus) Family of Avalokiteśvara & Amitābha"},{"label":"Mount & Retinue","value":"Turquoise/green dragon (’brug); 4 cardinal ḍākinīs (Vajra, Ratna, Padma, Karma)"},{"label":"Right & Left Hands","value":"Jewel-tipped staff / trident khaṭvāṅga (right); jewel-spitting mongoose (left)"},{"label":"Canonical Source","value":"Atiśa Dīpaṃkara, Sita-Jambhala-Sādhana (Tengyur Toh 3520–3521)"}],"recognition":{"cue":"The ONLY snow-white Jambhala riding a roaring green/turquoise dragon—holding a trident-staff and jewel-spitting mongoose, encircled by four dancing ḍākinīs.","mudra":"Seated in royal ease atop a roaring green dragon; right hand holds jewel staff/trident, left holds jewel-mongoose","bodyColor":"white","posture":"royal-ease","implements":["jewel-mongoose","khatvanga-skullcup"]},"sections":[{"url":"https://mandalaatlas.org/deities/white-jambhala/#sec-1","heading":"Born from Avalokiteśvara’s Tear: Atiśa’sEncounter with the Starving Beggar","paragraphs":["In the Tengyur (Toh 3520–3521), the origin of White Dragon-Riding Jambhala is rooted directly in universal compassion rather than worldly fortune-hunting. When Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara gazed upon beings trapped in famine, illness, and karmic debt, tears fell from his eyes; from his right tear arose White Jambhala, vowing to lift destitute practitioners out of physical exhaustion so they could cultivate the path.","Traditional Tibetan hagiography records that while the Indian master Atiśa Dīpaṃkara Śrījñāna was walking on pilgrimage toward Bodh Gayā, he came across an emaciated beggar dying of starvation. Having no food left in his bowl, Atiśa offered his own flesh in radical bodhisattva compassion—at which moment the beggar dissolved into light and revealed himself as White Jambhala riding a turquoise dragon, entrusting the five-deity mandala directly to Atiśa."]},{"url":"https://mandalaatlas.org/deities/white-jambhala/#sec-2","heading":"Iconography of the Five-Deity Dragon Mandala","paragraphs":["On museum bronzes and thangkas (such as Art Institute of Chicago 144399), White Jambhala exhibits a semi-wrathful three-eyed face crowned with red Amitābha in his flaming orange hair. Unlike Yellow Jambhala who sits directly on a lotus cushion holding a citron, White Jambhala straddles a roaring emerald-turquoise dragon (’brug) whose claws clutch wishes-granting jewels—signifying thunderous, unobstructed compassionate action across sky and earth.","Around his dragon throne stand four directional ḍākinīs representing the Four Enlightened Activities: blue Vajra Ḍākinī in the East (pacifying anger), yellow Ratna Ḍākinī in the South (increasing merit), red Padma Ḍākinī in the West (magnetizing harmony), and green Karma Ḍākinī in the North (swiftly clearing obstacles)."]