Refuge Field - Gelug Lineage
(item no. 101)

Central Tibet

1800 - 1899

Gelug Lineage

30.48x22.86cm (12x9in)

Ground Mineral Pigment, Fine Gold Line on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

(acc.# P1995.4.1)

 


Shakyamuni, Buddha (Tibetan: sha kya tu pa, sang gye. English: the Enlightened One of the Shakya Clan). The Gelugpa Field of the Accumulation (Tib.: tsog shing) of Merit with the teachers of the lineage of Maitreya on the upper left and that of Manjushri on the upper right. Deities, buddhas and bodhisattvas are placed below along with the Dharma protectors at the bottom.

Tibetan: Tsog shing

Jeff Watt 9-2000


View other items in:
Publication
Publication: Essential Tibetan Buddhism

Thematic Set
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery VI
Refuge Field (Field of Accumulation)
Refuge Field: Gelug
1800 - 1899 (19th Century) Part I
Painting Style: Central Tibetan



Copyright © 2008 Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation.
Photographed Image Copyright © 2004 Rubin Museum of Art