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The Meaning of Yeshepa and Damtsikpa as Found in Many Deity Practices
by Lama Gape


I would like to clarify the significance of the "yeshepa" and "damtsik pa" in the practice of meditating on the deity.  It is very important to understand the meaning of this well.  The essence of the blessings of the deity are contained within this understanding.
 
First of all, the damtsik pa is oneself in the form of the deity.  When we meditate as the deity we become the commitment being or damtsik pa.  The enlightened nature of the wisdom being is the deity outside of our selves.  When we meditate we must have full faith and confidence in the actual presence and boundless qualities of the wisdom being. 
 
When we have generated ourselves as the deity and we get to the part in the practice where the wisdom being or yeshepa dissolves into us this is a very important part of the practice.  It is actually an empowerment.  The nature of the wisdom being and the samaya being becomes inseperable.  The blessings of the enlightened nature of all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas which are contained within the wisdom being rain down on us like snow.  If we meditate on this well with complete faith and confidence we will truly accomplish the generation stage.
 
This is the same basic principal in all the different deity practices and empowerments.  Even though there are various vizualizations the essence is the same.