Guru Yoga > Visualizing the eight heroines of the doorways

Question 1

What are the eight doors of the senses?

Answer 1

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 2

What deity does the root of the tongue appear as?

Answer 2

The channel at the root of his tongue appears as Kakase, the manifestation of Bodhisattva Kaouri, who is the consort of Aparajita, one of the ten wrathful Deities.

Question 3

What deity does the channel at the navel appear as?

Answer 3

The channel at the navel appears as Ulukase, the manifestation of Bodhisattva Tzowri, who is the consort of the wrathful Deity Amritakundalini.

Question 4

What are the groupings of the sixty two Deities of the body mandala?

Answer 4

(6) The four Yoginis of the essence and the central Deity Heruka Father and Mother are the Deities of the great bliss wheel.

(16) These, together with the sixteen Deities of the heart wheel,

(16) the sixteen Deities of the speech wheel,

(16) the sixteen Deities of the body wheel,

(8) and the eight Deities of the commitment wheel (the eight Heroines of the doorways),

(= 62) are the sixty two Deities of the body mandala.

They all appear within basis Guru Heruka’s body, which indicates that Guru Heruka is the synthesis of all Buddhas.