White Protector Wish-fulfilling Jewel

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. [TSD]