Lama Tsongkhapa (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Lama Tsongkhapa, Gyaltsab Je, Khedrub Je and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Lama Tsongkhapa (Tibetan) Alternative name: Lobsang Drakpa (Tibetan); Sumati Kirti (Sanskrit) Lama Tsongkhapa was a 15th Century scholar-yogi who established the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. After spending years studying and meditating, he established monastic institutions of...
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Protector Thangka (Main figures) (Top to bottom): Buddha Shakyamuni, Lama Tsongkhapa, Guru Rinpoche, Tsangpa Karpo, Nechung Pehar Gyalpo and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Dorje Shugden (Tibetan) Alternative name: Vajra Rudra (Sanskrit) Dorje Shugden is an emanation of the Buddha of Wisdom, Manjushri. He took the form of a Dharma Protector in order to safeguard the...
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Milarepa (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Marpa, Milarepa and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Milarepa (Tibetan) The enduring story of Milarepa (1052-1135) is perhaps one of the most popular stories of a Tibetan yogin. He was born in Gungthang province of Western Tibet, bordering Nepal. When he was just seven, his father passed away and his...
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Green Tara and the Eight Taras (Main figures) (Top to bottom): Green Tara, Eight Taras and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Arya Tara (Sanskrit) Alternative names: Green Tara (English); Shyama Tara (Sanskrit); Drolma (Tibetan); Droljang (Tibetan) Tara is known as Jetsun Drolma in Tibetan and she is a very important figure in Tibetan Buddhism. She is...
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Kali (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Kali and Dorje Shugden Deity: Kali (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Lhamo Tromo (Tibetan) Kali is a Hindu goddess whose name means ‘she who is black’ or ‘she who is death’. However, she is also known by other epithets and has many forms. For Hindus, she embodies the very essence...
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Cittipati (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Cittipati, Vajra Yogini, Dorje Shugden and Trakze. Deity: Cittipati (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Durdak Yabyum (Tibetan); Shri Shmashana Adhipati (Sanskrit) According to scriptural sources, Cittipati is also known as Shri Shmashana Adhipati, which literally means ‘Lord and Lady of the Charnel Ground’. The practice of propitiating Cittipati arises from...
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King Gesar of Ling (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Buddha Shakyamuni, Machen Pomra, King Gesar, Dorje Shugden and Tsangpa Karpo. Deity: King Gesar of Ling (English) King Gesar is both a historical figure and a folk hero from Eastern Tibet and his story is immortalised in Tibetan literature. Records indicate that he lived around...
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Eye-Opening Chenrezig (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Buddha Shakyamuni, Buddha Amitabha, Eye-Opening Chenrezig, Dorje Shugden and the Nine Mothers. Deity: Eye-Opening Chenrezig (English) Alternative name: Chenrezig Migchey (Tibetan) Chenrezig is a popular archetypal Bodhisattva in the Sutras, in which he strives towards complete enlightenment. Within the teachings of Vajrayana Buddhism, Chenrezig is said to...
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Twelve-Armed Gelug Heruka (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Heruka Chakrasamvara, Dorje Shugden and Four-Faced Mahakala. Deity: Heruka Chakrasamvara (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Khorlo Demchog (Tibetan) Heruka is the principal deity of the Chakrasamvara Tantras. He is a meditational Buddha of the Highest Yoga Tantra classification, which means that his practice has the potential to bring...
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Five Forms of Dzambala (Top to bottom): Red Dzambala, Green Dzambala, Yellow Dzambala, White Dzambala, Black Dzambala and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Yellow Dzambala (English) Alternative name: Dzambala Serpo (Tibetan) According to tradition, Dzambala was Buddha Shakyamuni’s disciple and was a yaksha being. He protected the Buddha and on one occasion, he was badly injured....
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Peaceful Dorje Shugden (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Namgyalma, Amitayus, White Tara and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Dorje Shugden (Tibetan) Alternative name: Vajra Rudra (Sanskrit) Dorje Shugden is an emanation of the Buddha of Wisdom, Manjushri. He took the form of a Dharma Protector in order to safeguard the Buddha’s teachings, especially the important teachings...
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His Holiness the 4th Panchen Lama (Main figure) (Top to bottom): The 5th Dalai Lama, The 4th Panchen Lama, Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen, Brahmarupa Mahakala and Dorje Shugden. Deity: His Holiness 4th Panchen Lama Lobsang Chokyi Gyeltsen (Tibetan) The Panchen Lama line of incarnations are believed to be emanations of Amitabha, the Buddha of Boundless...
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Dorje Shugden on Throne (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Lama Tsongkhapa, Vajra Yogini, Dorje Shugden on Throne, Gyenze, Wangze, Shize, Trakze and Kache Marpo. Deity: Dorje Shugden on throne (English) Dorje Shugden is the emanation of the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, Manjushri and he has taken the form of a Dharma Protector in order to...
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Standing Chenrezig (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Buddha Amitabha, Chenrezig, Manjushri, Vajrapani and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Avalokiteshvara (Sanskrit) Alternative names: Chenrezig (Tibetan) This thangka depicts the “Three Protectors”, known in Tibetan as the Rigsum Gonpo. This enlightened trinity refers to Manjushri, Chenrezig, and Vajrapani. They symbolically represent the wisdom, compassion and skilful means of...
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Naro Kechari (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Phagmo Namzhabma, Maitri Kechari, Indra Kechari, Vajraghona Vajravarahi, Vajra Yogini, Cittipati, Four-Faced Mahakala and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Vajra Yogini (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Naro Kechari (Sanskrit); Dorje Neljorma (Tibetan) Vajra Yogini is a female tantric Buddha who has many forms and is practised in many lineages within Tibetan...
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Buddha Amitabha (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Buddha Amitabha and Dorje Shugden Deity: Buddha Amitabha (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Opagme (Tibetan) Buddha Amitabha benefits beings on many levels, especially by transforming the energy of desire into that of enlightenment. The highest level practitioner of Amitabha will gain enlightenment during the era of Shakyamuni’s teachings. The...
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Medicine Buddha (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Medicine Buddha and Dorje Shugden Deity: Medicine Buddha (English) Alternative names: Bhaisajyaguru (Sanskrit), Menlha (Tibetan) The Medicine Buddha made a vow during a previous aeon that if any being who suffers from sickness calls upon on him, he will heal them. Illnesses can be both mental and...
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Standing Shakyamuni (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Buddha Shakyamuni, Eight Bodhisattva Disciples and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Buddha Shakyamuni (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Sangye Shakya Tupa (Tibetan) Buddha Shakyamuni is the current and historical Buddha who was born a prince in the region of Lumbini (in what is now Nepal). He left the palace, became a...
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Green Tara (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Four-Armed Chenrezig, Green Tara and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Arya Tara (Sanskrit) Alternative names: Green Tara (English); Shyama Tara (Sanskrit); Drolma (Tibetan); Droljang (Tibetan) Tara is known as Jetsun Drolma in Tibetan and she is a very important figure in Tibetan Buddhism. She is known as the ‘saviouress’...
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Atisha Dipamkara Srijnana (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Serlingpa, Green Tara, Jowo Je Atisha and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Atisha Dipamkara Srijnana (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Jowo Je Atisha (Tibetan) Atisha Dipamkara Srijnana was a great Bengali (Indian) master, who travelled to Tibet in order to translate and propagate Buddhism at a time when the teachings...
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