sale!! WRATHFUL MAHAKALA DHARMA PROTECTOR TIBETAN BUDDHIST PENDANT NECKLACE

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TIBETAN SILVER UNISEX WRATHFUL SCARY MAHAKALA DHARMA PROTECTOR TIBETAN BUDDHIST PENDANT NECKLACE
light weight "Tibetan Silver" pendant portrays the wonderful and wrathful dharma protector, Mahakala
Mahakala measures 1.25 inches from the bottom to the top of his attached hanging ring.  I have provided a quarter for scale in the picture below.  He is just under an inch at his widest point
pendant is unisex in style and comes strung on a simple black cord
Mahakala's Sanskrit meaning comes from its roots of "Maha", or "great", and "kala", meaning "black"\
Mahakala, a wrathful deity, is considered to be the fierce and powerful emanation of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion
Mahakala is correctly displayed with his crown of five skulls, which represent the transmutation of the five kleshas (negative afflictions) into the five wisdoms, or five wisdom Buddhas
If you would like additional information about him, please see below
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"This tutelary deity is one of the Dharmapalas in Vajrayana Buddhism who defend the Dharma from corruption and degeneration and from forces hostile to it; to keep the site of the ritual free from impure thoughts and actions; to guide and protect the individual practitioner from all kinds of deception and delusion; bestow the power to overcome life struggles; and to eliminate one’s obstacles and impediment that hinder
s"
H
e glares with round eyes and a gaping mouth with huge, fang-like teeth.  If we had a
larger pendant or statue
, we would be able to see that his hair flames up like fire!!  In some depictions, he is standing on corpse
.
Mahākāla is often black in color. Just as all colors are absorbed and dissolved into black, all names and forms are said to melt into those of Mahakala, symbolizing his all-embracing, comprehensive nature. Black can also represent the total absence of color, and again in this case it signifies the nature of Mahakala as ultimate or
absolute reality
. This principle is known in Sanskrit as "
nirguna
", beyond all quality and form, and it is typified by both interpretations.
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