Thugs kyi 'khor lo: 1 definition
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroesthugs kyi 'khor lo (ཐུགས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ལོ) refers to the “deities on the Mind Circle” according to the Badzra dā ki rgya mtsho.—Accordingly, while explaining the “Yoga of the donkey-formed (gardabhākārayoga)” in the 14th chapter of the Cakrasaṃvara.—Heruka is visualized having the face of a donkey; the deities on the Mind Circle (thugs kyi 'khor lo), the face of Garuḍa; the deities of the Speech Circle, the face of a peacock; the deities on the Body Circle, the face of a lion; Heruka’s female consort, the faces of a deer, buffalo, tiger, and owl; the four gatekeepers, the faces of animals in accordance with their names; and the four Ḍākinīs, the faces of a donkey, a lion, an elephant, and a ravine vulture, respectively.—Note: The yoga of the donkey-formed is a characteristic practice that is taught in the several scriptures belonging to the Saṃvara tradition.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
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Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) (by Gyurme Dorje)
Text 4.13 (Commentary) < [Chapter 4 (text and commentary)]