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Vahravarahi is the Samboghakaya dakini who it visualized in the Dudjom Tersar Troma Nagmo Chod practice

This jinsek (fire offering) text is used as part of the Collection of Seven Treasures annual Drupchen at Pema Osel Ling

The da-tse (crescent moon underneath) represents the sambhogakaya

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