}],"practiceContext":"Practiced across Kadampa, Sakya, and Gelug traditions with clean water-offering (chu-gtor) and compassionate charity toward the sick and poor—emphasizing healing of illness and transmuting anger into clarity.","faqs":[{"question":"How do you tell White Jambhala apart from White Mahākāla in 3 seconds?","answer":"Count the arms and check beneath the feet: White Jambhala has 2 arms and rides a green DRAGON; White Mahākāla has 6 arms and stands on two elephant-headed figures holding a wish-fulfilling jewel and skullcup at his chest."}],"sources":[{"title":"Tengyur Toh 3520–3521 · Atiśa Dīpaṃkara, Ārya-Jambhala-Sita-Sādhana","url":"https://read.84000.co"},{"title":"The Art Institute of Chicago: White Jambhala (144399 · CC0)","url":"https://www.artic.edu/artworks/144399"}]},"zh-tw":{"url":"https://mandalaatlas.org/zh-tw/deities/white-jambhala/","markdownUrl":"https://mandalaatlas.org/zh-tw/deities/white-jambhala/index.md","language":"zh-TW","title":"騎龍白財神（藏巴拉嘎波 · 布祿金剛）","subtitle":"觀世音菩薩右眼悲淚化現 · 阿底峽尊者傳承乘綠龍息災除貧本尊","summary":"藏語尊稱「藏巴拉嘎波（騎龍白財神）」，由大悲觀世音菩薩悲憫眾生飢饉疾苦所落右眼悲淚化生，經阿底峽尊者與熱譯師傳入雪域。通體潔白如秋月、跨騎一頭昂首碧綠祥龍，右手執摩尼寶棒或三叉天杖，左臂抱吐寶鼠，四周環侍東南西北四色空行母。","infobox":[{"label":"藏文（威利轉寫）","value":"ཛམ་བྷ་ལ་དཀར་པོ་འབྲུག་ཞོན།（乘龍白藏巴拉）"},{"label":"所屬佛部","value":"西方阿彌陀佛與觀世音菩薩「蓮花部」大悲法流"},{"label":"坐騎與眷屬","value":"跨騎碧綠祥龍，四周環繞金剛、寶部、蓮花、事業四空行母"},{"label":"持物特徵","value":"右執摩尼寶棒與三叉戟，左握口吐珍寶之吐寶鼠"},{"label":"丹珠爾典籍","value":"阿底峽尊者譯《聖白藏巴拉修法》（德格丹珠爾 Toh 3520–3521）"}],"recognition":{"cue":"三秒認出：五姓財神中唯一「通體純白且跨騎一頭青綠祥龍」者！手持寶棒/三叉戟與吐寶鼠，四周常繪四方四色空行母。","mudra":"跨騎碧綠祥龍，右執寶棒（或左肩倚三叉天杖），左手握口吐摩尼寶之吐寶鼠","bodyColor":"white","posture":"royal-ease","implements":["jewel-mongoose","khatvanga-skullcup"]},"sections":[{"url":"https://mandalaatlas.org/zh-tw/deities/white-jambhala/#sec-1","heading":"源流考據：觀音悲淚化現與阿底峽尊者的路畔奇遇","paragraphs":["據藏文《丹珠爾》（Toh 3520–3521）所載，騎龍白財神的緣起純粹出於大乘悲心：觀世音菩薩見末法眾生受飢饉、疫病與貧苦逼迫而無暇修心，右眼流下一滴悲淚，剎那化現為乘龍白藏巴拉，誓願拔除行者生計困頓與病障。","噶當派史籍記載，阿底峽尊者早年於印度朝禮金剛座途中，偶遇一位氣息奄奄的飢民。尊者鉢中已無余糧，遂生起效仿佛陀本生「割肉飼飢」之大悲心；飢民當即化作虹光，顯出跨騎碧綠祥龍之白財神真身，將「白財神與四空行五尊壇城」法要親授阿底峽尊者，後傳入雪域噶當、薩迦與格魯諸派。"]},{"url":"https://mandalaatlas.org/zh-tw/deities/white-jambhala/#sec-2","heading":"圖像學精解：為什麼白財神跨騎綠龍、四周環繞四位空行母？","paragraphs":["在館藏真跡（如芝加哥藝術博物館藏十五世紀造像 144399）中，白財神具三目微怒相，橘紅怒髮中安奉紅寶石色阿彌陀佛頂嚴。與安坐蓮臺托檸檬果的黃財神截然不同，白財神跨騎於一頭昂首咆哮的青綠祥龍（འབྲུག）背上，龍爪緊握摩尼寶珠，表大悲加持如春雷甘霖普潤大地。","主尊四周必環立四方四部空行母：東方藍色金剛空行母、南方黃色寶部空行母、西方紅色蓮花空行母、北方綠色事業空行母——合組「白財神五尊壇城」，總攝息、增、懷、誅四事業。"]}],"practiceContext":"噶當、薩迦與格魯派常修其六字水供儀軌（《嗡 貝瑪 卓達 阿里雅 藏巴拉 司達雅 吽呸》），尤重平息重症病苦、清淨違緣債務與培養慈悲喜捨。","faqs":[{"question":"同樣是白色的招財護持本尊，「騎龍白財神」和「六臂白瑪哈嘎拉」怎麼一眼分清？","answer":"看手臂數量與腳下坐騎：騎龍白財神只有一面二臂，跨騎一頭青綠祥龍；六臂白瑪哈嘎拉則是一面六臂威猛立相，腳踏二尊象鼻天，胸前二手捧摩尼寶珠與聚寶嘎巴拉碗。"