Tonpa Shenrab - Tritsug Gyalwa
(item no. 200027)

Tibet

1600 - 1699

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

(acc.# F1997.17.21)

 


Tritsug Gyalwa, Tonpa Shenrab the founder of Yungdrung Bon, in the form of an Enlightened Conqueror, with his two sons and two main disciples standing at the side, surrounded by numerous other monastic disciples.

Calm in expression, gazing forward in a manner of meditation, the right hand is extended across the knee with the fingers touching the earth. The left hand placed in the lap performs the gesture of meditation. Adorned with the signs of a superior being he has the


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