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5.65 Mahakala [10]

Six-armed

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Mahâkâla [Tib.: »Nag po chen po«] belongs to the Dharmapalas, the protectors of the Buddhism. This Thangka shows him as the wrathful black protector with six arms.

Mahakala is one of the »Eight Guardians of the Law«, whose duty is to protect Buddhism against its enemies. In this six-armed manifestation

He is the wrathful deity that destroys mind chatter and brings our minds back into attentive focus.

Mahâkâla belongs to the Dharmapalas, the protectors of the Buddhism. There are 75 different kind of manifestations, but he recognized universally as one of the great protectors of the Dharma. This Thangka shows him as the wrathful black protector with six ams.

Mahakala is one of the Eight Guardians of the Law, whose duty is to protect Buddhism against its enemies.

With his feet he is trampling on a Ganesha. This symbolically represents the trampling of the personifications of suffering that cause beings to rotate in the world of »Samsara« and are caused by an unlucky birth. »Samsara« refers to the cycle of birth, death and rebirth, also known as reincarnation.


The attributes of the six-armed Mahakala

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