Karzopa Mahakala - @nepalsbeststatues The Protector of Wisdom Karzopa is an aspect of Mahakala, the great Dharma Defender. Also known as the Protector of Wisdom, Mahakala is a wrathful deity who courageously protects the Buddhist teachings and those who study them from harm and evil forces. Despite Mahakala’s always terrifying appearance, he is a Bodhisattva, an embodiment of compassion who acts for the benefit of all sentient beings. His function is to avert the inner and outer obstacles that p

Statue art of Mahakala Mahakala Six-Armed Mahakala originally came from Khyungpo Nenjor, the founder of the Shangpa Kagyu, and spread to all the lineages—Sakya, Nyingma, and Gelugpa—as well as various Kagyu lineages. Nowadays he is favored by the Gelugpa order of Tibetan Buddhism, and in this manifestation is considered to be a fierce and powerful emanation of Avalokiteśvara, the bodhisattva of compassion. He is adorned with the crown of five skulls represents the transmutation of the five negat