Art

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 large seated robed figure surrounded by smaller figures, some seated and some standing.
Physician Yutok Yonten Gonpo (1126-1202)
Central Tibet, late 17th 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
Vajradhara
Tibet, 18th 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
Vasudhara and Hvashang
Tibet, 17th century
Vulnerable Points: Anterior Views (chapter 4 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Vulnerable Points: Posterior View (chapter 4 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
White Chakrasamvara, From Situ’s set of Twenty-seven Tutelary Deities
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, late 18th century
White Channels (chapter 4 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Wondrous Synopsis of the Humours, Human catagories - Indications of Physical Decay (chapters 5 - 7)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Transmission teachers of the Medical Knowledge
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Treatment of Absolute and Karmic Diseases Similes associated with The Four Tantras (chapter 27 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996

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