Deities of the three seats

The forty-two deities peaceful deities of the three seats (Tib. den sum tsangwé kyilkhor) or categories are as follows,

• The aggregates (skandhas) and elements (dhatu) are the seats of the five male and five female buddhas, and is called the the seat of the buddhas
• the sense faculties and their objects are the seats of the eight male and the eight female bodhisattvas together with the six munis, and is called the seat of the bodhisattvas
• the limbs are the seats of the male and female wrathful deities, which are here the four male and the four female gatekeepers who are in a wrathful form but part of the forty-two peaceful deities, and is called the seat of the wrathful deities