Toh 667Tantra
The Tantra of Glorious Mahākāla
དཔལ་ནག་པོ་ཆེན་པོའི་རྒྱུད།
Śrīmahākālatantra
dpal nag po chen po’i rgyud
Translator: Translated by the Dharmachakra Translation Committeeunder the patronage and supervision of 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha
Read time: 12 min
Version: v1.0.10
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Summary
The Tantra of Glorious Mahākāla opens with Hayagrīva summoning Mahākāla from his abode in the palace called Joyous, located in a sandalwood grove in the great southeastern charnel ground, Aṭṭahāsa. This prompts the great king Virūpakṣa to request that Hayagrīva teach the rites and practices related to Mahākāla. Hayagrīva then delivers a series of instructions on the propitiation and worship of Mahākāla and rituals for destroying the enemies of the Buddhist teachings.