Guru Rinpoche Thangka: Medium


Item Number: 343

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $45

Online Close: Dec 8, 2013 11:59 PM PST

Bid History: 10 bids - Item Sold!



Description

This beautiful print of Padmasambhava is approximately 10" x 13" with a border tapestry measuring in total: 16" x 23".  In good condition. Transported from Lhasa.  


Padmasambhava (lit. "Lotus-Born"), also known as the second Buddha, was a guru from Oddiyana, northwestern India (in the modern-day Swat Valley of Pakistan). Padmasambhava is said to have transmitted Vajrayana Buddhism to Tibet, Bhutan and neighboring countries in the 8th century AD. He is also known as Guru Rinpoche (lit. "Precious Guru") in Tibet, where followers of the Nyingma school regard him as the second Buddha.


He is, moreover, considered to have been an emanation of Buddha Amitabha, Shakyamuni Buddha, and Kuan Yin Bodhisattva.  (Thanks to Wikipedia)



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Leigh Miller