Thirteen Empowerments of the Protector

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A series of empowerments for the various aspects of the "Swift-acting Six-armed Awareness Protector" commonly known as the Six-armed Mahakala. Included are the regular wrathful black form, the peaceful white form, the yellow, red and green protector, and Mahakala with various configurations of retinues, with or without consorts etc. A special transmission of the Shangpa Kagyu tradition which was received by Khedrub Khyungpo Naljor, both in India and Tibet, from his teachers Maitripa and Rahula. Ever since the incomparable Tsongkhapa Lobsang Dragpa received these transmissions from Jagchen Jampa Pal, the Six-armed Protector is also one of the main protective deities of the Gelugpa school. [TSD]