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Painting Set: 3rd Dalai Lama Detail Images

A page of detail images of the 3rd Dalai Lama and three other Dalai Lama pre-incarnations.

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Painting Set: 4th Dalai Lama Detail Images

A page of detail images of the 4th Dalai Lama and three other Dalai Lama pre-incarnations.

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Painting 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.

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Painting 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.

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Painting 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.

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Jinasagara 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...

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Detail 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.

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An 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...

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Twenty-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...

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Tara & 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...

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Samaya 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...

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Tara 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...

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Black 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...

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Diagrammatic 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:...

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Diagrammatic 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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