Refuge Field - Drigung Lineage
(item no. 522), Reverse Side

Tibet

1600 - 1699

Drigung (Kagyu) Lineage

69.85x53.34cm (27.50x21in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Provincial Painting School

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

(acc.# F1996.31.10)
 
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Samantabhadra (Tibetan: kun tu zang po), the primordial buddha, is surrounded by various deities and lamas of the Drigung Kagyu lineage - the Field of the Accumulation of Merit (Tib.: tsog shing).

Tibetan: Tsog shing Sanskrit: Samantabhadra Tibetan: Kun tu zang po

"Primordial Lord of unchanging light,
Central origin of all mandalas,
Possessing the ocean of knowledge and pristine awareness;
Homage to Samantabhadra Father-Mother!" (Nyingma liturgical verse).

Jeff Watt 11-2000

Reverse of Painting
Wylie Transliteration of Inscription: om ah hum om mani padme hum. om supratishta vajraye svaha.

Special Features: (Printed script (Uchen), includes "Om Ah Hum" inscription)


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Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery III
Refuge Field (Field of Accumulation)
Buddhist Deity: Samantabhadra (Buddha)
Refuge Field: Kagyu
1600 - 1699 (17th Century)



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