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heruka-sādhana

The Practice of Heruka

    Abiding amidst the eight charnel grounds, you become free from fear. With a joyful mind, and through the rituals of method and wisdom, [visualize] the union of the Sun and the Moon. Engaging in this yoga of union, meditate upon the solar disk [arising] from the combination of [Sanskrit] vowels and consonants.
    From the syllable hūṁ, a vajra topped with a benevolent pinnacle manifests. From this arises the deity, standing upon a corpse with legs half-crossed and draped in a pristine human skin; the body is smeared with ash particles. In the right hand—holding a radiant vajra—are a fluttering silk banner and a *khaṭvāṅga* staff; in the left, a skull-cup filled with blood. The deity wears a garland of fifty heads and a necklace made of skeletal bones. The fangs in the mouth are slightly clenched. He has red eyes and [subdues] hindrances. His yellow hair rises upwards, and he wears an ornament of Akshobhya on his head. He wears earrings and is adorned with beautiful bone ornaments. Meditate on him as the bestower of the very essence of the Enlightened One, bearing kapalas (skull-cups) upon his head. He completely wards off the Mara-demons for all beings.
    Mantra:
    oṁ hūṁ phaṭ svāhā
    Thus concludes the condensed practice of the two-armed Heruka.
     Translated by the monk Tsultrim Gyaltsen based on the [teachings] of Abhaya.
     Translated by Lama Dondrub Dorje Tulku.