Glossary

Mahakala མགོན་པོ་

Dharma Protector

Tibetan: ཆོས་སྐྱོང་, Wylie: chos skyong, Sanskrit: dharmapāla. Deities whose role is to protect the teachings and practitioners. See Dharmapalas in Figures

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Dharmakaya

Tibetan: ཆོས་སྐུ་, Wylie: chos sku, Sanskrit: dharmakāya. Lit. Dharma Body. The emptiness aspect of Buddhahood. It can be translated as body of truth, absolute dimension. See list

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Buddhist Thangkas from Boudhanath, Nepal