Item: Teacher (Lama) - Teacher

Tibetan: བླ་མ། Chinese: 喇嘛

(item no. 93850)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1700 - 1799
Lineages	Kagyu, Karma (Kagyu) and Buddhist
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Hahn Cultural Foundation

Classification: Person

Appearance: Monastic

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Bengar Jampel Zangpo.

In the center of the composition is Bengar Jampal Zangpo (1427-1489), who became the principle teacher to the Seventh Karmapa, Chodrag Gyatso. At the upper left corner is Parnashavari seated on a multi-colored lotus and moon-disk. The small figure to the left of Jampal Zangpo is Kyase Togden and directly below that is Black Hayagriva with an Iron Sword (tam drin nagpo chag ral).

Shinzo Shiratori 9-24

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.