Zhitro Mandala
- Date
- 2000
- Creator
- Pema Namdol Thaye (American, b. 1967, Bhutan)
- Material
- gilt metal on wooden armature, polymeric resin compound (for minor decorative caste motifs such as animals, tassels, banners, and Buddhist emblems), semi-precious stone inlays, pearls, colored glass, and more
- Dimensions
- diameter: 10 ft. 10 in. (3.3 m), height: 65 in. (1.65 m)
- Photo Credit
- © Pema Namdol Thaye, photograph by Padma Studios
This mandala and the relevant teachings refer to a hundred peaceful (zhi) and wrathful (tro) divinities believed to be associated with the human body, and visualized in the Zhitro Dzogchen praxis as a mandala of these deities.
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