Yoga Tantra Deities Study Only

Esoteric Buddhism stem from Mahayana Buddhism, rising in India from the third century A.D., after original Esoteric Buddhism, dharani esoteric buddhism. During the first half and middle period of the7th century, esoteric Buddhism, Vairocanabhisambodhitantra as its classic, rose in the southwest and southeast of India, respectively, and Vajra-yana, whose basic classic is Vajrasekhara-sutra. Philosophy, practice and methodology of esoteric tended to mature and perfect, especially in the period of Vajra-yana.Consecrated practices of yoga school in thought was affected by the thought of The Yogacara school, such as changing consciousness into wisdom, turning five Buddhas into five wisdoms, observing five marks as the body and immediately being buddha. It would further in practice, standing out visualization of yoga and using rich symbol means and delicate idea to form a certain size, inter-related and systematic deity system of esoteric Buddhism, which makes deity group of esoteric Buddhism enrichment and deity system methodization.The paper aims to clear that how to realize organization of the complicated deities for Vajra-yana, excavate its symbolic thoughts, show concealed thought connection by the deities' relations, which is the foundation of deity system of esoteric Buddhism, extend and explode the impact on later esoteric Buddhism. The studies on deities of mandala in vajradhatu have an important value for enriching and extending the religious theories, building a deity system of esoteric Buddhism, which is a gap in academic, and knowing about the influence among China and Japan as well as the areas out of Han region. The paper is through above theoretical significance, focuses on the theme and starts with the connection between macro-deity system and micro-deity individual to carry out a complete and detailed research for deity system of mandalas of vajradhatu in Vajra-yana.Vajradhatu mandala is the core for Vajradhatu secret method.every is the basic carrier of the mandala method thought. There number of Deities in Vajradhatu mandala is large, acdemic and religious like to devide it into five parts, buddhism, Bodhisattva, Vajra, treasure and karman. This paper does not only show religious thought but also has the division for Deities, including buddhism, buddisattva, vajra, Vidyaraja, and king, even lists seperately the important feature, Vajracchedika. This is a breakthought for the division of five schools and also a new explanation and A full range of considerations.The number of deity of Vajra-yana is as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, but it is also regular. Numerous deities exist by surrounding deity mode, which is the same body but different objects. The same body but different objects is a mode which is to express its doctrine thought base on different objects and different feelings to show the same essential idea by performance of all kinds of deities with anthropomorphism, including "the two incorporated into one","Trinity","Four-in-one". Five deities all surround this system and spread in mandalas.Deities of vajra class play a key role in running of deity system and is also the important reason why consecrated pracitices of Vajra-yana is called vajradhatu. Vajrapani is the most important part in vajra, whose process of form and development is also a epitome of the creation process for deities system of vajra. It is from Vajra-warriors to esoteric vajra, from the host of vajra esoteric, leader of vajra groups, to Vajrapa i, the head of nineteen attachment vajras, eventually it developed and formed a vajradhatu after all deities are conferred the precepts and obtain the name of vajra, which is from less to more, shows a clear thread and has a bigger impact so that leading roles of consecrated pracitices in the later esoteric Buddhism were called guhyasamaja, Samvara, Kalachakra. Deities in deity are also one of the keys. Acala Vidyaraja, Trailokyavijaya and Yamantaka Vajrabhairava in five deities of yoga esoteric Buddhism are enduring roles in the developing history of esoteric deity, focusing on Vighnantaka and transforming Vajrayak a are a new situation for the belief on deity of Vajra-yana. Four paramitas are representatives of feminine divinity in Chinese translation of Vajra-yana tantra, as well as four conditions which can make practitioner immediately become the Buddha.Deity system of mandalas of vajradhatu which serves as a link between the past and the future in the whole history of esoteric deities. Deity system does not only have its own special features but also presents the biggest inclusiveness. The development of Deities of vajra in the maha-yoga esoteric Buddhism, Anuttarayoga and Atiyoga shows different trends and has a wide and profound effect on later esoteric Buddhism.