Postcards (minimum 7 mixed)
Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Avalokiteshvara (Tib: spyan-ras-gzigs), the 'Lord who ceaselessly gazes over the realms of existence', is the bodhisattva of great compassion. In his four-armed white aspect he is the recognized as the patron deity of Tibet who successively...
Four-armed Chenrezig
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Avalokiteshvara (Tib: spyan-ras-gzigs), the four-armed bodhisattva of great compassion sits in vajra-posture upon a white moon disc and a multicoloured lotus. He is white like an autumn moon and his beautiful body is adorned with the five silk...
The Wheel Of Life
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! The Wheel of Life is a pictorial illustration of the Buddhist teachings on cyclic existence or samsara. In the central hub of the wheel are a pig, a cockerel and a snake, which represent the three primary poisons of ignorance, desire and...
Vajrasattva
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Vajrasattva, 'the vajra-hero', is a yidam or meditational-deity whose practice is commonly employed to purify the defilements of body, speech and mind. This visualization practice is believed to be particularly effective in overcoming the...
Vajrasattva And Consort
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Vajrasattva (Tib: Dorje Sempa), meaning 'the vajra-hero', is a deity employed mainly in visualisation practices to purify the defilements of body, speech and mind. His hundred-syllable mantra is believed to be particularly effective in...
Manjushri
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Manjushri is the bodhisattva of wisdom who embodies the discriminating awareness of all the Buddhas. He is golden-orange in colour and sits in vajra-posture upon a moon disc, a multicoloured lotus and a lion throne. He is as youthful as a...
Amitayus
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Amitayus is the sambhogakaya aspect of Amitabha Buddha and one of the three principal deities that are associated with long-life rituals and practices. Amitayus, meaning 'Infinite Life', is ruby-red or coral-red in colour and he sits in...
Padmasambhava
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Padmasambhava, the 'Lotus-born' or 'Precious Guru' (Guru Rinpoche), is the great eighth century Indian scholar and tantric master who is renowned for his role in establishing Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism in Tibet. His complexion is...
Long Life Trinity
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Amitayus (Tib. Tshe dpag-med), the red bodhisattva of 'Infinite Life', is depicted at the centre of this thangka, as he sits in vajra-posture upon a moon disc and a lotus. His hands rest upon his lap in the gesture of meditation as he holds a...
Jinasagara (Red Chenrezig)
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Jinasagara (Tib; Gyalwa Gyatso), meaning 'Victorious Ocean', is an aspect of four-armed red Avalokiteshvara, whose practice as a Highest Yoga Tantra yidam deity is of particular importance in the Kagyu Traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. Jinasagara...
White Avalokiteshvara
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Above a lake, and upon a convoluted circular leaf, lotus and moon disc, stands the white bodhisattva of compassion, Lokeshvara - the 'Lord of the Worlds'. Lokeshvara (Avalokiteshvara) has a hundred and eight different manifestations in the...
Maitreya Buddha
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Maitreya, meaning 'Loving kindness', is the great bodhisattva who is destined to become the Buddha of our next era, and the fifth in line of the thousand Buddhas of the great epoch. At present he resides in his Pure Land, which is known as...
Padmapani Avalokiteshvara
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This exquisite chiaroscuro painting of Padmapani Lokeshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, was the last painting made by the great Newar artist, Siddhimuni Shakya. This monochrome painting has been rendered through a very subtle technique of ink shading, where all the luminous highlights are...
Face of Padmapani Avalokiteshvara
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! This detail from an exquisite black and white painting by the great Newar artist, Siddhimuni Shakya, depicts the face of Padmapani Lokeshvara, the 'Lotus-holding Lord of the World'. Lokeshvara, or Avalokiteshvara, is the bodhisattva of great...
Face of Four-arm Chenrazig
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! This detail from a painting by Ajay Lama shows the face of Sadaksari Avalokiteshvara, the four-armed bodhisattva of great compassion. His two principal hands are palms-folded in anjali-mudra as he clasps a wish-fulfilling blue gem in front of...
