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Painting with large central figure seated on lotus blossom surrounded by temple above and people and elephants below.

Tonpa Shenrab with Episodes from His Life

Amdo Region, Eastern Tibet, 18th - 19th century

Painting of seated figure with red and saffrom robes surrounded nby smaller figures and buildings mounted on vertical strip of patterned blue fabric.

Fifth Dalai Lama (1617–1682) with Episodes from His Life

U Region, Central Tibet, 18th century

Yungton Dorje Pel (1284 1365) (After Choying Gyatso’s (active ca.1640s-1660s) set of previous incarnations of the Panchen Lamas)

Central Tibet, 19th century

Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal (1594–1651) with a Brief Lineage

Bhutan, 19th century

Tibet, 18th century

Tibet, 16th century

Vajradhara and the Great Adepts (Mahasiddhas)

Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, late 18th-early 19th century

Vajradhara with Eighty-Five Great Adepts (Mahasiddhas)

Western Tibet, 15th century

Vajrapani (From Situ's set of Eight Great Bodhisattvas)

Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century

Transmission teachers of the Medical Knowledge

Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996

Tsangnyon Heruka (1452-1507)

Tsang or Ngari Province, Tibet, 16th-17th century

Tsongkhapa (1357-1419)

Tibet, 16th century

Tsongkhapa (1357-1419)

Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century

Tsongkhapa (1357-1419)

U Province, Central Tibet, 19th century

Tsongkhapa (1357-1419)

Nepal or India, 20th century

Two Arhats, Pantaka and Gopaka

Tibet, 17th century

One Family, One Thousand Years of Spiritual Wisdom

The legendary Khön family has deep roots in Buddhism