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liberation. This is manifested in the promotion of tantric fierce deities. As the Hevajra Tantra says "the world is bound by passion, also by passion it

or yogini to use an imagined consort (a buddhist tantric deity, i.e. a yidam). Later tantras such as the Hevajra Tantra and the Chakrasamvara are classed

Shaiva deities to a subordinate position under the Buddhist deities (which took their form) and explained the usage of Shaiva elements by Buddhists. In other

Chakrasamvara, a semi-wrathful deity, depicted in yab-yum with consort Vajrakilaya Dancing Vajravarahi (Dorje Pagmo) Troma Nagmo Hevajra The Herukas of the Guhyagarbha

filled with wrathful deities and other practices which were discordant with or at least novel in comparison to traditional Buddhist practice. The Guhyasamāja

depicted as a wrathful deity. Mahākāla is commonly regarded as the emanation of different beings in different cases, such as Hevajra, Vajradhara, Amitabha

Mystical Verse from Buddhist India. USA: Oxford University Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-19-516640-8 Snellgrove, David (2010). The Hevajra Tantra: A Critical

practices. Examples of yidams include the meditation deities Chakrasamvara, Kalachakra, Hevajra, Yamantaka, and Vajrayogini, all of whom have a distinctive

Classes of Tantra in Tibetan Buddhism refers to the categorization of Buddhist tantric scriptures in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism. Tibetan Buddhism inherited

there are three main Buddhist Canons: the Pāli Canon of the Theravāda tradition, the Chinese Buddhist Canon used in East Asian Buddhist tradition, and the