Standing Avalokiteshvara
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This exquisite painting depicts Avalokiteshvara (Tib: Chenrezig), the bodhisattva of compassion, in the form of Red Padmapani, the 'Holder of the Lotus'. He stands gracefully upon a moon disc and a multicoloured lotus that arises from a lake. He wears the eight jewel ornaments and five silk...
Sarasvati
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Sarasvati, meaning 'flowing water', is both a Hindu and Buddhist goddess of learning and knowledge, who is especially venerated within the arts of music, singing, poetry and speech. The Sarasvati was once a great Indian river that dried up long...
Ardhanarishvara
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Ardhanarishvara, 'the Lord who is half-woman', is a representation of the great Hindu god Shiva (Mahadeva), who is united with his consort or shakti, Parvati (Umadevi), in one body. The right half of Ardhanarishvara's body depicts Shiva's white...
Hevajra
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Hevajra is a yidam deity that belongs to the Highest-Yoga class of 'mother-tantras', and he is represented here in his form as 'Weapon Hevajra' (Ayudha Hevajra), with eight faces, four legs, and sixteen arms - each of which holds a specific...
Troma Nagmo (Dudjom Troma)
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Troma Nagmo (Skt. Krodha Kali), the 'Wrathful Black Dakini', is a fierce black aspect of Vajravarahi, whose visualized form is employed in the Chod practice for cutting through strong attachments, and this particular thangka belongs to...
Karma-Kagyu Protectors
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This black thangka depicts the union of the main Karma Kagyu protector, Dorje Bernagchen, and Palden Lhamo in her form as Ranjung Gyalmo, the 'Spontaneously-arisen Queen'. This image of the 'Great Goddess and her Consort in Face-to-Face Union with her Consort' originates from a vision of the second...
Palden Lhamo
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Palden Lhamo (dPal-ldan lha-mo), the 'Glorious Goddess', is the main protective goddess of the Tibetan state, and she is depicted here in her form as Magzor Gyalmo - the 'Queen who repulses armies'. She rides her mule across a swirling ocean of...
Yamantaka
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Yamantaka, the 'slayer of the lord of death (Yama)', is depicted here in his yab-yum form as Vajrabhairava, a wrathful manifestation of Manjushri, the bodhisattva of Wisdom. He is extremely fierce and blue-black in colour, with nine faces,...
Citipati
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! The brother and sister 'Masters of the Charnel Ground' (Tib. Dur-khrod bdag-po) appear as skeleton deities within a funereal landscape. Together they dance upon a sun disc and lotus, the left foot of the brother resting upon a white conch...
Ganesh
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Seated upon a lotus, a silver moon disc, and a roaring white lion is the ten-armed form of Ganesha, the elephant-headed 'remover of obstacles', who appears here as Heramba Ganapati, the protector of the poor and weak. His complexion is white,...
Machig Labdron
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Machig Labdron (circa 1055-1152) was the yogini who instigated the Tibetan Chod lineage of practice, and her guru was the Indian yogin, Phadampa Sangye. The Chod or 'cutting practice' is based upon the perfection of wisdom (Skt. Prajnaparamita)...
Vasundhara
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! Vasudhara or Vasundhara, the 'treasure holder', is a popular Newar goddess of fertility and prosperity, and a consort of the wealth-god Jambhala. She sits in the posture of 'royal ease' on a moon disc and a pink lotus, with her left leg drawn...
White Khechari
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! White Khechari is a secret form of Vajrayogini, whose practice is transmitted through the Tibetan Shangpa Kagyu tradition. The red and white aspects of Khechari were first revealed by the great eleventh century Indian yoginis, Niguma and...
Jowa Rinpoche
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! The Jowa or Jowo Rinpoche statue is Tibet's most sacred image, which is housed in the Jokhang Temple in the heart of Lhasa. Jowa Rinpoche means 'the most precious Lord', and this copper statue of Shakyamuni Buddha was believe to have been...
Padmasambhava Statue, Jokhang Temple, Lhasa
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MINIMUM ORDER OF SEVEN 6" x 4" MIXED POSTCARDS PLEASE! This photographic detail of the face of Padmasambhava was taken in the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet's most sacred temple. This large statue stands in the Jokhang's central chapel and is lavishly adorned with gold and jewelled ornaments....
