Dorje Phamo thangka painting is the depiction of tantric deity Dorje Phamo, also known as "Vajra Mother." Dorje Phamo is a tantric deity in Tibetan Buddhism considered a yidam, a meditational deity, which practitioners can visualize and connect with in order to achieve spiritual advancement and attain enlightenment.
Dorje Phamo is typically depicted as a red or copper-colored woman, with one face and two arms, holding a vajra (a ritual object symbolizing indestructibility) and a bell in her right and left hands, respectively in traditional Tibetan thangka painting.
She is shown standing on a prostrate figure, symbolizing her subjugation of the forces of evil in thangka paintings of Dorje Phamo. She is also portrayed wearing a crown of five skulls, symbolizing the transformation of negative emotions into wisdom. She is a powerful and fierce deity, associated with the attainment of the highest tantra, the Anuttarayoga Tantra. Dorje Phamo practice is said to be highly secret and only initiated into those deemed ready by their teachers.
She is considered as the embodiment of the ultimate nature of the mind and her practice is a powerful way to achieve spiritual advancement and attain enlightenment. Dorje Phamo is also considered as one of the main protectors of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism. Dorje Phamo mantra, "Om Dorje Phamo Hum," is recited for protection and to invoke the power of the Buddha.