Postcards (minimum 7 mixed)
The Eight Medicine Buddhas
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! LIMITED STOCK - only one of this particular postcard per order please: The assembly of the Eight Medicine Buddhas depicts the image of Bhaisajyaguru, the Medicine Guru, surrounded by his 'six brothers' and Shakyamuni Buddha. All eight of these...
Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Avalokiteshvara with a thousand hands and a thousand eyes (Tib. sPyan-ras-gzigs phyag-ston spyan-ston) is also known as Mahakarunika, the 'great compassionate one'. He is white in colour, adorned with the eight jewel and five silk ornaments,...
H.H. Dalai Lama
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Clive Arrowsmith photographed this portrait of His Holiness the Dalai Lama during his Holiness's visit to London in April 1988. The text on the back of this card reads: The Compassionate Holder of the White Lotus, His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso,...
H.H. Dalai Lama Giving Kalachakra Initiation
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! This portrait of His Holiness the Dalai Lama was photographed at the Kalachakra Initiation Ceremony, held at Rikon Monastery in Switzerland in 1985. His Holiness is seated upon his throne with his fingertips joined together in prayer as he...
Eight Auspicious Symbols
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! The Buddhist group of the eight auspicious symbols (Tib. bkra-shis rtags-brgyad) are depicted here in a composite form. At the top is the White Conch Shell, which spirals to the right in a clockwise direction. Below this is the White Parasol,...
Offering Goddess
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Traditionally a group of either eight or sixteen offering goddesses are included in the retinues of many Buddhist deities. These offering goddesses are female bodhisattvas, eight of which offer: beauty, flowers, garlands, incense, song, light,...
Lotus
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! The lotus is a symbol of absolute purity; it grows from the dark watery mire but is completely untainted or stained by it. The blue lotus (Skt. utpala) or 'night lotus' is a symbol of purity and compassion, and is usually depicted with eight,...
Wish-Fulfilling Tree
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The wish-fulfilling tree is said to grow at the centre of the heavenly paradise realm of the great Hindu god, Indra. This legendary tree is believed to grant all beings wishes, and produces an abundance of divine flowers and fruits throughout all seasons of the year. The tree is represented here...
Dragon And Tiger
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! In Chinese symbolism the dragon and tiger represent the union of heaven and earth. The heavenly dragon symbolizes the male principal of yang and light, and the earthly tiger the female principal of yin and darkness. Here an old tiger gazes up...
Milarepa
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Milarepa (1040-1123), the 'cotton-clad' yogin, is Tibet's most famous and beloved poet-saint. His intense perseverance and devotion under the arduous guidance of his Tibetan guru, Marpa Lotsawa, his spontaneous songs of realization and poignant...
The Medicine Buddha
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! The Medicine Buddha, or Medicine Guru (Bhaisajya-guru), is the form in which Shakyamuni manifested in order to reveal the Medical Tantras. The meditation practice of this deity is believed to cure the afflictions of body, speech and mind. He is...
Padmapani Avalokiteshvara
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Padmapani, meaning 'lotus-in-hand', is the main two-armed form of the bodhisattva of compassion, Lokeshvara (Avalokiteshvara). He is white in complexion and stands gracefully upon a moon disc and lotus. He is adorned with the five silk and...
Face Of Vajrasattva
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! This painting shows the face of Vajrasattva (Tib. Dorje Sempa) as he appears in sexual union with his red consort, Vajragarvi (Tib. Dorje Nyema). Vajrasattva, the 'adamantine being', is peaceful and white in colour, with a sweetly smiling face...
Face Of Heruka Chakrasamvara
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Chakrasamvara (Tib: 'Khor-lo bDe-mchog) is an important semi-wrathful yidam deity belonging to the Highest Yoga Tantra class of deity practices. In this detail of his two-armed aspect Heruka Chakrasamvara is dark blue in colour, with one face...
The Syllables Of The Kalachakra Mantra
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Known as 'The Mighty Ten Stacked Syllables' (Tib. sPungs-yig dbang-ldan), the ten syllables of the deity Kalachakra - OM-HAM-KSHA-MA-LA-VA-RA-YA-SVA-HA - represent his entire mandala base and retinue of deities. These ten interlocking and...
