![]() ![]() ![]() He was one of the chief Yidams of the great and glorious Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava - and it was through this practice that he attained realizations. He is the most wrathful and powerful form of the obstacle-remover Vajrasattva, with Vajrapani as his Bodhisattva form (the Bodhisattva of Power) and Vajrakilaya as the supreme “angry” form. Vajrakilaya is also known as “Vajrakumara” or “Diamond Son”. Vajrakilaya’s practice is particularly efficacious in overcoming obstacles and cutting through negative mental states and conceptual thinking. He has the wings of a Heruka - as one of the eight great Herukas, the wrathful aspects of the Buddhas. Vajrakilaya, close-up, in his wrathful form with three faces blue, white and red, clasping the iconic Phurba (Kila) peg or knife that cuts all three poisons - a very profound and powerful visualization. ![]() This aspect of the Buddha is the “sharp weapon” against the big three enemies, the “demons” of craving and greed, hate and hostility, and ignorance and misapprehension. He is the Heruka of activity and represents the Enlightened activity of ALL of the Buddhas. At the same time, he is the ultimate expression of Bodhichitta and compassion and love. Vajrakilaya is the most “cutting” of wrathful meditational deities - a wrathful Heruka (‘hero’) emanation of glorious Vajrasattva. ![]()
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