Heruka embraces his red consort, Vajrayogini, she is holding a curved knife in her right hand to cut off ego interferences and in her left behind Heruka's head she has a skull-cup symbolizing blissful wisdom. The black background behind them is the clear, empty space of limitless dharmakaya and the greem orb behind Heruka's head symbolizes the enlightened transformation of sensual desire through the union of bliss and emptiness.

Heruka's right leg stands on the back of the worldly deity wrathful Ishvara (also known as Bhairava), while his left leg is bentand tramples on the breat of Bhairava's consort, the goddess Kalarati. this stance symbolizes the ability of Heruka Chakrasamvara to overcome the forces of ignorant hatred and desirous attachment respectively.

This 4 faced lineage of Heruka has in addition to the traditional vajra and bell, the skin of an elephant, a drum, dagger, curved knife and ant three jpointed spear in his right hands, and the staff, skull-cup, noose and the head of a worldly deity in his left hands. The symbolism of these various attributes can be exjplained as follows (partial). The 4 faces stand for the 4 doors of liberation. His 12 arms signify the purification of the twelve links of dependent arising explained in the Wheel of Life The vajra and bell symbolize the supreme unification of method and wisdom. The elephant skin illustrates the abandonment of ignorance. the hand drum enhances the blissful happiness experienced in the minds of all fully enlightened ones. The dagger and curved knife cut off the 3 poisons as the hub of the wheel of Life and eliminate all extreme views, while the 3-pointed spear pierces through the delusions of the 3 realms of existence. (a full iconography will be provided upon purchase)