Vajrayogini’s Family Tree

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Family

• Chakrasamvara(spouse)— Consort

  Chakrasamvara clasps Vajrayogini in the eternal yab-yum embrace atop Mount Kailash, the deep blue heruka and his red-skinned consort dancing in union as the living mandala of bliss and emptiness at the heart of the Anuttarayoga Tantras.

Member of

• Dakini

  Vajrayogini is the supreme dakini, the queen of the mkha' 'gro ma, whose red dancing form with curved knife and skull cup embodies the highest expression of enlightened feminine wisdom in Tibetan tantric practice.

Equivalent to

• Vajrayogini(Buddhist)

  Vajrayogini was transmitted directly from Indian Vajrayana into Tibetan Buddhist practice, where she became one of the most important yidam deities and the supreme dakini of the Kagyu and Sakya lineages.