Chakrasamvara
(item no. 99162)

Mongolia

1800 - 1899

Buddhist Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Publication: Tibetan and Mongolian Buddhist Painted Scrolls

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Shri Chakrasamvara (Tibetan: khor lo dem chog. English: Wheel of Supreme Bliss): the foremost meditational deity of the Wisdom-mother classification of Anuttarayoga Tantra.

Tibetan: Khor lo dem chog

The deity Chakrasamvara is common to all the Sarma Schools of Sakya, Kagyu and Gelug. Within the latter he is commonly referred to as 'Heruka.' Among the many different forms and mandalas of practice this figure of Vajravarahi entwining the consort with both legs is common to the traditions of mahasiddha Luipa and Maitripa.

Jeff Watt 5-2004



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