14 inch/ 40 cm Vajrayogini | རྡོ་རྗེ་རྣལ་འབྱོར་པ། | 金剛瑜珈母

Vajrayogini is a tantric deity who is highly revered in Vajrayana Buddhism, particularly in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. She is the embodiment of enlightened energy and wisdom, and she is frequently depicted as a fierce and powerful goddess with a red body and a third eye in the center of her forehead.Vajrayogini is typically depicted standing or dancing on a lotus flower, wearing a garland of severed heads around her neck and holding a skull cup in one hand. Her other hands are holding a variety of symbolic objects, including a vajra and a bell, which represent the union of compassion and wisdom.Vajrayogini is regarded as a means of achieving spiritual liberation through the transformation of ordinary experience into the path of enlightenment in Tibetan Buddhist practice. Her practice entails visualizing oneself as Vajrayogini and participating in various yogic practices such as meditation, mantra recitation, and visualization of the deity's form.Vajrayogini is also linked to the concept of dakini, or enlightened feminine energy, and is regarded as a guide for practitioners seeking to awaken this energy within themselves. Her fierce and powerful appearance is thought to represent the intense energy required to overcome the obstacles to spiritual realization, and her wisdom and compassion are said to be limitless.