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vajra-carcikā-sādhana

The Practice of Vajracharcika

    I prostrate myself before the noble Vajracharcika!
     [Performing] these rituals that were proclaimed earlier, meditate on emptiness. After that, the syllable hūṁ [appears] on top of the eight-petaled lotus in the Sun. From it emerges a vajra, in the middle of which [appears the syllable] caṁ. Having visualized this, [when] it becomes perfect, Vajracharcika [appears] with one face and three eyes. She sits on a seat made of a corpse, appearing in a dancing position with her legs half crossed. With a slender body and clenched fangs, she is terrifying and solitary. She is completely adorned with aspects of a necklace thanks to decorations made of garlands of human heads. She is adorned with the decorations of the five mudras and possesses the crown of Akshobhya. [Below] is a tiger skin skirt. Her hair is loose and she has six arms. In her right hands she holds a vajra, a sword, and a chakra. In her left hands she holds a kapala, a jewel, and a lotus. With a white body, she possesses a white color of form that follows deeds, etc. Meditate thus.
    After doing [such meditation], invoke the chakra of primordial wisdom from the syllable caṁ in your own heart. [When you invite it,] it will indeed dwell in front of you. Then, having completely moved on to the offering, etc., proceed to recite the mantra:
    oṁ vajra carcike hūṁ svāhā
    This concludes the practice of Vajracharcika.
    Translated by Lama Karma Paljor.