Page "Dakini" Paragraph 15

When considered as a stage on the Vajrayana Path, the dakini is the final stages: the first is the guru, which corresponds to the initial realization of the true condition of reality, as this is introduced by the guru in the empowerment, if the disciple obtains what the Inner Tantras call peyi yeshe ( dpe yi ye shes ) o the clarity of shunyata.

The second is the devata, which corresponds to the meditation insofar as the devata is the method used for developing the state discovered in the initial realization of the true condition of reality.

The third stage is the dakini insofar as the dakini is the source of the activities based on the realization of the guru and the meditation of the devata.