Robert Beer Paintings
Yeshe Tsogyal
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Yeshe Tsogyal (circa 757 to 817-837), meaning the 'Wisdom Lake Queen', was the foremost Tibetan disciple of Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava), and the most important of his five main consorts. She is regarded as a manifestation of the goddesses Sarasvati, Vajravarahi, Locana, and Tara, who would later...
Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava)
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Padmasambhava or Padmakara (Tib. Pema-jungne), meaning the 'Lotus-born', is the principal aspect of Guru Rinpoche, the 'Precious Guru' from Oddiyana in Western India, who is credited with introducing Vajrayana Buddhism into Tibet during the eighth century. Because of his miraculous...
Milarepa
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Jetsun Milarepa (circa 1040-1123), the 'Cotton clad' yogin, is one of the most famous and beloved poet-practitioners of Tibet. His biography and the collection of his 'hundred-thousand' songs of realization exemplify the ultimate aspiration of an ascetic life lived with intense religious...
Yoga Chakra Diagram
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This diagram of the six principal chakras of the Hindu Kundalini-Yoga system was drawn by Robert Beer and rendered into colour at the studio of Marc Baudin in Jaipur, India. The composition shows a naked yogin seated upon a triangular vajra-rock formation, with the faint...
The White Syllable 'A' (AH)
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In 1989 I was commissioned by the publishing editor of Penguin Arkana to make this painting as a cover for Namkhai Norbu's forthcoming book, "Dzogchen, The Self Perfected State". The syllable A is the primordial vowel sound of both the Sanskrit and Tibetan alphabets, which as a bija or 'seed...
White Chintamani-Chakra Tara
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White Tara (Skt. Sita Tara: Tib. Drol-dkar) is the long-life aspect of the female deity Tara, the most popular Buddhist goddess of mercy and compassion. In her longevity aspect White Tara is also known as Saptalocana Tara, or 'seven-eyed' Tara. And as an important yidam or...
Wish-Fulfilling Tree
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Originally painted in the early 1990's as part of a set of five greetings cards, then later as a postcard, this image of the Wish Fulfilling Tree proved to be extremely popular. And now made available as a signed and numbered Giclee print, the colour balance of the actual print is softer and more...
Abhayakaragupta
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This painting of Abhayakaragupta is drawn from a series of thirteen late 17th century thangkas, that were then carved as a series of thirteen woodblock prints at Narthang Monastery near Shigatse in Tibet. The first ten of these images depict the ten previous incarnations of the Panchen Lama, with...
Face of Vajrasattva
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Originally painted as a book cover for 'The Tantric Distinction - An Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism' by Jeffrey Hopkins, (Wisdom Publications, London, 1984), this portrait painting depicts the face of white Vajrasattva (Tib. Dorje Sempa) with his red consort Vajra Garvi (Tib. Dorje Nyenma). At...
Mahasiddha Tilopa
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The Indian Mahasiddha Tilopa (988-1069) was the first guru of the Indo-Tibetan Mahamudra lineage, who received this profound transmission directly from the 'Primordial' or dharmakaya Buddha Vajradhara. Born as a Brahmin in Eastern Bengal, Tilopa chose to enter the Buddhist Academy of...
Mahasiddha Naropa
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The Indian mahasiddha Naropa (1016-1100) was born into an aristocratic Bengali family, and first went to study in Kashmir before being recalled by his parents for an arranged marriage. After eight years of a happy married life he returned to Kashmir and ordained as a novice monk who soon...
Blazing Skeleton
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I made this Blazing Skeleton painting in 1985 as a cover for the paperback edition of “Death and Dying – The Tibetan Tradition” by Glenn H. Mullin, which was published by Arcana Paperbacks in 1986. Having received a printout copy of the text I designed this cover image on the chapter dealing with...
Mahasiddha Ghantapa
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Ghantapa, the 'Bell-Man', is listed as the fifty-second of the Eighty-four Mahasiddhas, and is especially recognized in Tibet for his transmission of the 'five limbs' of the Panchakrama Chakrasmamvara lineage, which he received directly from Vajrayogini, the consort of Chakrasamvara....
Mahasiddha Udhilipa
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Listed as the seventy-first of the Eighty-four Mahasiddhas, or 'Great Accomplished Ones', whose legendary lives were recounted by the 12th century Indian master Abhayadatta, Udhilipa is one of the less well-known known of these mahasiddhas. The name Udhilipa (Tib. phur-ba) is usually...
Mahasiddha Carbaripa
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Carbaripa or Carpati, the 'Petrifier', is listed as the sixty-fourth of the Eighty-four Mahasiddhas in the tradition of Abhayadatta Sri, and he is revered in both the Buddhist and Hindu Tantric traditions. For the Vajrayana Buddhists he is one of great early Indian Mahasiddhas, and for the Hindus...
Mahasiddha Nagarjuna
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Nagarjuna (Tib. ludrup: klu sgrub) is the name given to the great early Indian scholar and founder of the Madhyamaka or 'Middle Way' philosophical school of early Mahayana Buddhism. Regarded as the 'Second Buddha', who along with Asanga is recognized as one of the two Supreme Ones and Six...
Mahasiddha Shantideva
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Historically, Shantideva (Tib. Zhi ba lha), meaning the 'Peaceful Divinity', was one of the great Indian Mahayana proponents of the Madhyamaka Prasangika school, who lived between the late 7th and mid 8th centuries. His most celebrated work is the Bodhisattvacaryavatara, or...
Mahasiddha Aryadeva
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The original Aryadeva (Tib. Pakpa Lha), meaning the 'Sublime Divinity', was a disciple of the renowned Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna. Aryadeva is recognized as one of the 'Six Ornaments' or early commentators on the Buddha's teachings, who along with Nagarjuna continued to consolidate the...
Mahasiddha Luipa
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Luipa, the 'Fish-gut Eater', is listed as the first of the Eighty-four Mahasiddhas in the tradition of Abhayadata Sri. Luipa's legend relates that he was a prince in the island kingdom of Sri Lanka, who having inherited his father's throne had nothing but contempt for wealth and power, and...
Mahasiddha Jalandhara
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Jalandhara, meaning the 'net-bearer', is listed is the forty-sixth of the Eighty-four Indian Buddhist Mahasiddhas, and appears here standing upon one leg upon a tiger-skin in a specific yogic-posture know as jalandhara-asana. His legend relates how, disgusted with cyclic existence Janandhara...
