Tibetan Buddhism

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the Vajrayana Buddhism of Tibet and the Himalayas, in its Gelug, Kagyu, Nyingma, and Sakya schools.

Religious Art & Images

Art Entry The Sand Mandala Monks lay down a palace of the deities grain by grain in colored sand, contemplate it for days — and then sweep it away and pour it into running water. Medieval origins; practiced today Art Entry The Tibetan Thangka A portable scroll painting of a Buddha or deity in exact iconometric proportion — a meditation support, a teaching diagram, and a presence, rolled for the road and unrolled for the rite. Tradition from the 11th century; pictured example 18th century

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