}],"sources":[{"title":"阿底峽尊者傳《聖白藏巴拉修法儀軌》（德格版丹珠爾 Toh 3520–3521）","url":"https://read.84000.co"},{"title":"芝加哥藝術博物館藏十五世紀《騎龍白財神與四空行》檔案 (144399)","url":"https://www.artic.edu/artworks/144399"}]},"zh":{"url":"https://mandalaatlas.org/zh/deities/white-jambhala/","markdownUrl":"https://mandalaatlas.org/zh/deities/white-jambhala/index.md","language":"zh-CN","title":"骑龙白财神（藏巴拉嘎波 · 布禄金刚）","subtitle":"观世音菩萨右眼悲泪化现 · 阿底峡尊者传承乘绿龙息灾除贫本尊","summary":"藏语尊称「藏巴拉嘎波（骑龙白财神）」，由大悲观世音菩萨悲悯众生饥馑疾苦所落右眼悲泪化生，经阿底峡尊者与热译师传入雪域。通体洁白如秋月、跨骑一头昂首碧绿祥龙，右手执摩尼宝棒或三叉天杖，左臂抱吐宝鼠，四周环侍东南西北四色空行母。","infobox":[{"label":"藏文（威利转写）","value":"ཛམ་བྷ་ལ་དཀར་པོ་འབྲུག་ཞོན།（乘龙白藏巴拉）"},{"label":"所属佛部","value":"西方阿弥陀佛与观世音菩萨「莲花部」大悲法流"},{"label":"坐骑与眷属","value":"跨骑碧绿祥龙，四周环绕金刚、宝部、莲花、事业四空行母"},{"label":"持物特征","value":"右执摩尼宝棒与三叉戟，左握口吐珍宝之吐宝鼠"},{"label":"丹珠尔典籍","value":"阿底峡尊者译《圣白藏巴拉修法》（德格丹珠尔 Toh 3520–3521）"}],"recognition":{"cue":"三秒认出：五姓财神中唯一「通体纯白且跨骑一头青绿祥龙」者！手持宝棒/三叉戟与吐宝鼠，四周常绘四方四色空行母。","mudra":"跨骑碧绿祥龙，右执宝棒（或左肩倚三叉天杖），左手握口吐摩尼宝之吐宝鼠","bodyColor":"white","posture":"royal-ease","implements":["jewel-mongoose","khatvanga-skullcup"]},"sections":[{"url":"https://mandalaatlas.org/zh/deities/white-jambhala/#sec-1","heading":"源流考据：观音悲泪化现与阿底峡尊者的路畔奇遇","paragraphs":["据藏文《丹珠尔》（Toh 3520–3521）所载，骑龙白财神的缘起纯粹出于大乘悲心：观世音菩萨见末法众生受饥馑、疫病与贫苦逼迫而无暇修心，右眼流下一滴悲泪，刹那化现为乘龙白藏巴拉，誓愿拔除行者生计困顿与病障。","噶当派史籍记载，阿底峡尊者早年于印度朝礼金刚座途中，偶遇一位气息奄奄的饥民。尊者钵中已无余粮，遂生起效仿佛陀本生「割肉饲饥」之大悲心；饥民当即化作虹光，显出跨骑碧绿祥龙之白财神真身，将「白财神与四空行五尊坛城」法要亲授阿底峡尊者，后传入雪域噶当、萨迦与格鲁诸派。"]},{"url":"https://mandalaatlas.org/zh/deities/white-jambhala/#sec-2","heading":"图像学精解：为什么白财神跨骑绿龙、四周环绕四位空行母？","paragraphs":["在馆藏真迹（如芝加哥艺术博物馆藏十五世纪造像 144399）中，白财神具三目微怒相，橘红怒发中安奉红宝石色阿弥陀佛顶严。与安坐莲台托柠檬果的黄财神截然不同，白财神跨骑于一头昂首咆哮的青绿祥龙（འབྲུག）背上，龙爪紧握摩尼宝珠，表大悲加持如春雷甘霖普润大地。","主尊四周必环立四方四部空行母：东方蓝色金刚空行母、南方黄色宝部空行母、西方红色莲花空行母、北方绿色事业空行母——合组「白财神五尊坛城」，总摄息、增、怀、诛四事业。"]}],"practiceContext":"噶当、萨迦与格鲁派常修其六字水供仪轨（《嗡 贝玛 卓达 阿里雅 藏巴拉 司达雅 吽呸》），尤重平息重症病苦、清净违缘债务与培养慈悲喜舍。","faqs":[{"question":"同样是白色的招财护持本尊，「骑龙白财神」和「六臂白玛哈嘎拉」怎么一眼分清？","answer":"看手臂数量与脚下坐骑：骑龙白财神只有一面二臂，跨骑一头青绿祥龙；六臂白玛哈嘎拉则是一面六臂威猛立相，脚踏二尊象鼻天，胸前二手捧摩尼宝珠与聚宝嘎巴拉碗。"}],"sources":[{"title":"阿底峡尊者传《圣白藏巴拉修法仪轨》（德格版丹珠尔 Toh 3520–3521）","url":"https://read.84000.co"},{"title":"芝加哥艺术博物馆藏十五世纪《骑龙白财神与四空行》档案 (144399)","url":"https://www.artic.edu/artworks/144399"}]}},"artwork":{"image":"https://mandalaatlas.org/plates/variant-jambhala-white.webp","width":762,"height":1080,"sourceUrl":"https://www.artic.edu/artworks/144399","collection":"The Art Institute of Chicago (144399)","license":"CC0 1.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"related":["https://mandalaatlas.org/deities/jambhala/","https://mandalaatlas.org/deities/avalokiteshvara/","https://mandalaatlas.org/deities/red-jambhala/","https://mandalaatlas.org/deities/green-jambhala/","https://mandalaatlas.org/deities/black-jambhala/"]}