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Refuge Field - Karma Kagyu - Updated

The earliest known painting of a Karma Kagyu Refuge Field composition has been updated with all of the figures numbered and named. Also see the colour coded image identifying and naming the various groupings of figures: Guru, Buddha, Dharma, Sangha, Meditational Deities, Protector Deities and Wealth Deities. At the top right and left are Manjushri and Maitreya accompanied by the Six Ornaments and Two Excellent Ones of the Southern Continent. Directly below those are miscellaneous Indian and Tibetan teachers. At the top center interspersed with the early teachers of the Mahamudra Lineage are the Eight Great Siddhas according to the system of Situ Panchen Chokyi Jungne.