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Phurba (Skt. kila) - a ritual dagger, such as that held by the deity Vajrakilaya.
Four Phurbas
According to the tradition of Vajrakilaya, there are four phurbas:
- Kyérim Sipé Phurba: the kyérim, or generative phase of the phurba of existence.
- Tsenma Dzé kyi Phurba: the actual material phurba
- Dzogrim Changsem Phurba: the dzogrim or dissolution phase, of the phurba of bodhichitta.
- Rigpa Dön gyi Phurba: the absolute phurba of rigpa.