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There are numerous ways in which the Avadana teaching stories have been illustrated in art. In the New Menri style of painting, beginning in the 17th century, there are at least two methods of composition based on emphasizing different characters and meanings from the 108 stories. The New Karma Gadri style of painting follows the composition and arrangement of stories as set out by Situ Panchen Chokyi Jungne in the mid 18th century.
There are twenty-three paintings in the Situ Panchen designed composition. The first painting in the set is of Buddha Shakyamuni and the last painting in the set is a portrait of Situ Panchen himself. (See a sequential list of the paintings and story numbers).
