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BDG News: Landmark Exhibit of Artifacts from Sakya Monastery Opens at Palace Museum, Beijing
🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/4d87jvym
#Buddhism #BuddhistArt #Exhibition #TibetanArt #Vajrayana #TibetanBuddhism #Tibet #Beijing #SakyaMonastery
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Intricate old-world beauty 🌏
Handcrafted Tibetan-style perfume/snuff bottle with coral and turquoise cabochons, ornate silver filigree, and rich patina — a stunning antique accent.
$60 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/ypfiyhhtwz
#AntiqueFinds #TibetanArt #VintageCollectibles
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Intricate old-world beauty 🌏
Handcrafted Tibetan-style perfume/snuff bottle with coral and turquoise cabochons, ornate silver filigree, and rich patina — a stunning antique accent.
$60 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/mpksximprc
#AntiqueFinds #TibetanArt #VintageCollectibles
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Intricate old-world beauty 🌏
Handcrafted Tibetan-style perfume/snuff bottle with coral and turquoise cabochons, ornate silver filigree, and rich patina — a stunning antique accent.
$60 👉 ebay.com/itm/157386722359
#AntiqueFinds #TibetanArt #VintageCollectibles
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🌺 Explore the stunning murals of Gyantse Dzong’s Temple this Friday evening! Join for the second annual Rubin Museum Distinguished Lecture in Himalayan Art—a collaboration between the @rubinmuseum and @metmuseum celebrating the greater Himalayan region!
➡️ buff.ly/06E6VkP
#artlecture #tibetanart
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The central blue figure of Chakrasamvara (The Union of the Wheel of the Elements) symbolizing the blissful state of perfect wisdom) stands in passionate embrace with his red-bodied consort Vajravarahi (The Diamond Sow). They are surrounded by a fiery red aureole, with numerous cremation grounds and the deities who preside over them depicted in the background. Vajrayana (adamantine or diamond) Buddhism differs from the two earlier forms of Buddhism, Theravada (The Doctrine of the Elders) and Mahayana (The Great Vehicle), through its use of incantation and ritual as the primary tools to achieve enlightenment. In addition, through their use, the practitioner can gain power over beings in other spheres of existence, either by dominating them, so that they will do ones will, or by identifying oneself with them, so that one may enjoy their higher states of existence. Tantric or esoteric Buddhist art is symbolic, with each symbol taking on new meaning when it is interpreted to the practitioner. On a conceptual level this dramatic image of Chakrasamvara and his spouse, Vajravarahi symbolizes the union of Wisdom and Means. The four faces of Chakrasamvara and their four colors symbolize the four elements (earth, water, fire and air). The three eyes on each face indicate that he sees each of the three worlds (earth, heaven and hell) and that he is aware of the three times (past, present and future). To symbolize the great compassion which has caused him to remain in this world and assist living beings, with his right foot he tramples the red figure of the Night of Time symbolizing the extremes of nirvana (final extinction) and with his right foot he tramples on the figure of Bhairava who represents samsara (the illusion of this world). The garland of 50 severed heads represents the purity of the 50 consonants and vowels of the Sanskrit alphabet.
The Buddhist Deities Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi
Mineral pigments and traces of gold on cotton cloth
circa 15th century CE
Tibet
#buddhism #buddhistart #handmade #antique #tibet #tibetanart #chakrasamvara #vajravarahi #painting #cloth #circa15thcentury #commonera #tibetanart #tibetanbuddhism
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BDG news: Rubin Museum’s Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room Reopens as Long-Term Installation at Brooklyn Museum
🔗 Read more at BDG: tinyurl.com/yayyh2w3
#Buddhism #BuddhistArt #TibetanBuddhism #Exhibition #NYC #NewYork #BrooklynMuseum #RubinMuseum #TibetanArt
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📢 Conférence de Nils Martin sur les thangkas de la collection van Manen le jeudi 19 juin à 18h30 à Paris, au @museeguimet.bsky.social (Hôtel d'Heidelbach).
Évènement gratuit mais nécessité de réserver un billet ▶️
www.guimet.fr/fr/activites...
