Dorje Phurba

Vajrakilaya - the awareness-being who stabs the roots of anger

Dorje Phurba (rDo rJe phur bu – Vajrakilaya) is shown here in union with Dorje Phagmo (rDo rJe phag mo – Vajra Vaharahi). Dorje Phurba, which means 'thunderbolt nail', obliterates the minions of aggression by plunging the self-existent dagger of non-duality into the heart of hatred wherever it hides and whomever hides it within themselves. Within the space of his vajra-destructiveness, dualised beings are unable to cling to callous imperatives. He wears the six human bone cemetery ornaments resplendent with thunderbolt nails, in display of his mastery of the six classes of the Vajrayana. The Kriya Tantra nails overpower the anger of puritanical pretence. The Upa Tantra nails overpower the anger of petulant propriety. The Yoga Tantra nails overpower the anger of pretended buddha karma of pacification. The Mahayoga nails overpower the anger of the pretended buddha karma of enrichment. The Anuyoga nails overpower the anger of the pretended buddha karma of magnetising. The Atiyoga nails overpower the anger of the pretended buddha karma of destruction.