Tibetan Buddhism Iconographic – Part ii is the 2nd part of Tibetan Religious imagery; 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 – Part ii” 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….
Find out Tibetan Buddhism Icon – i
–Six Ornaments–
–Two Supreme Ones–
1. According to one way of counting the Six Ornaments and Two Supreme Ones, Two Supreme Ones refers to Gunaprabha, and Shakyaprabha
2. According to another tradition, Two Supreme Ones refers to
- Nagarjuna, the founder of the tradition of Profound View, which is one of the two main traditions within the Mahayana. It is also translated as “Enquiry in depth”‘
- Asanga, the founder of the tradition of Vast Conduct which is one of the two main traditions within the Mahayana. It is also translated as “Vast perspective”
–Three Early Tibetan Kings–
–Tibetan Script Inventor–
Thonmi Sambhota
–Nyingma Pa Founders–
–The Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava–
–The 40th Tibet King–
Tri Ralpachen
–Kadampa Founders–
–Kagyu Founders–
–Sakya Five Founders–
–Gelug Pa Founders–
–Gelug Pa Masters–
–Four Guardian Kings–
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