Six Deities

  1. Empty deity སྟོང་པའི་ལྷ།
    Meditation on oneself and the deity as the same nature of emptiness
  2. Letter deity ཡི་གེའི་ལྷ།
    Appearance of the wisdom consciousness as the sound of the mantra reverberating in space
  3. Sound deity སྒྲའི་ལྷ།
    Appearance of the forms of the mantra letters around the edge of a moon-disc
  4. Form deity གཟུགས་ཀྱི་ལྷ།
    Transformation of the moon-disc and letters into the body of the deity
  5. Mudra deity ཕྱག་རྒྱའི་ལྷ།
    Blessing important places in the divine body with hand gestures
  6. Sign deity མཚན་མའི་ལྷ།
    Meditation on the divine body with clear appearance and divine pride

Up a level: Concentration of the four-branched recitation / Action Tantra