#thangka
#tibet
#tibetanart
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📰 New post
on Jörg Heimbel's 👨💻 blog on Tibetan Buddhist art:
🖼️ From Rongtön Sheja Künrik to Lhachok Sengge: Correcting a Thangka Attribution
artnotes.ngorpa.org/1743/
#tibetanart #tibetanpainting #thangka #sakyapa #lamdre #ngorpa
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Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha💚
#dailyvisions #dailyart #drawing #draw #pencil #pencildrawing #goddess #divinefeminine #divine #embodiment #greentara #buddhism #buddhist #tibetanart #study
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BDG news: Buddhist Art: Tibetan Artist Anay Ngawang Chodak to Hold Solo Exhibition in New York City
🔗 Read here: tinyurl.com/ykmf2cud
#Buddhism #BuddhistArt #BuddhistArtists #India #Nepal #Kathmandu #NYC #NewYorkCity #ArtExhibition #TibetanArt #TibetanBuddhism
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Mahakala is a powerful deity revered in both Hinduism and Buddhism, particularly within Tibetan Buddhism. In Buddhism, he is known as a "Dharmapala," or Protector of the Dharma, and is often depicted as a fierce and wrathful figure. He is also considered a manifestation of a Buddha, and in Hinduism, he is a manifestation of the god Shiva. Mahakala is a significant deity in Vajrayana Buddhism who embodies the essential principles of protection, transformation, and spiritual power. Known for his fierce demeanor and dynamic nature, Maha Kala transcends the conventional role of a guardian; he represents an active force that empowers practitioners to confront and overcome the myriad obstacles on their journey to enlightenment. This deity is often depicted with a wrathful expression, symbolizing the intensity required to cut through ignorance and delusion. As "The Fierce One," his fierce appearance serves as a profound reminder that spiritual growth often demands facing one's fears and embracing challenges. Additionally, Maha Kala’s multifaceted character reflects the complexity of the spiritual path, highlighting the balance between power and compassion, destruction and creation. As a protector of the teachings, he incorporates the transformative energy that allows practitioners to navigate their inner struggles while fostering resilience and clarity.
Mahakala
gilt copper
China or Mongolia
18th-19th century
#asianart #tibetanart #Mahakala #sculpture #buddhistsculpture #antiqueart #antiquebuddhistsculpture #giltcopper #chinesebuddhistart #mongolianart #artasiatique #buddhistart #protection #transformation #spiritualpower
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It takes days to create a sand mandala—only moments to destroy it. Sacred Tibetan art, passed down for generations, reminds us: art is not just expression, it’s survival.
#TibetanCulture #DalaiLama90 #CompassionRising #PreserveTibet #TibetanArt
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Se ston kun rig as Lamdre lineal teacher
སེ་སྟོན་ཀུན་རིག་གི་ལམ་འབྲས་བླ་བརྒྱུད་གསེར་ཐང་།
🖼️ thangka in the Musée Guimet, MA 6006
After The Gongkar Lamdre: masters in Khyenluk style (Dehradun, 2024), fig. 74
#tibetanart #tibetanpainting #thangka #sakyapa #lamdre #ngorpa 📿
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📰 New post
on Jörg Heimbel's 👨💻 blog on Tibetan Buddhist art:
🖼️ Unveiling Sacred Lineage: A Newly Discovered Funerary Commission of the Ngorpa Lamdre Lineage Masters
artnotes.ngorpa.org/1482
#tibetanart #tibetanpainting #thangka #sakyapa #lamdre #ngorpa
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Detail of the proper right foot of a Buddhist deity, trampling on top of a personified obstacle that is lying partly face down, his head being crushed by the instep of the figure above. A tiny dark demon climbs up from below to further torment the figure being squished. Part of a severed head garland shows five hirsute heads, most grey in color from desiccation, some biting their lower lips in anguish, and one on the far right that looks comparatively tickled to be there.
A painting of a dark blue Buddhist deity, cropped to show only the lower torso and part of the proper right leg. Snake ornaments and a golden necklace hang around the deity's neck, and a tiger skin is jauntily tied around his waist. Also visible are parts of a severed elephant skin being worn as a cape, as well as a severed head garland showing freshly severed (pinkish) and decomposing (grey and blue) heads. Each head is bleeding from the eyes and neck, like most sane Americans feel like doing every time they read the news or check their 401(k)s.
And, because I feel like my eyes are about to hemorrhage with every doomscroll, here are some bonus bloody Buddhist eyes and anguished expressions.
Double bonus scary creepy crawly demon dude on the left.
📷: Tang Museum (L); Williams College Museum of Art (R)
#Himalaya #Buddhistart #Tibetanart
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Detail of a painting showing garland of severed and decaying heads encircling the lower half of a blue deity, who also wears jewelry and snake ornaments. The figure's feet stand in the ballet first position atop a personified obstacle, a male lying on his back with an anguished expression.
