"The Water Deity" (chu-lha, Varuna) sits encircled by water in the south in the 'stainless' celestial field. He is blue and is in the gesture of bestowing dharma. "Water" refers to his pristine awareness which is extremely clear and and unstained; it also refers to his function of compassionately moistening the mental continuum of sentient beingswith the scared Truth of Dharma; "Deity" indicates his marvellous quality of having magical powers by which he can conjure up emanations.
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