Grinning wildly and with fiery eyes, this monumental image of the Great Mahakala rises heavily on the body of a corpse. He is holding a huge vajra helicopter and a large bowl of white skull full of blood and guts of demons turned into an elixir. Bring through the elbow of the elbows a decorated wooden gandi gong, used in Buddhist monasteries to call Buddhist monks to assemblies, to symbolize his vow to protect the monastic university of Nalanda and, by extension, all Buddhist monasteries.
The ornaments so elegantly worn on his plump body and giant head include a crown, necklaces, earrings and anklets in gold encrusted with jewels. A garland of severed heads and snakes and the five-plastered white crown complete the ornaments, its luminous eyeballs and shining teeth. Each of these specifically symbolizes the conquest of a particular type of obstruction of illumination. Mahakala takes a formidable form and conquers the most horrible realms of existence.
As a ferocious manifestation of Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, Mahakala helps beings overcome all negative elements, particularly spiritual ones, personified and symbolized by the panoply of fearsome creatures on which he becomes lord. He wears his macabre ornaments to show his tireless determination to also redeem the horrible. This particular form of Mahakala, easily recognizable by the wooden gong he carries in his arms, is the favorite protector of the Sakya Order.
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| Pangarnatha Mahakala |
The ornaments so elegantly worn on his plump body and giant head include a crown, necklaces, earrings and anklets in gold encrusted with jewels. A garland of severed heads and snakes and the five-plastered white crown complete the ornaments, its luminous eyeballs and shining teeth. Each of these specifically symbolizes the conquest of a particular type of obstruction of illumination. Mahakala takes a formidable form and conquers the most horrible realms of existence.
As a ferocious manifestation of Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, Mahakala helps beings overcome all negative elements, particularly spiritual ones, personified and symbolized by the panoply of fearsome creatures on which he becomes lord. He wears his macabre ornaments to show his tireless determination to also redeem the horrible. This particular form of Mahakala, easily recognizable by the wooden gong he carries in his arms, is the favorite protector of the Sakya Order.
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