Item: Teacher (Lama)

Lama (English: teacher): surrounded by the teachers of the Shang Shung oral lineage. (See catolog entry for a painted chart of the Bon Dzogchen teachings). One central figure and 76 secondary figures in registers descending from top to bottom.

Jeff Watt 11-2002

Publication: The Little Luminous Boy The Oral Tradition from the Land of Zhangzhung depicted on two Tibetan paintings. By Samten G. Karmay. White Orchid Books: Bangkok, 1998.

The two paintings pictured in the publication have been cataloged in the database. The publication's cover appears as a placeholder image when a digital image of the object is not yet available.

Thematic Sets
Bon Teachers Main Page
Bon Paintings: Early Works
Bon Paintings: Masterworks
Bon Religion: Lineage Paintings