About Vajrayogini

A representation of complete Buddhahood in female form, Vajrayogini embodies the qualities of the Buddhas of the ten directions and three times. Her tantra is the most supreme among all the Highest Yoga Tantras. As our lives today are ruled by extreme lust, greed, anger and hatred, she uses these very forces to attract us and then transforms them into liberating energies.

Vajrayogini is particularly suitable for the people of our time because her practice helps to purify and transform desire, which is the current and most pervasive energy within samsara. In fact, she manifested specifically to pacify our self-created inner obstacles that are provoked by the outer environment we live in. Therefore, her blessings are very potent and powerful for this day and age.

Making Offerings to Vajrayogini

Vajrayogini is highly recommended by His Holiness Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche for modern practitioners because her blessings become more powerful as times degenerate. Her practice is one of the most effective because the commitments are significantly 'easier' compared to the other Higher Yoga Tantras. This is reflected in her simple form and relatively short daily practice. Her mantra is so effective that her practitioners can recite it without visualisation and still gain some attainments.

In line with Rinpoche’s aspirations of spreading Vajrayogini’s lineage, a 2-foot statue of Vajrayogini has been filled with mantras and holy items, consecrated with puja and ritual, and placed in Wisdom Hall in Kechara Forest Retreat for all to make offerings of jewels and gold to her.

As these offerings are made on behalf of sponsors, sacred ritual music is played as an additional offering of sound and to please the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats, Dakas and Dakinis with the collection of merit.

Rinpoche also composed a powerful aspirational prayer, to be recited on behalf of sponsors. If you cannot come to Kechara Forest Retreat to offer precious substances to Vajrayogini in person, you may make these aspirations from wherever you are:

• To receive Vajrayogini's sacred initiation.
• To master the 11 yogas of Vajrayogini's practice.
• To become a great practitioner/mahasiddha and become immensely beneficial to sentient beings.
• To ascend to Kechara Paradise at the time of death.

Further Reading

• Making offerings to Buddha (video)
• Why we make offerings to arya beings (video)
• A note on offerings by Panchen Ötrul Rinpoche