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| + | [[Kalachakra Buddha]] ([[Shi Fo]]): [[Wrathful form of Shakyamuni Buddha]] and one of the ten [[dharma protectors]] in the [[Lineage of Dorje Chang Buddha III]]. 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 {{Wiki|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 {{Wiki|blood}}, a [[khatvanga]], a shield, and a [[bell]]. | ||
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| + | 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 [[skullcup]], a lasso, a [[lotus]], and a [[jewel]]. | ||
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| + | [http://buddhism.org/Sutras/DHARMA/GLOSSARY/IndexGlossaryK.htm buddhism.org] | ||
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Revision as of 07:01, 5 April 2014
Kalachakra Buddha (Shi Fo): Wrathful form of Shakyamuni Buddha and one of the ten dharma protectors in the Lineage of Dorje Chang Buddha III. 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, a khatvanga, 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 skullcup, a lasso, a lotus, and a jewel.
see also; Kalachakra
