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Vajradharma Lotkesvara is one-faced and two-armed and sits in the Vajraparyafika attitude on a lotus. The right-hand displays the Abhaya pose and the left on the lap hold the stem of the Utpala.

on having no thought of killing, and not eating meat. ”Your basic purpose in cultivating samadhi is to transcend the wearisome defilements. But if you do not renounce your thoughts of killing, you will not be able to get out of the dust. 6:20 ”Even though one may have some wisdom and the manifestation of Chan samadhi, one is certain to enter the path of spirits if one does not cease killing. At best, a person will become a mighty ghost; on the average, one will become a flying yaksha, a ghost leader, or the like; at the lowest level, one will become an earth-bound rakshasa. 6:21 ”These ghosts and spirits have their groups of disciples. Each says of himself that he has accomplished the Unsurpassed Way. 6:22 ”After my extinction, in the Dharma-ending Age, these hordes of ghosts and spirits will abound, spreading like wildfire as they argue that eating meat will bring one to the Bodhi Way. 6:22 ”Ananda, I permit the Bhikshus to eat five kinds of pure meat. This meat is actually a transformation brought into being by my spiritual powers. It basically has no life-force. You Brahmans live in a climate so hot and humid,… Read More

Perfection of wisdom has knowledge of all dharmas. It’s referring mostly to the spiritual aspect; but it also includes world. Prajna or wisdom, has many aspects…. it means one is safe.. Aspect of it means that one is safe in any place, all circumstance.. Other perfections are Effort, Discipline, Patience, Insight and Generosity. Patience is a very good one; if one meets someone who has patience (Ksanti) perfected… it’s a great blessing.. Effort is an important perfection… This is like, one does not remove the effort for enlightenment; nor for metta for living beings… One can continue this way… This is the normal way to be… Perfection of effort — one will take the right path, and there is no lethargy… This is also helped by discipline. This is also helpful to awakening…. Generosity is a good perfection; this is both material gifts, Loving-kindness and also knowledge. When one has Wisdom completely, one can give knowledge and enlghten.

Santasi Lokeshvara He is one-faced and six-armed and stands on a lotus. His two principal hands are joined against his chest in forming the Dharmacakra mudra. The other four hands show the rosary and the Varada pose in the right, and the book and the Abhaya mudra in the left.

Sukhavati Lokeshvara is represented as one-faced, and six-armed, who sits on a lotus in the Lalita attitude. The first pair of hands exhibits the Dharmacakra mudra, the second pair carries the rosary and the book, and the third pair shows the Varada mudra in the right and the water pot in the left.