Teacher (Lama) - Sangye Yarjon
(item no. 73808)

Tibet

1200 - 1299

Taklung (Kagyu), Kagyu and Buddhist Lineages

28.58x20.96cm (11.25x8.25in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of John and Berthe Ford


 
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Sanggye Yarjon (1203-1272) of the Taglung Kagyu Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.

Descending from the top left is the primordial Buddha Vajradhara followed by the Marpa Kagyu lineage of Tilopa, Naropa, Marpa and Milarepa. Below Milarepa are yellow Manjushri, white Avalokiteshvara, and green Vajrapani. Descending from the top right is the Kadam lineage of Atisha, Dromton, Putowa, etc.

At the bottom left is the donor figure who likely commissioned the painting. In the bottom register beginning on the left side are the meditational deities white Tara, green Tara, white Ushnishavjiya, white Sitatapatra, red Hayagriva and blue Achala.

Jeff Watt 10-2011


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Exhibition Appearance
Exhibition: Mirror of the Buddha

Thematic Set
Subject: Lineage Paintings - Dual
Tradition: Kagyu Teachers (Paintings)
Painting Style: Taglung
Collection of John and Berthe Ford
Tradition: Taglung Kagyu



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