Mahakala Gutor Prayer February 14 to 18, 2015

What is Mahakala Gutor prayer
This is the wrapping and purification of sickness, obstacles, dispelling of enemies which  will be practiced annually. Before the Tibetan New Year Losar, Kagyu monasteries will be engaged in couple of days of protector practice, focused mainly on Mahakala and his retinue. In Tibetan language Gutor, "Gu" mean 9 "tor" mean offerings.

Given offerings and praise, they are requested to guard the teachings, protect the sangha, and keep the world safe from obstacles and whatever is inauspicious, such as wars, sickness, and the disturbances of the four elements. Eliminating all of these is the responsibility of Mahakala, who is the main protector for the Kagyu teachings.

Gutor is very important for reversing bad omens, particularly for people whose birth year corresponds to the coming year. Their life is in critical danger and they may face major obstacles in the foregoing year. 

Therefore the reversing practices have to be done to remove those impending obstacles. There will be a lot of strong reversing mantras recited and accumulated during Gutor, as well as subjugation implements that will have to be used.

Special items to be used for removing obstacles, one can bring an old piece of worn cloth for reversing of obstacles. For your information, Mahakala is the main deity to supplicate for the success of the Buddha’s activity, the spread of his teachings, and the benefit and protection of living beings. He is not a wordy, but a wisdom protector, a bodhisattva placed under oath by the Buddha to protect the teachings.

Bodhisattvas appear in forms that are peaceful, fierce, and sometimes a combination of the two. Whatever their appearance may be, the essence of the protectors is that of a bodhisattva. It is this wisdom deity and bodhisattva who is the focus of the practices during Gutor.

There are many Tibetan centers in the world and including Malaysia are conducting the annual Mahakala Gutor practices.

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