Refuge Field - Drigung Lineage
(item no. 413)

Tibet

1800 - 1899

Drigung (Kagyu) and Buddhist Lineages

52.07x35.56cm (20.50x14in)

Ground Mineral Pigment, Fine Gold Line on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

(acc.# P1996.28.2)

 


Padmasambhava (Tibetan: pe ma jung ne. English: the Lotus Born) surrounded by the 'Field of Accumulation' (Tib.: tsog shing) of the Yangzab Dzogchen lineage teachers of the Drigung Kagyu; dicovered by Rinchen Puntsog the 18th Throne Holder of Drigung Densatil Monastery.

Tibetan: Tsog shing

At the lower branch of the tree, in the center, is red Hayagriva with consort. At the left is red Ekajati with one leg. On the right is Dorje Legpa riding a goat. At the far left is Dzamar Rahula with nine faces and two hands having the lower body of a naga. On the far right side is the special 'Terma' protector Hara Nagpo with the head of a makara sea creature and the body of a naga.

Jeff Watt 11-2000


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Publication: Worlds of Transformation

Thematic Set
Painting Style: Khyenri
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery VII
Refuge Field (Field of Accumulation)
Refuge Field: Kagyu
1800 - 1899 (19th Century) Part I
Padmasambhava: Refuge Field



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