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Eight classes of herukas

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Heruka015.jpg‎ 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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