Item: Teacher (Lama) - Situ Panchen 8, Chokyi Jungne

Chokyi Jungne, the 8th Situ Panchen (1700-1774): portrayed as the patron for the set of Avadana Kalpalata paintings, along with a written proclamation; the twenty-fifth and last painting in the Avadana series.

Si tu pa Biographical Details

With a regal appearance, the right hand is raised and the left holds a folio book in the lap. Wearing the orange and red patchwork robes of a fully ordained monk, the head is adorned with the orange vajra crown of the Situpas; emblazoned with three jewels, a crescent moon and sun. Engaged in various activities, many lamas, monks, artists and attendants fill the foreground. White Tara the patron meditational deity of Chokyi Jungne sits at the upper right.

Art Represented in Art: at the top left a large scroll has been inscribed with a proclamation by Situ Panchen Chokyi Jungn. At the lower left an artist draws a Buddha figure on a canvas.

Jeff Watt 11-2000

Thematic Sets
Subject: Art Depicted in Art
Painting Style: Palpung - Teachers & Siddhas
Painting Style: Palpung Monastery
Teacher: Situ Panchen (Avadana Set)
Collection of Shechen Archives: Gallery I
Tradition: Kagyu Teachers (Paintings)
Subject: Hats (Karma Kagyu)
Teacher: Tai Situ 8 Chokyi Jungne (Colophon Painting)
Teacher: Tai Situ 8 Chokyi Jungne Main Page
Incarnation Lineage: Tai Situ Main Page
Painting Set: Avadana Composition (Situ Panchen Design) Main Page