Tantric Buddhist symbolism

In Tantric Buddhist symbolism dharmodaya is associated with the cosmic womb and the female sexual organ. As divine vagina, dharmodaya represents the source of reality, from which everything is born and dies in an endless cycle. The womb of Vajrayogini, depicted symbolically by this sign, embraces all worlds, creates and devours everything that exists. The three angles of dharmodaya are perceived i...n Tantric Buddhism as the three absolute aspects of the mother principle, associated with the space. The all-encompassing space is related with the source of reality and also with the sphere of reality, called dharmadhatu (Tib. cho kyi ying), which is the essence of everything and synonymous with Buddha nature.

The female essence of the Vajrayogini, symbolizing the space and emptiness cannot be fully realized if it is not in a union with the male principle of skillful methods, compassion or great bliss. Together they represent the inseparability of subject and object, the principle of nonduality expressed through the union of bliss and emptiness (Tib. detong). This union is expressed through the sign of dharmodaya, and also through the embrace of Vajrayogini and Chakrasamvara.

Dharmodaya, as a source of absolute truth, reveals the most profound transcendent reality of the union of bliss and freedom. This freedom is attained when we realize that all things are devoid of absolute and fixated essence. When we discover the infinite interconnection with all beings and

things, this blissful freedom allows us to play harmoniously with all other relational things.