Jambhala
Jambhala, also known as Dzambhala, Dzambala, Zambala or Jambala, is the Buddhist deity of fortune and wealth and a member of the Jewel Family (see Ratnasambhava).
There are five different wealth Jambhalas; each has his own practice and mantra to help eliminate poverty and create financial stability.
[1] Gyalten Sogdzin Rinpoche said that Jambhala is the protector of all Lineages and of all sentient beings from all sickness and difficulties.
Jambhala is a Bodhisattva of material and spiritual wealth as well as many other things, especially of granting financial stability.
Dzambhala means “Precious golden deity who gathers or brings the wealth of spirituality or Dharma and material security or accomplishment to our lives.
"[2] The five Jambhalas are the manifestations of the compassion of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas to guide sentient beings along the path to enlightenment.
[1][3] The Tibetan legend said that a revered high lama, Atisha, was walking alone when he found a man starving and near death.
Being depressed and not knowing how else to help the man nearing death, Lama Atisha sat down next to him.
He told Lama Atisha that he was going to manifest himself as the God of Wealth, Jambhala, and assure that those in poverty would suffer no longer.
According to the commentary on Lotus Sutra, this heavenly king is extremely knowledgeable as his perpetual protection of the Buddhas has enabled him to receive many teachings.
[5] An ordinary image of Lord Vaisravana is one that holds a precious pagoda in the left, which pours out various treasures.
[3] There is also the Red Jambhala magnetizing method that can bless the practitioner with marital bliss and a harmonious family.
According to legend, Red Jambhala was in charge of the heavenly treasury that belonged to Lord Mahesvara’s son.
Enraged by Red Jambhala’s indiscriminate charity to both the good and evil, Dharma guardian Mahakala decapitated him.
It was only after the wealth deity repents that Mahakala plants an elephant’s head on his neck and receives him as a retainer.
[6] Originated in ancient India, he manifested from the waters of the river and gave the transmission of generating wealth to a king whose kingdom was undergoing extreme financial difficulties during that time.
Jambhala, Black (Tibetan: dzam bha la, nag po), a wealth deity popularized in Tibet by Bari Lotsawa (b.1040) and the Kashmiri teacher Shakyashri Bhadra.
... the Lord Jambhala, with a body black in colour, having the appearance of a dwarf, naked, sexually aroused, pot-bellied, with pierced ears, three bulging bloodshot eyes, brown hair flowing upwards and bared fangs, in a standing position, the right leg bent, and the left straight.
The Buddhists believe that wealth results from one's past actions, but this puja itself also plays a significant role in changing the course of one's financial situation.
Gaden Shartse said: With a sincere motivation to accumulate merit, purify our negative karma, as well as make prayers for all sentient beings to be freed from all poverty and all sufferings, without doubt - one will certainly receive the vast blessings and protection of the wealth deities.
Although the spiritual practitioner has the desire to gain great fortune, his body, mind and speech are nonetheless gradually purified in the process of practicing the Tantric method.
[7] Chanting the mantra of every Jambhala is believed to be more beneficial if the chanter has received oral transmissions from a teacher who holds the teaching Lineage.
