100 Deities of Bardo State - The Eight Female Offering Goddesses ( Part 2 )

Bardo, The Intermediate State:

The assembly mandala of Bardo deities depicts a perfected state of beings and the central deities within, symbolizes the perfected states of the meditators' own awareness, psycho-physical aggregates, elemental properties and sensory and mental process.

The peaceful deities symbolize the natural purity of these fundamental components of beings while the wrathful deities are the transformative aspects of the energies. The outer deities of these mandalas are the mode of activities of an enlightened being.

100 Deities of Bardo (Intermediate State)

Bardo, The Intermediate State: The assembly of 100 deities: 1) The 42 peaceful deities 2) The 58 wrathful deities

The 42 peaceful deities of Bardo - The Eight Female Bodhisattvas

Similarly the eight female Bodhisattvas are described as follows. They represent the four sense objects and the four phases of the conceptual thought (past, present, future and indeterminate stage).

The Eight Female Bodhisattvas are typically associated with offering goddesses and the goddesses of the Five Senses: Lasya, Malya, Gita, Nrtya, Pushpa, Dhupa, Aloka and Gandha. They are also referred to as the eight offering goddesses. They are the consorts of the eight great Bodhisattvas:

1. Lasya, Vajra family: Goddess of Beauty - The consort of Kshitigarbha

Quartz White in Color

To the front of Vajrasattva

Holding a mirror and a bell

Symbolizing the purity of visual phenomenon.

2. Pushpa, Vajra family: Goddess of Flowers - The consort of Sarvanivaranavishkambhin Pearl White in color Behind of Vajrasattva Holding a flower symbolizing the purity of past conceptual thoughts.

3. Malya, Ratna family: Goddess of Garlands - The consort of Akashagarbha Saffron yellow in color In front of Ratnasambhava Holding a garland symbolizing the purity of indeterminate conceptual thoughts.

4 . Dhupa, Ratna family: Goddess of Incense - The consort of Maitreya

Golden yellow in color Behind of Ratnasambhava Holding an incense symbolizing the purity of Fragrance.

5 . Gita, Padma family: Goddess of Song - The consort of Vajrapani Marsh mallow pink in color In front of Amitabha Holding a gong symbolizing the purity of Sound.

6 . Aloka, Padma family: Goddess of Light - The consort of Samantabhadra Lotus pink in color Behind of Amitabha Holding a butter lamp symbolizing the purity of future conceptual thoughts.

7 . Gandha, Karma family: Goddess of Perfume - The consort of Manjushri

Poopy Green in color In front of Amoghasiddhi Holding a conch shell symbolizing the purity of present conceptual thoughts.

8 . Nrtya, Karma family: Goddess of Dance - The consort of Avalokiteshvara Marine Green in color Behind Amoghasiddhi Holding a food offering symbolizing the purity of taste.

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