The person may be anyone, but generally it is a priestess communicating through a goddess. The place may be a shrine or temple or any place where the spirit manifests itself. The object may be a statue, or any form of created matter.
Oracular. Resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought.
To be oracular is to enigmatic.
As the master read aloud, enchanted by the oracular saying of Dorje Kundragma, the initiate monks became progressively more confused.
The Buddhists have a very wide selection of God's and Goddesses. They also have built several monasteries over the centuries. This may be due to the caste system that their culture has formed itself in. The caste system is an hierarchy, or an order, with set rules stating the position or status of every individual in society. The caste system is similar to a filing system on a computer. There's the master folder. The master folder holds sub folders. The sub folders are further broken down. An so on and so forth.
The Archaic domain of the Buddhist is very similar to the caste system. As below, so above. One God serves another and there is sometimes friction amongst the Gods and Goddesses. This friction builds up to the breaking point and the order is reformed.
By a series of reforms within the archaic structure of the Eternal Realm of the Gods there came to exist a dozen goddesses.
The history of the twelve goddesses is at times obscure since it exists from a time when memory was transferred from one generation to the next mostly by word of mouth.
The exact truth will never be known but it goes somewhat like this.
There were five goddesses known as " the five sisters of long life". There were also twelve goddesses, four of these were of the spirit of the great female demons, four were of the queens of a vindictive and harmful god, and four were gifted of the great healers spirit.
All seventeen of them were at the service of the deity Shrideva. The goddess Shridevi is the chief goddess of the Tibetan Buddhist pantheon.
In the biographical account Padmasambhava, the monk who brought Buddhism to Tibet, it is mentioned that the twelve guardians became bound to an oath of service after being subdued in battle.
The exact location of the reforms according to one account is Dyug in Tsang province, another account states that the shift happened at a secret cave called Kharag.
In the natural world certain humans have gathered in their common belief of the existance of these twelve goddesses. The Cult of the twelve Tenma Goddesses remains active in the Gelug Tradition.
The oath sworn by the Dorje Goddesses included being the guardians of the mountains of Tibet and the Himalayas.
One such Goddess is named Dorje Kundragma. The word Dorje is synonymous to Virja and they quantify a spiritual tool or spiritual implement. The Dorje Goddesses of the mountains are seeked and have been seeked for guidance
and wisdom for many centuries. A good example of worship of the Dorje can be found at the Dzogchen monastery Sher Sang Ha in Kham, Tibet.There are 12 Tenma Goddesses or deities. To the best of my knowledge the term Tenma refers to the demons, therefore the another edict of the oath of the Goddesses of the Mountains is to be guardian against such demons.
Tenma (Skt : Devaputra-ma¯ra), the demon who is the king of Takejizaiten (Skt : Paranirmita-vas'a-vartin), is also called because he causes hindrances to those who follow the Buddhist way - see Samurai spirits and Buddhist terms.
A modern day example of the culture that worships the Dorje can be viewed here. The chaos of this 2012 generation as seen in prophecy has penetrated into the lives of the Tibetan Buddhist who see themselves fighting the frictions of modern paradigms. The monasteries may be at risk of losing their values and certain monks of some monasteries are suggesting radical reforms against the Dalai Lama who is of the caste of high priests. The guidance and wisdom of The Goddess of the Mountains, Dorje Shugden in this case is being seeked through long periods of meditation and oracular divination.
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References
Shri Devi Palden Lhamo, Ok Kin Tungri
Palden Lhamo (pronounced: 'Pelden Lhamo'), Panden Lamo (Wylie transliteration: dPal ldan Lha mo), Shri Devi (Sanskrit), or Okkin Tungri (Mongolian) is a protecting Dharmapala of the teachings of Gautama Buddha in the Gelug school Tibetan Buddhism. She is also called Remati. She is the wrathful deity considered to be the principal Protectress of Tibet.
Palden Lhamo is the consort of Mahakala and has been described as "the tutelary deity of Tibet and its government", and as "celebrated all over Tibet and Mongolia, and the potent protector of the Dalai and Panchen Lamas and Lhasa.
American Psychological Association (APA):
Palden_Lhamo. (n.d.). Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved June 03, 2008, from Reference.com website: http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Palden_Lhamo
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Padmasambhava (also Padmakara or Padma Raja; earlier - Saroruha Vajra or simply Saroruha) (Ch: 蓮華生上師, Pinyin: Lian Hua Sheng Shang Shi; Tib: Pema Jungne, Wylie: padma 'byung gnas), in Sanskrit meaning "lotus-born", is said to have brought Tantric Buddhism to Tibet in the 8th century. In Bhutan and Tibet he is better known as Guru Rinpoche ("Precious Master") or Lopon Rinpoche, where followers of the Nyingma school regard him as the second Buddha. Padmasambhava is the son of Drenpa Namkha.
American Psychological Association (APA):
Padmasambhava. (n.d.). Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved June 03, 2008, from Reference.com website: http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Padmasambhava
See Himalayan art of the Gelug Lineage.
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The World of a Tibetan Monk and the worship of Dorje Kundragma.
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Samurai Spirits and Buddhist terms.
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