Heruka (Sanskrit: हेरुक, hērūka; Standard Tibetan: ཁྲག་འཐུང Wylie: khrag 'thung) is the name of a category of wrathful deities, enlightened beings in Vajrayana Buddhism that adopt a fierce countenance to benefit sentient beings.

Heruka (Sanskrit; Tib. khrag 'thung), is the name of a category of wrathful deities, enlightened beings in Vajrayana Buddhism that adopt a fierce countenance to benefit sentient beings. In China and Japan, it was named as Wisdom King. Herukas represent the embodiment of indivisible bliss and emptiness.

All the various features of Heruka’s body are merely manifestations of his omniscient wisdom and do not exist outside of his mind. However, for faithful practitioners, visualizing the wrathful aspect of Heruka is a powerful method for swiftly receiving his blessings and protection.

Heruka, in the Vajrayana Buddhism of Tibet and Central Asia, a fierce protective deity. He is an emanation of the buddha Aksobhya, whose figure is incorporated in his headdress. He is depicted as blue in colour with two arms, which hold a vajra (thunderbolt) and a …

The heruka (Tib. ཧེ་རུ་ཀ་ or ཁྲག་འཐུང་, Wyl. he ru ka or khrag 'thung)— another name for wrathful deity and can refer to Hevajra or Chakrasamvara. In the Nyingma tradition the term is often used to refer specifically to Chemchok Heruka or Yangdak.

Oct 24, 2024 · Heruka (हेरुक) is one of the most popular deities of the Buddhist pantheon and a regular Tantra, the Heruka Tantra, is devoted to his worship. Heruka is worshipped singly as well as in yab-yum.

Chakrasamvara (Heruka) is a mother tantra practice of anuttarayoga tantra. It provides the most detail about the methods for generating the four levels of blissful awareness of voidness within the central energy-channel, enabling access to the subtlest level of mind, clear light.

In the Gelug Tradition (also belonging to the Sarma) the term Heruka, when used with reference to iconography, almost exclusively refers to the complex meditational deity Chakrasamvara in all aspects.

Mahottara (chem chog) is the principal heruka of the wrathful sambhogakaya deities of the Nyingma tradition. He is the central wrathful deity of the One Hundred Peaceful & Wrathful Deities of the Guhyagarbha Tantra.

The Eight Heruka are believed to have been discovered by eight Indian teachers known as the Eight Vidyadhara. The were found in a stupa at the Cool Grove Charnel Ground (Sitavana) some several miles from the modern day location of Bodhgaya. There are …