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[[Image:mgon dkar Pullahari.jpg|thumb|The White Six-armed Mahakala Wish-fulfilling Jewel]]
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"[[mgon dkar yid bzhin nor bu]]", lit. the White Protector Wish-fulfilling Jewel, the main variant form of the black or blue-black [[Six-armed Mahakala]], main protector of the [[Shangpa Kagyu]] tradition. Included among the "[[Thirteen Empowerments of the Protector]]. " After [[Khedrub Khyungpo Naljor]]'s original introduction of this teaching cycle into Tibet, the two main forms of the six-armed protector became popular with all the Sarma school of Tibetan Buddhism. Whereas the blue-black form of the protector is practiced mainly for protective purposes, this semi-peaceful white form is worshiped mainly for wealth and prosperity. [TSD]
"[[mgon dkar yid bzhin nor bu]]", lit. the White Protector Wish-fulfilling Jewel, the main variant form of the black or blue-black [[Six-armed Mahakala]], main protector of the [[Shangpa Kagyu]] tradition. Included among the "[[Thirteen Empowerments of the Protector]]. " After [[Khedrub Khyungpo Naljor]]'s original introduction of this teaching cycle into Tibet, the two main forms of the six-armed protector became popular with all the Sarma school of Tibetan Buddhism. Whereas the blue-black form of the protector is practiced mainly for protective purposes, this semi-peaceful white form is worshiped mainly for wealth and prosperity, and particularly to relieve the suffering of poverty of others. [TSD]


[[Category:Shangpa Kagyu]]
[[Category:Shangpa Kagyu]]
[[Category:Dharma Protectors]]
[[Category:Dharma Protectors]]

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The White Six-armed Mahakala Wish-fulfilling Jewel

"mgon dkar yid bzhin nor bu", lit. the White Protector Wish-fulfilling Jewel, the main variant form of the black or blue-black Six-armed Mahakala, main protector of the Shangpa Kagyu tradition. Included among the "Thirteen Empowerments of the Protector. " After Khedrub Khyungpo Naljor's original introduction of this teaching cycle into Tibet, the two main forms of the six-armed protector became popular with all the Sarma school of Tibetan Buddhism. Whereas the blue-black form of the protector is practiced mainly for protective purposes, this semi-peaceful white form is worshiped mainly for wealth and prosperity, and particularly to relieve the suffering of poverty of others. [TSD]