Kalarupa Thangka

Manjushri is represented here as Kalarupa (Tib. Choegyal), and by his side, his consort, Tsamundi, an emanation of the goddess Saraswati. This terrifying form of the Buddha of Wisdom, personifies enlightenment by the conquest of anger.Yama Dharmaraja, also known as Kalarupa (Tib: gshin rje chos rgyal; = the Lord of Death, King of the Law), is one of the Dharma protectors of the father class of Anuttarayoga Tantra, in particular for the Vajrabhairava tantras.Although Kalarupa is found in all the Sarma Schools the Gelugpa tradition holds Yama Dharmaraja in special regard as one of the three main Dharma protectors of the Gelugpa - along with the Six-Arm Mahakala;(Shadbhuja); and Vaishravana. Kalarupa displays himself as the direct spiritual protector force for all “ugliness” arising from the true inner spiritual obstacles of;fear, hatred, pride and jealousy.The intense “ugliness” and fierceness of this iconography alone, serves as a teaching to remind us that all the causes and effects of