che mchog heruka, Chemchok Heruka: 2 definitions
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhist Teachers, Deities and other Spiritual beingsche mchog heruka (ཆེ་མཆོག་ཧེརུཀ) is another name for Chemchok Heruka—an additional deity of the “Fifty-eight Wrathful Deities” (Tibetan: khro bo lha nga brgyad) according to various sources such as the Guhyagarbha Tantra and the Tibetan Book of the Dead.—They feature in Tantric teachings and practices which focus on purifying elements of the body and mind. These deities [e.g., che mchog heruka] form part part of the the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities who manifest to a deceased person following the dissolution of the body and consciousness whilst they are in the intermediate state (bardo) between death and rebirth. The fifty-eight wrathful deities become sixty when you add Chemchok Heruka (che mchog heruka) and his consort Krodhīśvarī. The are the wrathful aspects of Samantabhadra and Samantabhadrī.
Source: Rigpa Shedra: WikiChemchok Heruka refers to the central deity within the general Kagyé cycle (the “eight great sadhana teachings”). Chemchok Heruka appears in the centre of the mandala, while the other Kagyé deities appear in the four cardinal and four intermediate directions. Chemchok Heruka has twenty-one heads and forty-two hands. The two principal hands hold Samantabhadra and Samantabhadrī. [...] The consort of Chemchok is Namshyalma (gnam zhal ma). In total, there are 725 deities in the mandala of Kagyé.
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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Partial matches: Chemchok, Heruka, Che, Ce.
Full-text: Chemchok, Mahottaraheruka, Krodhishvari, Namshyalma, Kagye.
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Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) (by Gyurme Dorje)
Text 21.7 (Commentary) < [Chapter 21 (Text And Commentary)]
Text 15.13 (Commentary) < [Chapter 15 (Text and Commentary)]
Introduction: Overview of the Mantras of Buddha-Speech < [Chapter 16 (Text and Commentary)]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 1c - The Zur Geneology (i): Lha rje zur po che shAkya ‘byung gnas < [Book 3 - Early translations of Secret Mantra]
Chapter 1c - The Zur Geneology (ii): Zur chung shes rab grags pa < [Book 3 - Early translations of Secret Mantra]