The Buddhist deity Chakrasamvara

Chakrasamvara’s name, Wheel-Binder, references the wheels, or chakras, within the body. This yab-yum deity’s origin is traced to a time when the Hindu gods Shiva and Parvati threatened world order through immoral behavior, namely gratuitous violence and sex. To subjugate them, the Primordial Buddha manifested as Chakrasamvara: the mirror image of the unruly Hindu divinities. This means of restraining the Hindu couple — by revealing them to themselves — parallels how Manjushri manifested as Vajrabhairava to tame Death. Hidden is the anatomically correct manner in which this exquisitely fashioned image symbolically replicates the nonduality experienced when extremes such as violence and sexuality are brought, literally, to heel.