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Kalachakra Vajra

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Kalachakra Vajra is the eight Dharma Protector in the lineage of Dorje Chang Buddha III and a wrathful form of Shakyamuni Buddha . The standing Kalachakra Buddha’s twenty-four arms hold various dharma instruments. On His right, the four white hands hold an axe, a club, a spear, and a wheel; the red hands hold a hammer, damaru (small drum), vajra hook, and three fire arrows; the blue arms hold a curved knife, a trident, a sword, and a vajra; on His left, the four white hands hold the four heads of Brahma, a vajra chain, a mirror, and a conch shell; the red hands hold a lotus, a jewel, a lasso, and a bow; and the blue hands hold a skullcap with blood, akhatvanga, a shield, and a bell. The hands holding the vajra and bell also hold his consort, the golden Vishvamata, who holds in her four right hands a hook, an axe, a damaru, and a mala (rosary) and in her left hands a skullcap, a lasso, a lotus, and a jewel.

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