Guhyasamaja, Akshobhyavajra (Tibetan: sang wa du pa, mi kyu dor je. English: Secret Gathering, Immovable Vajra), foremost tutelary deity of the Method-father class of Anuttarayoga tantra.

Semi-peaceful in appearance, blue in colour, he has three faces, blue, white and red. The main pair of hands hold a vajra and bell embracing the consort, also with three faces. In the remaining hands they both hold a lotus, wheel, sword and precious jewel. Adorned with peaceful ornaments and silk garments they sit atop a sun disc and multi-coloured lotus blossom surrounded by a red-orange nimbus and green areola.

At the top center Vajradhara is surrounded by four figures, King Indrabhuti, a bodhisattva like figure and two monks. At the left side is orange Manjuvajra Guhyasamaja. At the right is red Lokeshvara Guhyasamaja, both in similar appearance to the central figure.

At the bottom center is Chaturbhuja Mahakala, green in colour with one face and four hands embracing the consort. At the left is Rakta Yamari, red, embracing the consort Vajra Vetali and riding atop a red buffalo. On the right side is wrathful blue Vajrapani with three faces and six hands. (See Yogambara and Kalachakra from the same set).

Jeff Watt 3-2000

In the book A History of Tibetan Painting by David Jackson, he says; "Another interesting reference to the mKhyen-ris style from the autobiography of the 5th Dalai Lama refers to the commisioning around 1670/71 of a set of tangkas depicting mandalas (dkyil thang) from the Vajravali cycle. The political ruler (sDe-pa) undertook to sponsor it. Since sMan-thang-pa had been perfectly expert in peaceful deities and mKhyen-brtse in fierce deities and mandalas, in the Great Fifth's opinion it was essential that both lineages should not die out," (pp.159-160).