Detail of a blue ox pressed atop, and likely forcefully copulating with, a prone human figure with a dismayed expression on his face. The ox is the vehicle of the deity pair that stands atop it, and the human represents the subjugation of obstacles. A lotus base atop a rocky outcropping appears below.
How to paint the overcoming of ego? In #Himalayan #Buddhism, vanquished ego & other obstacles to achievement can appear as a garland of severed & decaying heads strung on entrails, or as figures being trampled underfoot...
📷: Loeb (L) & Tang Museum (R)
#ThangkaTuesday #Tibetanart #Buddhistart
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A golden Buddha seated on a lotus throne and surrounded by successive circles representing light emanating from his body. In front are tables of ritual objects and sumptuous offerings.
The skies are raining flowers, gems, amd musical instruments, Buddhas teach amongst clouds, and a mountain range is dotted with auspicious symbols.
Throngs of human and non-human figures are arranged facing toward the central Buddha, their hands in gestures of respect as they listen to the teachings.
Students (and I) revel in the details—the eponymous endless light emanating from the Buddha Öpakmé, the raining gems, instruments indicating endless music, and the throngs of beings reborn there to listen to teachings that resound throughout the heaven realm.
#buddhistart #tibetanart #dewachen
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Painting of a standing, two armed dark blue deity with three eyes, stretching out his right hand and holding his left hand at heart level. He's standing on a lotus and is surrounded by orange and red flames. In his upswept hair is a small green horse's head and above the hair is a white mythical bird called a Garuda.
Sickness stinks, but Buddhists in the #Himalaya can call on several deities to help heal. This #ThangkaTuesday highlights Ta Chak Khyung Sum (རྟ་ཕྱག་ཁྱུང་གསུམ།), a single deity who packs the power of three: blue Chana Dorje, the green horse head of Tandin, and white Khyung.
#tibetanart #buddhism
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Painting of a standing, red, four-armed female Buddhist deity, surrounded by flames and in a dancing posture. Her hands hold weapons made of flowers. Below her, one foot stands on a lotus base. The scene is set amidst pale green trees, distant mountains and flowing streams. Above, a red Buddha sits amidst clouds and rainbow light that streams from his halo.
A mixed metal sculpture of a four-armed, dancing female deity. Her face is yellowish from applied cold gold, and her hair is orange, reflecting her semi-wrathful countenance. She holds a bow and hook to capture her target, and a small skull bowl.
Usually, Kurukulle is red, a color that reflects her subjugation function, though clearly she's equally inimitable in gold (previous) and in metal (here).
📷: Above: Rubin Museum of Art/HAR
Below painting: Rai collection/HAR
Sculpture: Private collection/HAR
#tibet #tibetanart #buddhism
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Detail of a painting of a green, two-armed figure sitting on a lotus, surrounded by a multicolored halo, holding out her right hand toward a small snake. She also holds a blue lotus flower in each hand.
A vertical format traditional Tibetan Buddhist painting showing eight green female figures, each of which is sitting on a lotus and surrounded by a halo around their head and another around their body. The haloes are orange while the rest of the composition is mostly green, blue, and gold, with some pink in the lotuses. Each figure holds out her right hand to gesture toward the representation of an obstacle.
Take a break from doomscrolling with #ThangkaTuesday, featuring green Tara (སྒྲོལ་ལྗང་།), who saves Buddhist faithful from the eight great fears, one of which is snakes.
#TibetanBuddhism #BuddhistArt #Himalaya #Buddhist #Buddhism #TibetanArt
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Detail of a painting showing a seated Buddhist master in robes holding ritual implements. Next to his halo to the right, a leopard eats the face of a prone human, while a bird removes the entrails of another body above. Below the master's lotus base, another feline bites into a body.
For #ThangkaTuesday, and for no other reason whatsoever, here are some #Buddhist images of leopards eating faces:
Padmasambahva & Yeshe Tsogyal in a thangka of the problem-pinning deity Dorjé Phurbu, as tigers and leopards dig in to some face flesh nearby.
#tibetanart #leopards #himalaya
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A block print showing a stylized scorpion with three eyes and fangs not just on its primary face, but also fangs and eyes on its tail and forelegs. Each of the six remaining legs appears to "hold" repelling mantras. Repelling mantras also appear on the scorpion's body, which is surrounded by licks of flame.
A block print of a composite being with a snake's lower body, a human torso, and a bull's head, which is surmounted by two additional human-like heads of unusual and somewhat unsettling countenance. The figure has two arms and hands, which are held at the body's center line and seem to be inserting a ritual dagger into a triangle. The triangle shape is often used to 'contain' an obstacle that is being ritually destroyed.
