Himalayan Art - A Magnificent Poem That Is Beyond Ordinary
The Mountain Deity's Realm: Tibet's Sacred Peak...
Whether it is the "Four Sacred Mountains" (ཕྱོགས་བཞིའི་གནས་རི་; usually centered around the Central Tibetan region), the "Nine Creator Gods" (སྲིད་པ་ཆགས་པའི་ལྷ་དགུ་; a rich concept of combined deities), or the "Four Sacred...
The Mountain Deity's Realm: Tibet's Sacred Peak...
Whether it is the "Four Sacred Mountains" (ཕྱོགས་བཞིའི་གནས་རི་; usually centered around the Central Tibetan region), the "Nine Creator Gods" (སྲིད་པ་ཆགས་པའི་ལྷ་དགུ་; a rich concept of combined deities), or the "Four Sacred...
Sacred Peaks and Holy Waters: An Introduction t...
In Tibetan areas, sacred mountains and lakes typically have threefold identities: individual identity (great natural features), spiritual identity (deities in the religious system), and ritual identity (blessed by rituals). The natural features...
Sacred Peaks and Holy Waters: An Introduction t...
In Tibetan areas, sacred mountains and lakes typically have threefold identities: individual identity (great natural features), spiritual identity (deities in the religious system), and ritual identity (blessed by rituals). The natural features...
Encyclopedic Hermits: Composite Masterpieces of...
The Gelug tradition considers him to be the embodiment of the great wrathful deity Vajrabhairava, while in modern studies, we respectfully refer to the Dalai Lama as a "encyclopedic achiever...
Encyclopedic Hermits: Composite Masterpieces of...
The Gelug tradition considers him to be the embodiment of the great wrathful deity Vajrabhairava, while in modern studies, we respectfully refer to the Dalai Lama as a "encyclopedic achiever...
Carved on Cliffs, Buried in Lakes: Treasure Map...
On the back of this painting depicting the discovery of hidden treasures by Tsogyal Wangpo and Jigme Lingpa in a mountain lake, the entire process of the celebration is written....
Carved on Cliffs, Buried in Lakes: Treasure Map...
On the back of this painting depicting the discovery of hidden treasures by Tsogyal Wangpo and Jigme Lingpa in a mountain lake, the entire process of the celebration is written....
The Hidden Treasure Map: Secret Riches of the H...
The fixed narrative of "hidden in plain sight," the dissemination method of "specific individual," and the substantive content of "having complete knowledge;" esoteric tradition integrates historical lineage and individual writing, whereby...
The Hidden Treasure Map: Secret Riches of the H...
The fixed narrative of "hidden in plain sight," the dissemination method of "specific individual," and the substantive content of "having complete knowledge;" esoteric tradition integrates historical lineage and individual writing, whereby...
Myrobalan and Papaya: Secret Metaphors of Himal...
The Buddhist scriptures refer to the land where we live as the Southern Jambudvipa (འཛམ་བུ་གླིང་), which is a land full of Jambu trees (जम्बु—འཛམ་བུ་). The fruit of the Jambu tree,...
Myrobalan and Papaya: Secret Metaphors of Himal...
The Buddhist scriptures refer to the land where we live as the Southern Jambudvipa (འཛམ་བུ་གླིང་), which is a land full of Jambu trees (जम्बु—འཛམ་བུ་). The fruit of the Jambu tree,...