Month: June 2021

The Eight Manifestations of Guru Rinpoche, often depicted in a Thangka, represent the multifaceted nature of Guru Rinpoche, also known as Padmasambhava. Each manifestation signifies a distinct aspect of his enlightened activities and teachings. These manifestations are revered in Tibetan Buddhism for their roles in taming negative forces, spreading the Dharma, and guiding practitioners towards …

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This is a detailed interactive explanation on the thangka of the Wheel of Life. The Wheel of Life (Skt. bhavacakra; Tibetan: སྲིད་པའི་འཁོར་ལོ་, sipé khorlo. Skanskrit: bhavacakra) is a traditional Buddhist representation of the samsaric cycle of existence. The Wheel of Life sometimes also called Wheel of Existence, or Wheel of Cyclic Existence. This depiction is a traditional description of the model of Buddhist cosmology, …

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This interactive thangka painting features Buddha Shakyamuni with the names and figures of The Seventeen Panditas of Indian Buddhism, also known as Seventeen Great Masters (Panditas) of Nalanda Monastery. In the Tibetan tradition there is a classification of the Six Ornaments of India (Nagarjuna, Aryadeva, Asanga, Vasubandhu, Dignaga, and Dharmakirti) and the Two Supreme Ones …

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This detailed explanation features interactive thangka painting of the Ngayur Nyingma Lineage Tree, also known as Refuge Tree or Refuge Field. The description is based on the Longchen Nyingtik ཀློང་ཆེན་སྙིང་ཐིག Lineage Tree by Gonpo Tseten Rinpoche མགོན་པོ་ཚེ་བརྟན།, with depictions and names of the gurus and main figures of his lineage. Longchen Nyingtik is a terma (revealed scriptures) tradition of dzogchen (“Great Perfection”) practice revealed by Jigme Lingpa འཇིགས་མེད་གླིང་པ།