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Guru
Dragpo Kilaya
Guru Dragpo Kilaya is the manifestation of Amitabha Buddha in wrath.
He has a red body with one face, two arms and three eyes. He opens
his mouth and rolls up his tongue. His right hand wields a Vajra
and his left hand grasps a nine-headed iron scorpion. He wears a
crown of five skulls symbolizing five Buddhas and human heads are
around his neck. He has the elephant, human and tiger skins draped
over his shoulders and decorated with bone ornaments. The lower
part of his body is the mouth of a crocodile (S. makara) and an
iron purba.with its pointed end stabbing the heart of two demons.
He stands on a lotus-sun-disc throne.
The beneficence of this personal tantric deity (Tib. Yidam) is to
defeat Devas, demons and evil spirits, Raksasa, eradicate three
poisons-concupiscence, anger and ignorance and succeed in everything
beneficial to all beings.
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