A third example of a Bon Refuge Field painting retains a small image of Nyamme Sherab Gyaltsen at the center but is asymmetrical compared with the the two main types of Bon Refuge Fields. This example was designed by Lobpon Tenzin Namdak and painted by the artist Lablo Namkha in 1968.
Asymmetrical Bon Refuge Field
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Refuge Field with Nyamme Sherab Gyaltsen
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Another type of Bon Refuge Field (Field of Accumulation) places the teacher Nyamme Sherab Gyaltsen at the center of the composition. All scroll paintings and murals of Bon Refuge Fields so far identified are creations of the late 19th and 20th centuries.
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Bon Refuge Field of Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen
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The circular Refuge Field (Field of Accumulation) compositions of the Bon religion that use the deity Shenlha Okar as the central figure are believed to have been designed by Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen (1859-1933) in the early 20th century based on a dream or vision.
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Yantra of People - Added
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Yantra of People are generally used for various types of protection. The most common yantra is that of Jatson Nyingpo (1585-1656) a famous 'treasure revealer' of the Nyingma Terma Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. He studied both Nyingma and Sarma traditions and was a prolific writer with over 300 texts to his name.
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Yantras of Letters & Combinations - Added
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Yantra have a very wide range of purposes such as healing, matchmaking, acquisition of wealth, protection and the disposal of enemies and obstacles. Yantras of just a few letters and combinations of letters and words are the most difficult type of yantra when attempting to determine the intended meaning. There are Sanskrit and Tibetan language published collections of yantra which explain how to draw them and their intended use, astrologically auspicious day for creation, and so on.
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Circular Yantras - Added
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Yantra diagrams are very often in circular shapes, sometimes with a blank space at the center for writing in a personal note or instruction. They can be very simple in design or extremely complex with multiple circles and designs.
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Deity Yantra - Added
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All of the most popular Tantric deities have instructions for creating a yantra diagram, deity yantra. Some of those deities are depicted with the diagram at the center of the body, or extending downwards with the inscriptions in a kila shape.
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Bon Block Prints & Yantra - Added
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A gallery of block print images and yantras of the Bon religion has been added. They look almost indistinguishable from the Buddhist yantra. The differences are found in the inscriptions.
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Sculpture Annotation Gallery - Added
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A gallery containing Sculpture Annotations has been added to the site. The gallery conveniently displays most of the annotated versions of sculpture and three dimensional objects that have been created for the HAR site but previously had not been collected together into a central location.
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Painting Annotation Gallery - Added
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A gallery containing Painting Annotations has been added to the site. The gallery conveniently displays most of the annotated versions of paintings and flat art that have been created for the HAR site but previously had not been collected together into a central location.
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