Teacher (Lama) - Tsongkapa
(item no. 595)

Tibet

1400 - 1499

Gelug Lineage

63.50x78.74cm (25x31in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

(acc.# F1997.31.14)

 


Lama Tsongkapa (1357-1419): founder of the Gelugpa School, with the two principal students, Gyaltsab on the left and Khedrup on the right.

Tsongkapa Biographical Details

At the top center is the buddha Shakyamuni accompanied by two bodhisattvas and three rows of lineage gurus. In the foreground a lama wearing monastic robes, seated on a throne, is encircled by four lamas. At the bottom left is the Dharma protector Shadbhuja Mahakala. At the right is Yama Dharmaraja.

Jeff Watt 2-2001


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Exhibition Appearance
Exhibition: Michael C. Carlos Museum

Publication
Publication: Worlds of Transformation

Thematic Set
Tradition: Gelug Teachers (Paintings)
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery III
Teacher: Tsongkapa (Lama)
1700 - 1799 (18th Century) Part II



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