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Latest revision as of 10:36, 22 April 2014
Eight classes of herukas or means for attainment (sgrub pa bka' brgyad).
1) Yamantaka, the wrathful Manjusri, the deity of body ('jam dpal sku);
2) Hayagriva, the deity of speech (padma gsung);
3) Vishuddha, the deity of mind (yang dag thugs);
4) Vajramrita, the deity of enlightened qualities (bdud rtsi yon tan);
5) Vajra Kila, the deity of action (phur ba 'phrin las);
6) Matarah, the deity of calling and dispatching (ma mo rbod gtong);
7) the worldly deities of offering and praise ('jig rten mchod bstod); and
8) the worldly deities of wrathful mantras (mod pa drag sngags).
