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lowest to the highest.<br />

Why do we pay homage to the five great Vajra-herukas?<br />

Because perfect meditations are included in the<br />

doctrines associated with them. If we learn all their<br />

teachings, there is no more to be done—we have arrived<br />

at Perfect Enlightenment. All these teachings have been<br />

gathered by the new sect of Tibet (Gelugpa). The five<br />

Vajra-herukas are:<br />

First, the Vajra-heruka of great pleasure (applies to<br />

external forms),<br />

Second, the Vajra-heruka of great joy (applies to<br />

internal sensations) ,<br />

Third, the Vajra-heruka of the accumulation of secret<br />

doctrines,<br />

Fourth, the Vajra-heruka of great power, <strong>and</strong><br />

Fifth, the Vajra-heruka of mahamaya (great illusion).<br />

By some these deities <strong>and</strong> their doctrines are practiced<br />

separately; others take them together. In taking them<br />

together, the pleasure Vajra is in the head-wheel, the<br />

second Vajra-heruka is in the throat-wheel, the third<br />

Vajra-heruka is found in the navel, while the secret<br />

wheel has the power-Vajra. Taken in this way, the<br />

yidam (Tibetan for "oath-bound") is the joy-Vajra<br />

visualized in the heart-wheel. All five have special<br />

Tantric sutras detailing their meditations, which are<br />

certainly very important. If one worships them, then all<br />

the highest meditations of the Tantra are worshipped.<br />

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