Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard, Thanks for looking! You are correct, Pema Gyalpo, is sitting on a tiger skin. Not a god, he is a person, Padmasambhava, who in this thangka is manifesting as Pema Gylapo. In http://thangkas.csd.net/dorjetrollo.html Padmasambhava is manifesting as Dorje Trollo and riding a tiger. Impermanance: once-living human, now corpse is being eaten by a jackal and white eagle; Tibetans would be familiar with the sight. Sky burial: http://mbvtravel.com/burials-in-tibet-not-for-sensitive-souls http://boon-tibet05.blogspot.com/2007/11/langmusi-gansu.html As Pema Gyalpo, Padmasambhava was banished from the palace for killing a minister's wife and daughter, maybe a accident, but he was more precise than that. Having no place to live, he went to live in the most unlivable place, a charnel ground. I think that the furry beast is a yak. Best, John On 10/13/2010 1:35 AM, Richard Man wrote: > Is the person/god on the right sitting on a tiger skin? And what's story of > the dismembered person on the bottom? A demon? And what kind of beast is > overlooking her? > > On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 7:09 PM, John Nebel<john.nebel at csdco.com> > wrote: > >> http://thangkas.csd.net/pemagyalpo.html >> >> clickable for detail >> >> C&C welcome >> >> John >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > >