Refuge Field - Gelug Lineage
(item no. 90722)

Tibet

1800 - 1899

Gelug Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Tibet House, New York


 


The Gelugpa Field of Accumulation (Tibetan: tsog shing).

Tibetan: Tsog shing Tibetan: Lama Tsongkapa

At the center is Lama Tsongkapa wearing a yellow pandita hat. Above are the Indian mahasiddhas and Tibetan root teachers of the lineage. At the left side is the bodhisattva Maitreya surrounded by the lineage teachers of the Yogacara philosophical system. At the right side is the bodhisattva Manjushri and the lineage teachers of the Madyamaka philosophy.

Below the central figure are the significant tutelary deities, buddhas, bodhisattvas, arhats and wisdom protectors of the Gelug School.

Jeff Watt 2-2000


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Thematic Set
Collection of Tibet House: New York (Repatriation)
Refuge Field (Field of Accumulation)
Refuge Field: Gelug
1800 - 1899 (19th Century) Part II
Refuge Field: Gelug (Tsongkapa)



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