As a female buddha, Tara works for the benefit of all beings and has many manifestations. This form, known as White Tara, bestows longevity [...]
This luxuriously draped figure is the 14th–15th century yogi Tangtong Gyelpo. He is reputed to have lived to the age of 124, perhaps with help from the long-life vase he holds in his lap and the medicine in his right hand [...]
This painting depicts the Bhimarata rite and its auspicious wishes for the elder’s future life [...]
Amitayus is the Buddha of Infinite Life, and he can be recognized by the vase he holds in his lap [...]
The bardo teachings encourage those who reach this state to realize the true nature of the visions and free oneself from the cycle of birth and death. If the peaceful deities are not recognized, then visions of the wrathful deities appear [...]
At the moment of death, according to Buddhist belief, we have an opportunity to attain an enlightened state of mind [...]
In this painting, the legendary tantric master Padmasambhava is surrounded by vignettes featuring his various emanations protecting beings from[...]
This is the uppermost page of a manuscript that illustrates the contents of the Bardo Thodrolknown as the Tibetan Book of the Dead in the West [...]
This illuminated manuscript contains the instructions that a lama gives to practitioners, teaching them how to navigate the intermediate state between death and rebirth known as the bardo [...]
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This exquisitely crafted gilded repoussé plaque depicts a special birthday celebration common in the Kathmandu Valley, known as the Bhimaratha (Chariot) Ritual [...]
In The Road to Sanchi (2016), artist Ghiora Aharoni transforms obsolete taxi meters with video screens that capture his travels to sacred sites throughout India for Hindus, Jews, Muslims, and Buddhists [...]
Dorje Drolo, or the Wrathful Vajra, is one of the 8 manifestations of the legendary Buddhist master Padmasambhava [...]