Painting Set: 3rd Dalai Lama Detail Images
A page of detail images of the 3rd Dalai Lama and three other Dalai Lama pre-incarnations.
View ArticlePainting Set: 4th Dalai Lama Detail Images
A page of detail images of the 4th Dalai Lama and three other Dalai Lama pre-incarnations.
View ArticlePainting Set: Faces (Dalai Lama Set)
A page of detail images of the various faces from the seven painting set depicting Dalai Lamas and previous incarnations.
View ArticlePainting Set: Animals (Dalai Lama Set)
A page of detail images of the various animals from the seven painting set depicting Dalai Lamas and previous incarnations.
View ArticlePainting Set: Birds (Dalai Lama Set)
A page of detail images of the various birds from the seven painting set depicting Dalai Lamas and previous incarnations.
View ArticleJinasagara Avalokiteshvara - Updated
Red Avalokiteshvara, Ocean of Conquerors (Tibetan: chen re zi gyal wa gya tso. Sanskrit: Jinasagara Avalokiteshvara): a special meditational deity of the Karma Kagyu (Kamtsangpa) School (Five Deity...
View ArticleDetail Images of Shantarakshita of the Lamrim Lineage
This subject page contains detail images of the Indian Buddhist teacher Shantarakshita, founder of Samye Monastery and included as a teacher of the Gelug Lamrim lineage.
View ArticleAn Historically Important Painting: Je Tsongkapa Life-story
This composition of Je Tsongkapa with the surrounding life-story is likely to be the earliest and most important painting known to exist on the subject of Tsongkapa. The painting is dated, based on...
View ArticleTwenty-one Taras of the Atisha Tradition - Updated
From the tantra known as the 'Twenty-One Praises of Tara' spoken by the Buddha Samantabhadra arises the system of practice with Twenty-one Tara emanations - one for each verse of praise. Each form of...
View ArticleTara & the Eight Great Fears - Updated
Tara, a meditational deity in either her typical green or white form, is also associated with the Eight Great Fears originating with the early literature of Avalokiteshvara and Amoghapasha. The Eight...
View ArticleSamaya Tara Yogini - Updated
Samaya Tara Yogini (Tibetan: dam tsig drol ma nal jor ma): from the mandala of twenty-five deities from the Sanskrit root text Samajaparamartha-sarvakaramodaya-nama-tarayoginitantraraja and the...
View ArticleTara Main Page - Updated
According to Vajrayana Buddhism Tara is a completely enlightened Buddha that typically appears in the form of a beautiful and youthful woman sixteen years of age. By category and hierarchy Tara is a...
View ArticleBlack Hayagriva - Two Great Paintings
The two images depicted on this page are of the Tantric Buddhist meditational deity Black Hayagriva. They are from two different 'Revealed Treasure' traditions of the Nyingma School of Tibetan...
View ArticleDiagrammatic Art - Updated
Diagrammatic Art is art, primarily paintings and murals, intended to convey large amounts, or portions, of highly codified information to the viewer. The principal categories of Diagrammatic art are:...
View ArticleDiagrammatic Art - Updated
Diagrammatic Art is art, primarily paintings and murals, intended to convey large amounts of highly structured and codified information to the viewer. The principal topics of Diagrammatic art are: 1....
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