Avalokiteśvara

This sixteenth-century thangka of Avalokiteśvara depicts the teaching lineage named for Tsembupa known as 'tshem bu lugs', one of the five great systems of Avalokiteśvara practice in Tibet. This system is well preserved in Geluk and Sakya traditions.

Source:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Depicted in this piece:

  • blo gsal rgya mtsho
  • dpal ldan legs pa
  • Jangsem Gyelwa Yeshe
  • kun bzang chos kyi nyi ma
  • kun dga' bkra shis, theg chen chos rje
  • Lama Dampa Sonam Gyeltsen
  • spyi bo lhas pa
  • The Twenty-First Sakya Tridzin, Lodro Gyeltsen
  • Tsembupa Darma Wozer
  • Tukje Tsondru
  • Zhonnu Sengge