Teacher (Lama) - Karmapa
(item no. 918)

Eastern Tibet

1700 - 1799

Karma (Kagyu) Lineage

48.90x33.02cm (19.25x13in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Karma Gardri Painting School

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

(acc.# P1999.30.2)

 
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Karmapa Guruyoga: the central image of a generic Karmapa holds a vajra and bell crossed at the heart, wearing the black vajra hat and surrounded by eight dancing dakinis enveloped in a sphere of rainbow light. At the top is the lama Sanggye Nyenpa and at the bottom, Wangchug Dorje, the 9th Karmapa.

This painting is based on a guruyoga meditation text written by the 8th Karmapa, Mikyo Dorje.

Kar ma pa

Jeff Watt 9-2000


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Thematic Set
Incarnation Lineage: Gyalwa Karmapa
Tradition: Kagyu Teachers (Paintings)
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery VIII
Subject: Guruyoga, Karmapa



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