Checking meditation on this generation > Checking meditation on the subtle parts of our body, the channels and drops, generated as the deities

Question 1

White bodhichitta at the centre of our heart channel wheel

Answer 1

… assumed the aspect of a letter HUM, which then transformed into the Blessed One Glorious Heruka, with four face, twelve arms.

Question 2

Red tummo fire in the form of a red drop at our navel

Answer 2

… assumed the aspect of a letter BAM, which then transformed into the Blessed Mother Vajravarahi

Question 3

The four channel petals of the heart channel wheel in the cardinal directions, which are the paths for the winds of the four elements,

Answer 3

… appeared in the aspect of the letters LAM, MAM, PAM and TAM beginning clockwise in the east.

These transformed beginning counter-clockwise:

• in the east (in front of us) into dark-blue Dakini,
• in the north (to our left) into green Lama
• in the west (behind us) into red Khandarohi
• in the south (to our right) into yellow Rupini.

They each have one face with three eyes and bared fangs, and are naked with freely hanging hair.

They each have two hands, the right hand holding a curved knife and the left a skullcup, with a khatanga held in the crook of their left elbow.

They stand with their right leg outstretched and are adorned with five mudras.

They wear a crown of five human skulls and a long necklace of fifty human skulls.

Question 4

The four channel petals of the heart channel wheel in the intermediate directions

Answer 4

… appeared in the aspect of four skullcups brimming with five nectars.

They symbolize the goddesses of the four offerings:
- Rupavajra Goddess
- Gändhavajra
- Rasavajra
- Parshavajra

Question 5

(6) The central Deity Heruka Father and Mother and the four Yoginis in the cardinal directions are known as…

Answer 5

…the Deities of the great bliss wheel.

Question 6

(8) Deities of the heart wheel

Answer 6

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Question 7

(8) Deities of the speech wheel

Answer 7

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Question 8

(8) Deities of the body wheel

Answer 8

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Question 9

Deities of the commitment wheel

Answer 9

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Question 10

What are the eight doors of the senses:

Answer 10

1. The root of the tongue
2. The navel
3. The sex organ
4. The anus
5. The point between the eyebrows
6. The two ears
7. The two eyes
8. The two nostrils

Question 11

In summary

Answer 11

> Around the very edge of the mandala are the eight great charnel grounds;
inside these is the protection circle;
inside this is the celestial mansion, the nature of the gross parts of our purified body;
and inside this are the Deities of the five wheels, the nature of the subtle parts of our purified body.

Question 12

in summary (2)

Answer 12

> Through meditating in this way, our channels and drops are gradually blessed by the Heroes and Heroines.
Due to this all the winds flowing through the channels of the eight doors gather inwards, followed by the winds flowing through the channels of the twenty four places.
Finally all our inner winds gather into the central channel and dissolve into the white and red indestructible drop at our heart, and we experience spontaneous great bliss and emptiness.

Answer 13

Whenever Heruka body mandala practitioners
(i) see beautiful forms,
(ii) hear beautiful sounds,
(iii) experience pleasant smells,
(iv) taste delicious food or drink, and
(v) experience smooth tactile objects,

they can accumulate great merit by offering these five objects of desire to the assembly of Heroes and Heroines abiding in the holy temple of their body - the celestial mansion of the body mandala.