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Touching The Earth

Prayer (Reverence)

Do Not Fear (Protection)

Granting Wishes And Blessings

Archer’s/Hunter’s Stance

Thighbone Trumpet

Three-Bladed Dagger

Seven Offerings

Vajrapani

Karnali Basin, Northwestern Nepal, 13th-14th century

Black Hayagriva

Central Tibet, 15th century

Mahachakra Vajrapani

China, 15th century

A large, open-mouthed, blue figure wearing a large black cloak sits at center, surrounded by a ring of flames. Burning figures populate the lower register, some trampling humans. More figures sit among clouds in the sky depicted at the upper regist

“Cloud Faced” Black Cloak Mahakala

Tibet, 16th-17th century

Mandala of Vajrabhairava

Ngor Ewam Choden Monastery, Tsang region, central Tibet, ca. 1515-1535

Hayagriva

Tibet or Mongolia, 18th century

A detailed painting showing multiple deities, with a central seated figure and consort above and a fierce multi-armed deity and consort dancing within a ring of flames below. Other smaller deities in various poses are arranged around the three largest deities. A landscape with small human and nonhuman figures appears at the bottom.

Ratnasambhava, Ratna Heruka, and Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Bardo

Tibet, 18th century

Four-Armed Mahakala

Tibet, 18th century

Senge Dradok, one of the Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava

Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 18th century

Vajrapani

Tibet, 18th century

Protector Begtse Chen

Mongolia, late 18th - early 19th century

Dorje Drolo, One of Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava

Kham region, Eastern Tibet, 19th century

Thangka mandala painting centered on a red female deity within a temple structure, surrounded by concentric protective rings, with seated teachers above and small deity figures in the corners.

Vajrayogini in the Pure Realm of Khechara

Kham region, eastern Tibet, 19th century

Tiger Riding Mahakala

Central Tibet, Early 19th century

Takla Membar

Tibet, 19th century