Mahakala is the wrathful emanation of the Buddha of Compassion appearing in the form of a Dharma Protector.
Mahakala, known as Daheitian in Chinese, has two, four, or six arms. The two-armed Mahakala is the karma protector of the Karma Kagyu School.
He has a wrathful expression to subdue inner demons. He is a symbol of fearlessness.
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Two armed Mahakala is also known as two-armed Bernakchen is an emanation of Samantabhadra. He is not the main protector of Karma Kagyu, but rather that of the Karmapas. specifically, although there is nothing that says the rest of us cannot also practice on him; the Sakyapa has the two-armed Panjaranatha Mahakala, who is an emanation of Manjushri and holds the rod that emanates many Mahakalas.
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4 Armed Mahakala is a dharmapala predicted by the Buddha. Four-Armed Mahakala is a particular protector of the madhyamaka teachings and of the Chakrasamvara tantra. He was also a special protector of Surmang. His symbolism is based on vajra anger and compassion. As described in The Myth of Freedom, his four arms represent the four karmas: One left arm holds a skull cup of amrita, the intoxicating nectar of the gods, which is a means of pacifying. One right arm holds a hooked knife, a symbol of enriching. The second right arm holds a sword, which is a way of magnetizing or gathering together energies. The sword need not strike; just by its being waved, the energies are rallied. The remaining left arm holds the trident which destroys or subdues. Its three prongs cut through the root kleshas of passion, aggression, and ignorance with one thrust.
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Six-armed Mahakala is an emanation of Avalokitesvara, the buddha of compassion, indicating the wrathful and protective qualities of compassion. This deity grants protection from external and internal interferences and assists in the development of one's Dharma practice. The Six-armed Protector is the special protector of the Shangpa Kagyu tradition and its practitioners to the present day.
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Palden Lhamo Tibetan Thangka
$899( 60 x 75 cm )Quick ViewPalden Lhamo Tibetan Thangka is handpainted by Thangka Artist living in Kathmandu Nepal. Palden Lhamo is also called as Shri Devi in Sanskrit.
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Palden Lhamo Thangka Painting
$349( 48 x 68 cm )Quick ViewPalden Lhamo Thangka Painting is handpainted by Thangka Artist living in Kathmandu Nepal. Palden Lhamo, Shri Devi, is a protecting Dharmapala.
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Two Armed Mahakala Thangka Painting
From $299( 45 x 60 cm )Quick ViewTwo armed Mahakala is the god of protector of Karmapas. He is also called Bernakchen. He carries Trisula and Kapala in his two hands.
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Two Armed Mahakala
From $199( 45 x 58 cm )Quick ViewThe two-armed “Black-Cloaked Mahakala” is a protector of the Karma Kagyu school clad in the cloak of a māntrika “warlock”.
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The Swift-acting Six-armed Mahakala
From $199( 45 x 58 cm )Quick ViewThe Swift-acting Six-armed Awareness Protector, the special protector of the Shangpa Kagyu tradition and its followers, commonly known as the Six-armed Mahakala, a wrathful emanation of the Great Compassionate One, Arya Avalokiteshvara, a Dharmapala whose transmission originated with the
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Four Armed Mahakala
From $199( 45 x 58 cm )Quick ViewMahakala looks wrathful and is bedecked with serpents. He wears a garland of severed heads and a crown of five skulls, which represents five poisons of delusions namely lust, hatred, ignorance, pride and jealousy transformed into the wisdom of
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Two Armed Dwarf mahakala
From $139( 38 x 50 cm )Quick ViewThe legendary history of Mahakala was written by Khedrup Khyungpopa, founder of the Shangpa Kagyu tradition, in the eleventh century. He says that the reason for the special powers and effectiveness of Mahakala goes back to Avalokiteshvara’s vow to
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Four – Armed Mahakala
From $139( 38 x 50 cm )Quick ViewThis thangka depicts a four-armed aspect of Mahakala, one of the eight great Dharmasalas, or Dharma Defenders. Also known as the Protector of Wisdom, Mahakala is a wrathful deity who courageously protects the Buddhist teachings and those who study
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Six Armed Mahakala Thangka
From $119( 69 x 97 cm )Quick ViewSix-armed Mahakala is a Dharmapala of Buddhism and the incarnation of Avalokitesvara. He has a dark blue body with one face, six arms and three red and glaring eyes. Raging flames are spurting from all parts of his body,
