Object class: Paintings by material or technique / Collection place: Xizang autonomous region (Tibet), Tibetan Pleatau, China / Culture or time period: South Asian cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Painting, accession number 9-11357, described as painting, religious; canvas, watercolor paints; represents a Buddhist saint, probably Padmasambhava; for religious contemplation, meditation; St. Padmasambhava intoduced Buddhism into Tibet in 747 A.D., in the form of Lamaism. The figures around the central figure are some of the manifestations of the saint. Padmasambhava carries in his hands some of the attributes of a deity: the vajra, or thunderbolt, and the skull-bowl with frothing blood

Hearst Museum object titled Painting, accession number 9-11358, described as painting, religious; canvas paper, watercolor paints; represents a form of Vajrapani, Lord of the Thunderbolt; for religious contemplation, metitation; for a discussion of Vajrapani, see card for 9-11356

Hearst Museum object titled Painting, accession number 9-11359, described as Painting, religious,; canvas paper, water color paints; 26.5 cm wide, 44 cm long. Represents Yab-Yum, sexual congress type of mediatation. For religious contemplation, mediatation. Yab-yum represents the physical symbolization of spiritual “two-inoneness”, the mystic unity of right action and correct insight; this is a Tantric concept; Yab-yum can also represent the union of spirit (male) and matter (female).

Hearst Museum object titled Painting, accession number 9-11355, described as Painting, religious; canvas, watercolors; for religious contemplation and meditation. Height: 68 cm, Width/breadth: 50 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Painting, accession number 9-11356, described as painting, religious; canvas paper, watercolor paints; represents Vajrapani, Tibetan “Phyag na rdorje”, Lord of the Thunderbolt; for religious contemplation and meditation; Vajrapani is the Lord, or Wielder, of the Thunderbolt; his special religious function is as a defender of the Buddhist faith; originally a mountain deity, in Tibet Vajrapani became identified as a companion of the Buddha and a Boddhisattva, one who helps others become enlightened. His name derives from the fact that in his hand he bears a “vajra,” a thunderbolt, with which the evil are struck down.

Hearst Museum object titled Painting, accession number 9-11354, described as painting, religious; canvas, watercolor paints represents a Buddha surrounded by eight female figures; for religious contemplation and meditation