This painting depicts the Bhimarata rite and its auspicious wishes for the elder’s future life [...]
Padmasambhava, “lotus-born,” an Indian teacher said to have been miraculously born in a lotus flower, is revered by all Tibetan Buddhist traditions [...]
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Drenpa Namkha, from the Zhang Zhung region of the Himalayan Plateau, is regarded as an emanation of the founder of Tibet’s Bon religion, Tonpa Shenrab. Comparable to Buddhism’s Padmasambhava [...]
This is an engaging portrait of Terdak Lingpa Gyurme Dorje (1646–1714), the founder of Mindroling Monastery, which came to be regarded as the chief monastery of the Nyingma School [...]
In the center of this early and well-preserved painting is the great teacher Phakmodrupa Dorje Gyalpo (1110–1170). He is flanked by two columns featuring scenes of his previous lives, including his life as a monkey [...]
This monumental and imposing painting pays homage to Lhawang Tenpai Gyaltsen (1631–1668), the Fourth Demo Rinpoche, a high incarnate lama of the Geluk order. In 1653 [...]
This amulet box (gau) would have been filled with religious contents to protect the wearer as well as serve as a portable shrine. The central window of such an amulet usually reveals [...]
Buddha Shakyamuni is the most represented image in Buddhism. In Tibetan Buddhist culture [...]