"Vajrakilaya’s lowest right and left hands together hold a phurba that smashes or destroys the gyaltsen, the male and female demons (gyal is short for gyalpo, and tsen is short for tsenmo). Guru Padmasambhava mentioned that these two demons cause the most difficulties in these degenerate times. They are very active and disturb the emotional and psychological states of sentient beings, turning our mental states upside down and making us very uncomfortable.
The disturbance of the gyalpo is that your mind cannot relax. For example, even if you have everything you need, and everything is alright, still your mind cannot seem to relax and rest. This feeling that you are not happy and that you are not complete is the disturbing power of the gyalpo.
When you are not satisfied with anything, and want more and more, that is the disturbing power of the tsenmo. These two demons are very active in these degenerate times, and by turning the minds of sentient beings in wrong directions, they disturb the environment, cities, and entire countries.
Whenever the energy of the gyaltsen comes into sentient beings’ minds, this restlessness becomes connected with anger, jealousy, and then attachment. These emotions become so active that people cannot rest; they feel that they always have to be doing something. When you feel this way, your speech, your mind, and your body all become completely restless. Vajrakilaya crushes the energy of the gyaltsen and instead brings happiness, harmony, and peace."
Venerable Khenpo Rinpoches
Photo of Nub Sangye Yeshe Rinpoche, one of the nine heartlike students of Guru Padmasambhava and a previous incarnation of Tsasum Lingpa, from the PSL temple murals.
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