Himalayan Art News

Padmasambhava: Early Images in Painting - Added

May 13, 2013 · By Himalayan Art Resources · No Comments

A gallery of early painted depictions of Padmasambhava spanning the 13th to 16th centuries. Only two of the early works depict Padmasambhava as the central figure. The remaining images present him as a minor figure or within the lineage teachers in the uppermost register of the composition. The vast majority of artworks depicting Padmasambhava are post 17th century.

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Black Hayagriva Riding a Tiger - Added

May 13, 2013 · By Himalayan Art Resources · No Comments

A page for the 'Revealed Treasure' deity Black Hayagriva Riding a Tiger has been added. More images will be included as they are identified.

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Guru Chowang 'Treasure Revealer' - Added

May 13, 2013 · By Himalayan Art Resources · No Comments

A main page for Guru Chowang has been added along with a short biography. More images will be included as they are identified.

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Nyangral Related Images - Added

May 13, 2013 · By Himalayan Art Resources · No Comments

A page collecting together images of the Revealed Treasure Traditions of Nyangral Nyima Ozer has been added. More images will be included as they are identified. Five of the examples have depictions of Nyangral along with an accompanying Tibetan name inscription.

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Nyangral Nyima Ozer - Added

May 13, 2013 · By Himalayan Art Resources · No Comments

A main page for Nyangral Nyima Ozer has been added along with a biography from the Treasury of Lives website.

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Krishna Yamari Masterworks Page - Added

April 30, 2013 · By Himalayan Art Resources · No Comments

Krishna Yamari has been added to the Masterworks Index Page.

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Samantabhadra the Primordial Buddha - Updated

April 29, 2013 · By Himalayan Art Resources · No Comments

Samantabhadra The Primordial Buddha, representing the Dharmakaya (truth body of enlightenment) according to the Nyingma Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Samantabhadra Buddha and Samantabhadra the Bodhisattva are unrelated and not the same subject or entity. The first is a special buddha unique to the Nyingma Tantric Tradition. The second is a bodhisattva that arises from the Mahayana Sutra literature.

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Samantabhadra the Bodhisattva - Updated

April 29, 2013 · By Himalayan Art Resources · No Comments

Samantabhadra is a bodhisattva known from the Mahayana Sutras. He is most often depicted in art as a member of the group known as the Eight Great Bodhisattvas which include the famous Manjushri, Avalokiteshvara and Vajrapani. Unlike those three figures Samantabhadra never gained the same popularity and was not elevated in the Tantric literature to the level of a meditational deity (ishtadevata). Samantabhadra the bodhisattva is unrelated to Samantabhadra the primordial Buddha of the Nyingma Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.