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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

Embroidered white and black animals, two black ravens, and human figures populate a light blue background. Skulls and beaded strings decorate the upper edge, with black animals in the lower portion. A dark, blue-skinned figure sits at center, one of three human figures. There are seven animals, including a white Bactrian camel and a black snow lion devouring a corpse. All represent symbolic offerings.

Symbolic Offerings

Mongolia, 19th century

Buddha Amitayus

Bhutan, late 19th or early 20th century

Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye (1813-1899)

Eastern Tibet, early 20th century

Tsongkhapa (1357-1419)

Nepal or India, 20th century

The Abbot, the Master, and the Dharma King: Shantarakshita, Padmasambhava, Tri Songdetsen (742-796) and the Nyingma Tradition

Derge Printing House, Derge, Kham Region, Eastern Tibet, ca. 1979

Buddha Shakyamuni with Maitreya and Avalokiteshvara

Swat, 8th century

Crowned Teaching Buddha

Gilgit or Kashmir, 8th century

Avalokiteshvara Padmapani

Swat region (present day Pakistan), ca. 9th century

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