Teacher (Lama) - Gomchung Sherab Changchub
(item no. 418), Reverse Side

Tibet

1600 - 1699

Kagyu Lineage

80.01x50.17cm (31.50x19.75in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

(acc.# P1996.28.7)

 
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Gom Chung Sherab Jangchub (born after 1116): the nephew of Lord Gampopa, the youngest son of Gampopa's elder brother Gyapa Sere.

At the lower left is the middle son, Chung Drag Dze. At the lower right is Gom Shidze, a student of Gampopa. At the top left is an Acharya wearing a pandita hat. A yogi sits at the top right. At the bottom left is Chakrasamvara in Heruka form with one face and two hands. At the bottm left is the wrathful enlightened protector Shri Devi, Dorje Rabtenma, riding atop a brown mule.

After the passing of Gampopa, the eldest nephew Acharya Gompa Tsultrim Nyingpo (1116-1169) held the abbatial chair of Gampo Monastery, and after him the youngest nephew Gom Chung Sherab Jangchub held the chair for 2 years.

Jeff Watt 9-2000

Front of Painting
Wylie Transliteration of Inscription: slo [?] dpon nyo [?] ming. rjna' re ba [?]. sgom chung shes rab byang chub la na mah. gcung grags mdzes. sgom zhi mdzes.


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Publication: Worlds of Transformation

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Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery VII
Tradition: Kagyu Teachers (Paintings)
1600 - 1699 (17th Century)
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