The Four Harmonious Friends (or Brothers) Story – The story tells of an elephant, monkey, rabbit, and bird who are trying to work out who is the oldest by comparing themselves to a large tree that they are standing next to.
The first king of Tibet was called Nyatri Tsenpo གཉའ་ཁྲི་བཙན་པོ་ (meaning Neck-Enthroned King) – his reign began in 127 BCE after being chosen by the people of Tibet as their ruler.
The Cham འཆམ་ dance is a lively form of dance that is held during certain Buddhist festivals, such as Losar (the Tibetan New Year), and thought to bring merit to all those who take part and witness the dance.
“The Long Life Dakini Mandarava” | Machik Drubpai Gyalmo Consort of: Padmasambhava པདྨ་འབྱུང་གནས། Thangka: Eight Manifestations of Guru Rinpoche Links: Rigpa Wiki | Lotsawa House | Treasury of Lives | Himalayan Art Resources
Consort of: Padmasambhava པདྨ་འབྱུང་གནས། Thangka: Eight Manifestations of Guru Rinpoche Links: Rigpa Wiki | Lotsawa House | Treasury of Lives | Himalayan Art Resources
Form of: Avalokiteshvara སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས། Post | Mantra Links: Rigpa Wiki | Himalayan Art Resources
Teacher: Buddha Shakyamuni སངས་རྒྱས་ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ། Glossary Links: Rigpa Wiki
Half brother of Asanga ཐོགས་མེད། Disciples: Dignaga ཕྱོགས་ཀྱི་གླང་པོ། | Gunaprabha ཡོན་ཏན་འོད། | Arya Vimuktisena འཕགས་པ་རྣམ་གྲོལ་སྡེ། | Sthiramati བློ་གྲོས་བརྟན་པ། Post | Timeline Thangka: Seventeen Nalanda Masters Links: Rigpa Wiki | Lotsawa House | Treasury Of Lives
Teacher: Shantarakshita ཞི་བ་འཚོ། Post | Timeline Thangka: Seventeen Nalanda Masters Links: Rigpa Wiki
