Tibetan Buddhism Knowledge

Green in Himalayan art: Glittering green light like Tara

Green in Himalayan art: Glittering green light ...

If red is the color of rebirth and convenience, then green is the color of life and wisdom, the color of the wind. In native culture, green belongs to the...

Green in Himalayan art: Glittering green light ...

If red is the color of rebirth and convenience, then green is the color of life and wisdom, the color of the wind. In native culture, green belongs to the...

The Way of Nature in the "Six Longevity Paintings"

The Way of Nature in the "Six Longevity Paintings"

For a long period of time, artists of the classical era often focused on a question: how can we protect the sanctity of the environment, and what connection does this...

The Way of Nature in the "Six Longevity Paintings"

For a long period of time, artists of the classical era often focused on a question: how can we protect the sanctity of the environment, and what connection does this...

Prayer flags carrying blessings from gods and spirits – Collection of Museum

Prayer flags carrying blessings from gods and s...

In the Tibetan language, the commonly used term for referring to the Wind Horse flag is "རླུང་རྟ་" which has been translated into Chinese as "风马旗". However, upon further exploration of...

Prayer flags carrying blessings from gods and s...

In the Tibetan language, the commonly used term for referring to the Wind Horse flag is "རླུང་རྟ་" which has been translated into Chinese as "风马旗". However, upon further exploration of...

Making Portable Buddha Statues - Tsa Tsa from the Himalaya

Making Portable Buddha Statues - Tsa Tsa from t...

"Tsa Tsa" was first used in Tibet and is related to the formal introduction of stupas into Tibet. According to existing relics and historical records, the introduction of stupas into Tibet...

Making Portable Buddha Statues - Tsa Tsa from t...

"Tsa Tsa" was first used in Tibet and is related to the formal introduction of stupas into Tibet. According to existing relics and historical records, the introduction of stupas into Tibet...

Tiger, snow leopard, cat and snow lion in Himalayan art

Tiger, snow leopard, cat and snow lion in Himal...

Today we are discussing several cat species commonly found in Himalayan and Tibetan art: tigers, lions, leopards, and cats. We not only analyze the significance of each in the images,...

Tiger, snow leopard, cat and snow lion in Himal...

Today we are discussing several cat species commonly found in Himalayan and Tibetan art: tigers, lions, leopards, and cats. We not only analyze the significance of each in the images,...

Tibetan Treasure Box: The Gau Box in Himalayan Art

Tibetan Treasure Box: The Gau Box in Himalayan Art

The Gau box in Tibetan context (གའུ་) means "small box", and it is also known as a "sealed box" (གའུ་ཁ་སྦྱར་) and "sacred box" (ཟ་མ་ཏོག་). The former word describes the form...

Tibetan Treasure Box: The Gau Box in Himalayan Art

The Gau box in Tibetan context (གའུ་) means "small box", and it is also known as a "sealed box" (གའུ་ཁ་སྦྱར་) and "sacred box" (ཟ་མ་ཏོག་). The former word describes the form...