HAR ART HACKS: Not all wrathful deities are protectors

It is a common misconception in the West and amongst many Western scholars that all wrathful deities in Tibetan Buddhism are protectors, or that a defining characteristic for a protector deity is wrathful appearance. This is clearly inaccurate and not the meaning or the purpose of the various moods in Tantric visualization and subsequent visual depictions.

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