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Types of vajra dance:

Diamond dance can be divided into master dance, divine dance, aerial dance and French dance:

1. Master Dance: If it is held on June 10 in Tibetan calendar, Lotus Master Day will be held. Monks or practitioners in temples put on masks and costumes such as Master Lotus Peanut's Eight Changes, hold different instruments, and put different bodies in different containers to commemorate Master Lotus Peanut's all beings.

2. Divine Dance: The mage or practitioner plays the image of the silent and angry Buddha, and then prays for the Buddha to come to them and cooperate with the ceremony of the large-scale dharma meeting to destroy and subdue the monster with brave dance. In addition, with infinite kindness and compassion, demons and ghosts, as well as all sentient beings suffering from knowledge obstacles, troubles and karma, have been transformed.

3. Dancing in the air: In front of Tancheng, play the role of Daqu's mother with a young solemn and silent Lama. With songs, dances, handprints and medicines, they praised the karma and merits of the ten buddhas and bodhisattvas, and prayed for all brave fathers and empty walkers in the Pure Land to dedicate all the achievements of practitioners.

Fourth, the dance of protecting the dharma: lamas play Yan Luowang or Eight Dragons, etc. And express the truth of karma through the different changes of vajra dance, and there are gods in mountains and rivers, so we should be in awe of karma and nature; At the same time, we also pray for the protection of the true god, the peace of the country and the people, and the spread of Buddhism.