Tibetan Buddhism and Culture

  What's Dewachen? Dewachen is the blissful Buddha field of Amitabha, one of the Buddha fields of the five families, said to be located ...

  Who is Amitabha Buddha? Amitabha Buddha is the principal Buddha of Western Pure Land Buddhism. He is also known as Amitayus, which is unde...

Who are Mahakalas? What are the forms? Mahakala literally translates as Great Time Foe," meaning “beyond time and death.” Maha is Sansk...

The six-armed Mahakala is a fierce protector and guardian of the Dharma. He is a manifestation of Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of compas...

Mahakala is a deity common to Hinduism and Buddhism. He is also being referred to as the God of Time, Maya, Creation, Destruction, and Power...

Mahakala is one of the most popular protector deities in Tibetan Buddhism, and he is also sometimes used as a meditational deity (yidam) in...