This concept is made visually and textually explicit in works of art created by followers of the Drigung Kagyu School, a Tibetan Buddhism community founded in the late 12th century and still in existence today. Art with Benefits highlights the distinctive and varying styles that have characterized Drigung art over its more than 800-year history, as well as the most commonly depicted subjects and the benefits they offer, including the Buddha type “Beneficial to See,” protectresses, wrathful deities, teachers, and footprints.

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Funding for the catalog has been provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.

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