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Buddhist Protector: Mahakala Videos

Mahakala Main Page | Protector Deities Page

General Topics:
- Mahakala: Buddhist Deity (Transcript)
- Mahakala In Context
- Mahakala: Three Clarifications
- '75 Forms of Mahakala' Doesn't Exist
- Mahakala: Publications & Curriculum Development (HAR on Patreon [16 min.])

Specific Forms:
- Panjarnata Mahakala
- Panjarnata Mahakala, Painting #24453
- A Powerful Painting of Mahakala
- Raudrantaka Mahakala
- Shadbhuja Mahakala: Six Arms
- Begtse Chen
- Bhagavat Class of Mahakala Deities
- Brahmanarupa Mahakala
- Chaturbhuja Mahakala (Four Arms)
- Chaturbhuja/Danda Mahakala: HAR #22
- Chaturmukha Mahakala: Four Faces
- White Mahakala (Shangpa Tradition)

Some Buddhist traditions include Begtse Chen in the Mahakala Class of Deities. Some Gelug traditions do not categorize Begtse as a Mahakala or even as a wisdom deity.

Jeff Watt 10-2020

(The images below are only a selection of examples from the Mahakala Main Page).