Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Teacher (Lama) - Tendzin Rabgye

བླ་མ། 喇嘛
(item no. 791)
Origin Location Bhutan
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Rubin Museum of Art
Catalogue # acc. # P1998.30.4
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Appearance: Monastic

Gender: Male

TBRC: bdr:P512

Interpretation / Description

Tendzin Rabgye (1638-1696): the fourth patriarch of the Drukpa Kagyu School of Bhutan.

Biographical Details

At the top left is the mad yogi of Tibet, Drukpa Kunleg. At the right side is a lay lama. At the middle right and left stand attendant monks with two seated lamas below. At the bottom center is the tutelary deity Guru Drag-pur, with Avalokiteshvara Simhanada at the left and Buddha Akshobhya at the right.

Jeff Watt 4-2000

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