The Mahasiddha Ghantapa
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Ghantapa, the 'bell-man', was a highly realized yogin who lived in eastern India during the reign of the ninth century king, Devapala. When Ghantapa refused to honour Devapala, the king chose to humiliate him by sending a courtesan's daughter...
The Mahasiddha Carbaripa
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Carbaripa is revered in both the Buddhist and Hindu Tantric traditions. For Buddhists he is one of the eighty-four Mahasiddhas, and for the Hindus he is recognized as one of the nine great Shaivite 'Nath Siddhas', and also as a preceptor of the...
The Mahasiddha Udhilipa
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Udhilipa, the 'flying siddha', was a wealthy Indian who one day gazed out of his window and saw strangely coloured cloud formations that were assuming the forms of animals. Mesmerized by this illusory display he developed a desire to fly like a...
The Mahasiddha Luipa
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! The story of Luipa, the 'fish-gut eater', appears as the first legendary figure in the biographies of the eighty-four Buddhist Mahasiddhas. Luipa was born as a prince in the island kingdom of Sri Lanka, who became king when his father died. But...
The Mahasiddha Jalandhara
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! The term mahasiddha, meaning 'great-accomplished one', is commonly applied to a yogin or yogini who has attained both a profound realization and psychic powers. Traditionally a group of eighty-four mahasiddhas are recognized in the Indian...
Shakyamuni Buddha
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Shakyamuni, the historical Buddha of our present era, is depicted here with his two main disciples, Maudgalyayana and Shariputra, who respectively stand to his right and left. These two attendant disciples wear the three monastic robes and...
Rahula
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Rahula, 'the seizer', is one of the three main protective deities of the Nyingma or 'ancient tradition' of Tibetan Buddhism. As the 'great god of the skies' Rahula is the deified form of Rahu, the dark 'shadow planet' that causes eclipses of...
White Mahakala
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! White, or 'Wish-granting Gem' Mahakala is a wealth aspect of this 'great black' (mahakala) wrathful protective deity, who is white in complexion with six arms. He stands upright upon a golden sun disc and a lotus, and with his two feet he...
Vajrakila
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Vajrakila or Vajrakilaya, meaning 'the dagger of indestructible reality', is a powerful and wrathful yidam deity of the Nyingma tradition who embodies the destructive energy of the triple-bladed ritual dagger or kila (Tib. phur-bu), which...
White Tara
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! White Tara and Green Tara are believed to have been born from the tears of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion. Tara is the 'Liberator or Saviouress', and in her white aspect as 'seven-eyed' (saptalocana) Tara she is one of the three...
White Tara
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Tara, the 'Liberator or Saviouress', is the female bodhisattva of compassion and the patron goddess of Tibet. In her two principal green and white aspects she is believed to have manifested from the tears of Avalokiteshvara, the male...
Red Tara
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! This thangkha of Red Tara is painted in gold line with minimal colour highlights upon a vermilion background. This Tibetan aspect of Red Tara is known as Rigje Lhamo, meaning 'the fully-accomplished goddess', and her practice was widely...
Nyingma Dudjom Tersar Refuge Tree
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! This Refuge Tree thangka depicts the assembly of gurus and deities that belong to the Dudjom Tersar tradition, a Nyingma terma or 'hidden treasure' transmission that was widely taught by the late Dudjom Rinpoche (1904-87). The...
Padmasambhava and His Eight Manifestations
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! At the centre of this gold on vermilion thangka is the 'Lotus-born' Guru, Padmakara or Padmasambhava (Tib. Padma-'byung-gnas), who is flanked on the left by his Tibetan consort Yeshe Tsogyal, and on the right by his Indian consort Mandarava. At...
Kurukulla
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! This gold-on-vermilion thangka depicts the Dakini trinity known as the 'Three Minor Red Ones', which are listed in the 'Thirteen Golden Dharmas' practiced in the Tibetan Sakya School tradition. These three subjugating goddesses are Kurukulla,...
