Mahakala Buddha
This is an Old Tibet Tibetan Wood 6 Hands Mahakala Buddha Bronze Dragon Ghau Shrine box. Very nice with high value to collect. We wish you all much good luck in obtaining this sacred one. Super nice! As you view in the images, it was Very nicely finished and complete with many fine details. Very particular and infrequent. It is a great piece of valuable collection or a very good present.
This is an Old Tibet Tibetan Wood 6 Hands Mahakala Buddha Bronze Dragon Ghau Shrine box. Very nice with high value to collect. We wish you all much good luck in obtaining this sacred one. Super nice! As you view in the images, it was Very nicely finished and complete with many fine details. Very particular and infrequent. It is a great piece of valuable collection or a very good present.
Mahakala, “Lord of the Tent”, is one of the most revered Tibetan protector deities. He is worshipped as a protector of the entire realm as well as a personal tutelary deity. Well represented and revered in all orders of Tantric Tibetan Buddhism, Mahakala is especially popular with the Sakyaorder. In his most common form he is believed to be the fierce manifestation of the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara who plays a prominent role in Tibetan Buddhism, andwas the tutelary deity of the Mongolian ruler Kublai Khan.
Mahakala is a Dharmapala,a protector of religious law. He is always depicted as an extremely fierce and terrifying deity. His purpose is to help in over coming negative obstacles on the path to enlightenment. A compassionate wrathful deity, he appears evil, like a demon, but functions more likea guard dog, or guardian angel. (Sergent) His aggression is necessary, for it allows him to demolish obstacles and negativities one faces on thepath to enlightenment. Mahakala is depicted in a variety of differentways, sometimes with six arms, other times with two. He is often brown skinned and associated in tank as with Penden Lhamo.
Mahakala is a Dharmapala,a protector of religious law. He is always depicted as an extremely fierce and terrifying deity. His purpose is to help in over coming negative obstacles on the path to enlightenment. A compassionate wrathful deity, he appears evil, like a demon, but functions more likea guard dog, or guardian angel. (Sergent) His aggression is necessary, for it allows him to demolish obstacles and negativities one faces on thepath to enlightenment. Mahakala is depicted in a variety of differentways, sometimes with six arms, other times with two. He is often brown skinned and associated in tank as with Penden Lhamo.
A Ghau (also spelled Gau or Gao) is a Tibetan Buddhist amulet container or prayer box, usually made of metal and worn as jewelry. As a small container used to hold and carry powerful amuletic objects, the Ghau is culturally equivalent to American wish boxes.
As used in Tibet, Nepal,the Gau box usually contains a written prayer or a sacred yantra diagram such as the kalachakra. The prayers and yantras are usually hand inscribed or block-printed by a priest and they are always blessed before use. It was used as a portable shrine by Tibetan buddhists, especially those on a pilgrimage.
As used in Tibet, Nepal,the Gau box usually contains a written prayer or a sacred yantra diagram such as the kalachakra. The prayers and yantras are usually hand inscribed or block-printed by a priest and they are always blessed before use. It was used as a portable shrine by Tibetan buddhists, especially those on a pilgrimage.