Merit Fields & Assemblies
Bardo Mandala of Peaceful and Wrathful Deities
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This thangka depicts the assembly of the forty-two 'peaceful' (zhi) and fifty-eight 'wrathful' (khro) deities that constitute the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Zhitro (Tib. zhi-khro) or Bardo Mandala. These deities are precisely described in the well-known text...
Dudjom Tersar Refuge Tree
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This thangka, painted by Chewang Dorje in 2003, depicts the Nyingma Refuge Tree or Merit Field assembly that is visualized in the 'Preliminary Practices' (ngondro) of the Dudjom Tersar or 'New Treasures (tersar) of Dudjom' tradition, which were revealed relatively recently by Dudjom...
Karma Kagyu Refuge Tree
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This 'Merit Field' (Tib. shog-shing) thangka was painted by Dorje Tamang in 2006, and shows the 'Primordial Buddha' Vajradhara seated at the centre of the Karma Kagyu Refuge Tree, with the main lineage holders of this tradition in the upper canopy of the tree, its principal meditational...
Gelugpa Refuge Tree
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This Refuge Tree or 'Merit Field' (Tib. shog-shing) depicts the assembled deities and lineage gurus of the Gelug or 'virtuous path' school of Tibetan Buddhism. This thangka was probably painted in Eastern or Central Tibet in the late 19th or early 20th century, and is meticulously...
Padmasambhava and His Eight Manifestations
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This gold on vermilion thangka was painted by Sunlal Ratna Tamang in 2005, and depicts Guru Rinpoche or Padmakara (Padmasambhava), the 'Lotus-Born', as the central figure of a composition known as 'The Guru's Eight Manifestations' (Tib. Guru Tsen-gye), which belongs to the Nyingma 'revealed...
Thirty-five Buddhas of Confession
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The practice tradition of the Thirty-five Buddhas of Confession (Tib. Tung-sha) is based upon a Mahayana text known as the 'Sutra of Three Heaps' (Skt. Triskandha-sutra), which is performed by the Buddhist sangha in order to absolve any transgressions against their religious vows. This...
