Himalayan Art Resources

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

བླ་མ། 喇嘛
(item no. 61061)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1900 - 1959
Lineages Kagyu, Karma (Kagyu) and Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Private
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Appearance: Monastic

Gender: Male

TBRC: bdr:P956

Interpretation / Description

The 8th Tai Situ, Chokyi Jungne

In the center of the composition is Situ Panchen Chokyi Jungne (1700-1774) holding a text. In the upper left corner is White Tara Wish-Fulfilling Wheel, and next to Tara in the upper right is Ekavira Vajrabhairava (Solitary Hero). The person placed adjacent is Katok Rigdzin Tsewang Norbu (1698-1755), who was a close-friend and teacher of Situ Panchen. The yellow-toned figure next to Situ is Drung Kunga Namgyal, which is mostly likely to be 4th Surmang Trungpa (1567-1629). The figure beneath him is Zurmang Chetsang Sungrab Gyamtso, a teacher of Katok Tsewang Norbu. The figure in meditation is Drayang Dao Dutsi, and below is the 7th Gyalwang Drukchen, Trinley Shingta. The protector deity in the lower left is Legden (Bhagavat) Mahakala

Shinzo Shiratori 8-2024


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.

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