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The Rishu-e Assembly (理趣会) within the Vajra World Mandala (金剛界曼荼羅), with Kongōsatta Bodhisattva (金剛薩埵) in the center surrounded by the bodhisattvas of desire, love, touch, and pride along with their female consorts

Detail from a hanging scroll by the monk Sōkaku (宗覚) dating to the Edo Period (1600-1868) at Tōji Temple (東寺) in Kyoto

Image from "東寺の曼荼羅図: みほとけの群像" [Illustrated Mandalas at Tōji: Group Images of Buddhist Divinities] published by 東寺宝物館 [Tōji Treasure Museum], 1992, page 58

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A sculpted image of the buddha Ashuku Nyorai (阿閦如来) flanked by Miroku Bodhisattva (弥勒菩薩) and Kongōsatta Bodhisattva (金剛薩埵菩薩) dating to 1644 within the five-story pagoda of Tōji Temple (東寺) in Kyoto

Image from "東寺の如来・祖師像" [Images of Buddhas and Patriarchs at Tōji] published by 東寺宝物館 [Tōji Treasure Museum], 1994, page 19

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A sculpted image of Kongōsatta Bodhisattva (金剛薩埵菩薩) dating to the 9th century at the Lecture Hall of Tōji Temple (東寺) in Kyoto

Image from "東寺の菩薩像" [Images of Bodhisattvas at Tōji] published by 東寺宝物館 [Tōji Treasure Museum], 1993, page 15

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Sculpted images of the cosmic buddha Dainichi Nyorai (大日如来) flanked by Sonshō Butchō (尊勝仏頂) on the left and Kongōsatta (金剛薩埵) on the right enshrined in the Great Dharma Transmission Hall of Negoroji Temple (根来寺) in Iwade, Wakayama Prefecture, with Sonshō Butchō dating to 1405 and the other two to 1387

Photo by WolfgangMichel on March 9, 2012

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A painted image of the Five Secret Bodhisattvas (五秘密菩薩) dating to the Kamakura period (1185-1333) at Daigoji Temple (醍醐寺) in Kyoto, with the prototypical esoteric disciple Kongōsatta (金剛薩垂) in the center surrounded by the four female bodhisattvas Arrogance Vajra (慢金剛 Man’kongō), Materialism Vajra (燈金剛 Shokukongō), Desire Vajra (欲金剛 Yokukongō), and Lust Vajra (愛金剛 Aikongō)

Image from a booklet acquired at the temple August 15, 1995