Item: Worldly Protector (Buddhist) - Tsiu Marpo
| Origin Location | Eastern Tibet |
|---|---|
| Date Range | 1800 - 1899 |
| Lineages | Nyingma and Karma (Kagyu) |
| Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
| Collection | Shechen Archives - photographs |
Classification: Deity
Appearance: Warrior
Gender: Male
Tsi'u Marpo: the red 'tsen' daemon, principal worldly protector of Samye, the first Buddhist monastery in Tibet.
Wrathful with one face and two hands he holds a spear upraised in the right and a heart in the left held to the mouth. Riding atop a pink horse he is accompanied by his six brothers.
Two lineage lamas are seated at the top accompanied by three wrathful meditational deities. Protectors occupy the foreground.
Sanggye Lingpa (1340-1396) discovered the 'Middling Collection of Precepts, the Gathering of the Guru's Intention' (Tibetan: ka du bar wa la ma gong pa du pa) in the great cave of Puri Rinchen Barwa in the year 1364.
Jeff Watt 11-2000
Buddhist Protectors, Worldly Deities (Lokapala)
Buddhist Protectors: Worldly (Nyingma)
Subject: Three Kings (Tibetan Protectors)
Buddhist Worldly Protector: Tsiu Marpo Main Page
Painting Style: Palpung - Wrathful Deities
Painting Set: Lama Gongdu 1
Buddhist Protectors: Worldly (Kagyu)
Collection of Shechen Archives: Gallery I