Tibetan Religious imagery can be overwhelmed during your Tibet trip. The scale of Tibetan Buddhism Iconographic is breathtaking. However, it helps you to understand and surely enjoying if you could recognize some of those when you travel through Tibetan plateau. In this Tibetan Buddhism Iconographic Guide you will find the names of the deities most frequently depicted in the monasteries, Chorten and Temples across Tibetan plateau
Among of which, the image representing the spiritual teachers of the past are Buddha Sakyamuni, Padmasambhava and Tsongkhapa…and more; those representing the meditational deities are Vajrakumara, Cakrasamvara , Kalacakra; those representing dakinis of sudden-enlighten activity is Vajravarahi; and the protector deities are Mahakala, Shridevi, and more….
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Samantabhadri
Vajradhara
–Buddhas of the Five Family–
Ratnasambhava
Amitabha
Amoghasiddhi
Vairocana
Vajrasattva
–Buddhas of the Three Times–
Dipamkara
Sakyamuni
Maitreya
–First of the Seven Generations of Past Buddhas–
Vipashyin
-Formost of the Eight Medicine Buddhas–
Bhaisajya Gu
Shari Putra
Maud Galya Yana
-Sixteen Elders–
Angaja
Bakula
Ajita
Rahula
Vanavasin
Cudapanthaka
Kalika
Bharadvaja
Vajriputra
Panthaka
Bhadra
Nagasena
Kanakavatsa
Gopaka
K Bharadvaja
Abheda
–Eight Bodhisattvas–
Manjushri
Vajrapani
Avalokiteshvara
Ksitigarbha
N Vishkambha
Akasagarbha
Maitriya
Samantabhadra
–Lords of the Three Enlightened Families–
Avalokiteshva
Manjughosha
Vajrapani
–Aspects of Avalokiteshvara–
Mahakarunika
Simhanada
Kharsa Pani
–Three Deities of Longevity–
Amitayus
White Tara
Vijaya
–Meditational Deities–
Prajna Paramita
Green Tara
Sarvavid Vairocana
Guhyasamaja
Vajrakumara
Kalacakra
Cakrasamvara
Vajra Varahi
Hevajra
–Protector Deities–
4 Armed Mahakala
Mahapandaka
Panjaranatha
Shrivi
Rahula
Dorje Yudronma
–Five Aspects of Pehar–
Pehar Gyalpo
Gya Jin
Shing Cha Chen
Monbu Putra
Dralhakye Chigbu
–Protector–
Dharmaraja
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