A block print with a series of circles at the center, each of which bear a protective or destructive mantra. The diagram is superimposed on two figures. One is right side up and wears a hat; his wrists are chained to the ankles of the second figure, which is upside down, and whose wrists are bound to the ankles of the other, a position that represents the binding and immobilizing of potential obstacles.
A humoresque figure with its arms bound behind it and its knees bent and ankles bound together. Protective syllables appear on the figure's body and face, and it is surrounded by three rows of mantras and syllables arranged in a shape reminiscent of looking down onto (or into) a skull. The outermost row and the outer four corners are the syllable dza alongside large Xs, which serve to further contain the personified obstacle at center.
Or just go for the flaming scorpion. Or any of these. I mean, seriously. Do you want to get it done, or not?
Block prints: Nik Douglas, Tib. Charms & Amulets, 1977
#tibetanart #himalaya #obstacleremoval #buddhism #thangkatuesday
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A vertical format composition on black ground, with imagery painted primarily in gold and red. At center is a series of successively smaller red outlined circles, each of which bears protective and destructive mantra. Close to the innermost circle is a six pointed "sharp weapon", inside of which are two more round bands of mantra. The central syllable is larger in scale and corresponds to the heart of a deity on which the diagram is superimposed. The deity's face and limbs are visible, though the bulk of the body is obscured by the diagram. He has three bulging eyes, a fanged mouth, and wears a skull crown, above which is a horse's head excrescence. In each of his hands he bears a weapon–a sword in his right and an elephant goad in his left. Below his feet are small figures being trampled, representative of obstacles. Under them is a lotus base, indicating that the figure is an embodiment of enlightened action. Surrounding the figure are stylized red and golden flames.
A similar, but simplified, composition; however, here it is a block print of simple black ink on paper rather than a more elaborate painted composition of mineral pigments on cotton ground. A standing figure with three eyes, two arms and legs, and a horse's head excrescence bears a diagram with syllables on his chest. In the print, the sharp weapon wheel has eight points and the innermost syllable differs (here it is hri), which, along with the different implement, indicate this is not the same manifestation of the Horse-headed One. He holds a skull club in his upraised right hand, while his left displays a gesture of warning. Easy to see on the block print are the flayed human, elephant, and tiger skins that he wears, which represent the overcoming of poisons such as ego.
Some deities, like Tandin Nakpo, the Black Horse-Headed One, appear in compositions intended to destroy foes. If a painted version isn't in the budget, block prints work as well.
#Thangka (this & previous one): Rubin Museum of Art; block print: Nik Douglas, Tib. Charms & Amulets, 1977
#tibetanart
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Tibetan Buddhist Thangka painting of Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava and his 25 disciples.
- Vintage 1950s in excellent vibrant condition
-Hand painted
- 58inches x 39inches.
TAP LINK to view details.
RudraAsianArt.etsy.com
#gururinpoche #thangka #tibetanart #asianart #tibetan #rudraasianart
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Detail of a vertical format painting on stretched cotton using ground mineral pigments. The background is variegated greens. At the top, flying in the air, are two thin dragons, one reddish and one dark greenish and both with orange manes. Their thin bodies are twisting, with limbs outstretched as they face one another. Their forelegs rip apart a small human figure whose intestines uncoil into the red dragon’s mouth. Their forelegs rip human’s chest has a bloody wound and his heart is shown falling out of the chest cavity and falling down toward two standing figures below. One figure is dark red and seems to have scales. Its back is to the viewer and its arms are outstretched as if readying itself to catch the falling heart.
It’s #ThangkaTuesday!
Evisceration is surely no fun, but when it does happen, hopefully it’s by two dragons who rip out your heart so that it falls into the eager, outstretched, waiting arms of non-human beings, who will almost certainly nom it.
#buddhistart #tibetanart #himalayanart #buddhist
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The Lamdre master Je Gonpawa aka Shangton Chobar
ཞང་དགོན་པ་བའམ་ཞང་སྟོན་ཆོས་འབར་གྱི་ཞལ་ཐང་།
🖼️ thangka sold at @Lempertzauction, Dec. 2024
📜 with name inscriptions of the central and the minor figures
#tibetanart #tibetanpainting #thangka #lamdre
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🗿Hevajra in the dancing posture (གར་འཁྲབ།) with his legs trampling on the four māras (བརྩེགས་གདན།) as practiced in the Ngor tradition.
After G. Tucci, Tibet: land of snows (1967), plate 72.
#tibetanart #tibetansculpture #hevajra #ngorpa
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