DRAWING SPECIMENS INVAJRAYANA BUDDHISM PANTHEON

selected by Jampa Namgyal

[November 2009]

main source: Temple Art Studios, Haiku, HI (USA)

Jampa Namgyal - Drawing Specimens in Vajrayana Buddhsim Pantheon

These pages contain part of an early 20th century sketchbook of Tibetan sacred geometry. These grids are the basis for the various images

The book was originally drawn on handmade Tibetan paper, and made by bamboo pen, brush and black ink.

Legenda

1 sor = an arbitrary value - Also called cha chung (small measure), this value allows any size figure to be drawn.1 shal = 12 sor Also called cha chen, zhal tshad, or thal mo.

A quarter sor is called a khang pa, half of that is called a nas.12 sor, a shal - Is the horizontal dimensions of the Buddha's Face = the key to this system.

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Buddha's face (grid)

Buddha standing (grid)

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Buddha (complete grid)

(Astonishingly it recalls Leonardo Da Vinci's drawings. - J.N. Note)

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Buddha with Adept

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1,000 Arms Avalokiteshvara (Tib. Chenrezig) (grid)

(Here are fully represented the 'main' arms. All the others, 1,000 total, will be developed along the circular lines. Every hand will have one eye painted on the palm. - J.N. Note)

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Tara (basic grid)

White Tara (grid)

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Padmapani (grid)

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The Future Buddha Maitreya (grid)

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Vaisravana (grid)

(On the Snow Lion, the God of Wealth has a weasel in his left hand. When squeezed, it vomits gems – J..N. Note)

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Vajrapani (grid)

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