Eight classes of herukas

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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