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[[Image:Peaceful guhyagarbha.JPG|frame|'''Peaceful Deities from the Mandala of Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities''']]The '''forty-two peaceful deities''' (Tib. ''shyiwé lha shyé nyi''; [[Wyl.]] ''zhi ba'i lha zhe gnyis'') belong to the mandala of the [[Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities]], and feature in several practices and cycles of teachings, most notably the ''[[Tibetan Book of the Dead]]'' and the [[Guhyagarbha Tantra]]. They are:

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1) [[Samantabhadra]] (Wyl. ''kun tu bzang po''); <br>
2) [[Samantabhadri]] (Wyl. ''kun tu bzang mo''); <br>
3-7) five male [[buddhas of the five families]] (Wyl. ''rgyal rigs lnga'') and <br>
8-12) [[five female buddhas]] (Wyl. ''yum lnga''); <br>
13-20) [[eight great bodhisattvas|eight male bodhisattvas]] (Wyl. ''byang chub sems dpa’ brgyad'') and <br>
21-28) [[eight female bodhisattvas]] (Wyl. ''sems ma brgyad''); <br>
29-34) [[six munis]] (Wyl. ''thub pa drug''); <br>
35-38) [[four male gate keepers]] (Wyl. ''sgo ba bzhi'') and <br>
39-42) [[four female gate keepers]] (Wyl. ''sgo ma bzhi'').

These deities are also described as the [[deities of the three seats]].

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