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Apart from the hand gestures, the other two do not require visualization of cushions and wheels, so it should be known that the eight-petaled lotus in the center of the Great Bliss Wheel is the threshold of the Vow Wheel Palace. Therefore, the five central deities, together with the four consorts, should be visualized in the usual way. Then, visualize the Hero and Heroine in order, the four gatekeepers at the four gates, and the four boundary mothers at the four outer boundaries of the palace. The four Dakinis, the four gatekeepers, and the four boundary mothers, all twelve of them, should be visualized according to their respective colors as described in the ritual. All are four-armed mothers, and the hand gestures and implements, etc., are consistent with the direction indicated at the end of the boundary mothers. In the practice of Bhairava, there is a method of making a nine-grid cushion around the eight zombies, etc., but in the case of these thirteen deities, according to the ritual, the roof of the palace is made into a nine-grid pattern. The goatskin under the feet does not exist in real Tibet; it is said that barley is used as a substitute. The charnel ground bird refers to a very large white bird with a feather about a fathom long on its head, which exists in India but not in Tibet. The throwing spear has a wheel tied to one end of the spearhead and a rope tied to the other end for long-range throwing. The round dome refers to a round dome.