Mantras have the power and blessings of each specific Buddha. It is the essence of that enlightened being that we practitioners tap into to invoke their blessings…

Quick-acting Avalokita, homage to you! Wearing anklets, you trample Ganesa. Mahakala, you wear a tiger-skin loincloth, fully adorned with snake-ornaments on your six arms…

Sanskrit for “Great Black One”, Mahakala appears in 75 different forms, each an emanation of a different Buddha. A unifying aspect of Mahakala is his wrathful demeanor which is about his inner quality of immense compassion…