Item: Mahakala (Buddhist Protector) - Shadbhuja (50 Ch. Mahakala Tantra)

The Glorious Sovereign Tantra of Mahākāla, Chapter 7. From the 84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha.

"The Six-Armed Form 7.­13 “The arising of the six-armed form is explained in order to pacify all vighnas. He has the nature of the third, supreme joy, he serves the Buddha’s teachings, and he relinquishes misdeeds and the like.

7.­14 “First, the yogin should meditate on emptiness and so forth and then perform the initial vajra enclosure practice. At the same moment, the deity arises from the seed syllable hṛīḥ. He is seated on a lion and has three faces. The main face is the color of dark clouds, the right face is white, and the left face is blue-black. His limbs are slack, his fangs are bared, and he is terrifying. His red hair flows upward, he has three eyes, and he is adorned with the eight nāgas. His right hands hold a hooked knife, hammer, and ḍamaru. His left hands hold a skull bowl, trident, and sword.

7.­15 “He stands in sexual union, surrounded by the four goddesses Caṇḍeśvarī, Kālikā,73 Kulikeśvarī, and Carcikā. Standing among the four goddesses, he is aroused by them all and arises, manifesting from the five elements and enveloped by their qualities.”

7.­16 “Blessed One,” the Goddess asked, “how can one recognize the signs that a person has attained siddhi by assuming the form of their own deity?”

7.­17 The Blessed One responded, [F.52.b] “The siddhis do not apply to someone who momentarily impedes either the person who identifies with the goddess Umā or the one who has arisen as Mahākāla and the rest.74 When first training, one should imagine the supreme state of siddhi. The mantra practitioner enters meditative equipoise in a place conducive to attaining siddhi, such as their own house, a desolate plain, somewhere outside without shelter, or a remote location. They should perform the continual visualization in an abandoned house."