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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. | + | '''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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Revision as of 12:21, 9 September 2013
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.
