Item: Teacher (Lama) - Tangtong Gyalpo

Tangtong Gyalpo, Tsondru Zangpo (1385/61-1464/85) typically appears as an old man with long white hair, a long white beard, and depicted in a seated posture. Sometimes he is shown with a very dark complexion - dark brown. There are no typical hand attributes for Tangtong Gyalpo, but, he sometimes holds a medicinal pill in the upraised right hand, or a link of chain in the right hand - extended across the knee. The left hand can hold a skullcup in the lap, a long-life vase, or a combination of the two. He is generally depicted in a very relaxed seated posture, the feet bare.

(See the Tangtong Gyalpo Main Page and the Tangtong Gyalpo Outline Page).

Jeff Watt 4-2011