As explained in Tibetan commentaries, practices focused on the tantric deity Chakrasamvara and his consort Vajrayogini are means of overcoming attachment, desire, and the ignorance of not realizing the true nature of reality, which is the emptiness of all phenomena. These mental afflictions are among the fundamental causes of the endless cycle of birth, death, and rebirth known as samsara.

White Chakrasamvara, From Situ’s set of Twenty-seven Tutelary Deities; Kham Province, Eastern Tibet; late 18th century; Pigments on cloth; Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, Gift of Shelley and Donald Rubin; C2006.66.15

White Chakrasamvara, From Situ’s set of Twenty-seven Tutelary Deities; Kham Province, Eastern Tibet; late 18th century; Pigments on cloth; Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, Gift of Shelley and Donald Rubin;C2006.66.15

(Boundless Life) with Consort Vajrayogini [in] the tradition of Rechung Dorje Drakpa (1083/4-1161)

(Supreme Bliss [of] Realized/Accomplished Awakening) with Consort Vajrayogini

One Seeing in Every (Direction) [as] Heruka (One Sporting Skull-cup of Blood) with Consort Yogini

(Clarifying Wisdom)

(Deathless Immutable or Immortal Vajra)

(Victorious)