Gonpo Tordup མགོན་པོའི་གཏོར་སྒྲུབ།

The Swift-Acting Lord of Pristine Awareness Prayer ritual for the protector deity of the monastery. (Six Armed Mahakala). The Iconography of the Six-Armed MahakalaMahakala, among his other manifestations, is more popular for his six-armed form. This form is black and blue, which is supposed to symbolize his changeless Dharmakaya nature. He has three eyes that represent the past, present and future and his clear comprehension of time. A crown of five skulls rests on his head, where the skulls represent the five poisonous delusions of anger, desire, ignorance, jealousy, and pride. These delusions are ultimately transformed into the wisdoms of the five Buddha families. The Protective Functions of the Six Arms and Other AttributesMahakala is a protective deity, so he holds various ritual implements in his six hands to carry out his protective functions. The first right-hand holds a curved knife that cuts the ego attachment, and the left-hand holds a skull cup that shows his subjugation of