Item: Teacher (Lama) - Shamarpa 5, Konchog Yanlag

Tibetan: བླ་མ། Chinese: 喇嘛

(item no. 3314391)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1700 - 1799
Lineages	Karma (Kagyu) and Buddhist
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Museum der Kulturen, Basel

Classification: Person

Appearance: Monastic

Gender: Male

TBRC: bdr:P1426

Interpretation / Description

Konchog Yanlag, 5th Shamar Rinpoche (1526-1583)

The central figure in the teaching gesture is the 5th Shamarpa, Konchog Yanlag. In the upper right corner is the deity of long-life, Ushnishavijaya, with three faces and eight arms. Below is the Karma Trinleypa and resting under him is the 4th Gyaltsab, Dragpa Dondrup wearing a red crown. In the bottom right-hand corner are the Shingkyong (father-mother) protector deities.

Shinzo Shiratori 11-2024

Text Reference:

bka' brgyud gser phreng rnam thar zla wa chu shel gyi phreng ba bar cha (The Golden Garland of Kagyu Biographies). Situ Chokyi Jungne. Vajra Vidya Institute Library, 2005.