Shadbhuja Mahakala (Shangpa) Page

Subjects, Topics & Types:
- Description
- Shadbhuja Mahakala Outline
- Shadbhuja Mahakala Main Page
- Mahakala Resource Page
- Mahakala Main Page
- Retinue Figures
- Secondary Figures
- Related Deities
- Kshetrapala Main Page
- Offering Paintings ‘kangdze’
- Shadbhuja Song Book (musical notations)
- Teachers: Shavaripa, Saraha, Rahulagupta, Maitripa
- Protectors: Common Confusions
- Protector Deities Main Page
- Deities According to Function
- Colours & Activities
- Complex Specific Subjects
- Metaphor
- Source Texts: Eight Chapter Mahakala Tantra
- Confusions: 75 Mahakala
- Others...

Videos:
- Mahakala Clarification
- Shangpa Kagyu Protectors
- 75 Forms of Mahakala
- White Mahakala of the Shangpa Tradition

Lineage: Vajradhara, Jnana Dakini, Shri Shavaripa, Lord Maitripa, Mahasiddha Rahulagupta, Khedrub Khyungpo Naljor (founder of the Shangpa Kagyu School, 1050-1127 (?) [TBRC P39]), Mogchogpa Nyamme Rinchen Tsondru (1110-1170?) , Bonton Kyergangpa Chökyi Senge (1143-1216), etc.

Database Search: All Images | Painting | Black Ground | Sculpture

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