Dharma protector

Term	Definition
Dharma protector	(skt.: dharmapala; tib.: cho kyong) Beings who vow to protect and guard the teachings of the Buddha and its followers. Dharma protectors can be either mundane (virtuous samsaric beings) or wisdom Dharma protectors (emanations of Buddhas or Bodhisattvas).

"If the merit of Bodhichitta were to take physical form, even the whole of space itself would not contain its vastness."

- Buddha