Eight classes of herukas

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).

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