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Kuyalwa, Second Abbot of Taklung Monastery, with Three Lineages, mid-13th century. Creator: Unknown.

Kuyalwa, Second Abbot of Taklung Monastery, with Three Lineages, mid-13th century. This painting commemorates Kuyalwa (1191–1236), the second abbot of Taklung Monastery in central Tibet, home to a prominent branch of the Kagyu Buddhist monastic tradition. Kuyalwa sits on a lotus throne at the centre and raises his right hand in the gesture of reassurance. The figures surrounding him include members of three teacher-student lineages, who transmitted the sacred knowledge and rituals that were taught and practiced at Taklung.

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Kuyalwa, Second Abbot of Taklung Monastery, with Three Lineages, mid-13th century. Creator: Unknown.

Caption:

Kuyalwa, Second Abbot of Taklung Monastery, with Three Lineages, mid-13th century. This painting commemorates Kuyalwa (1191–1236), the second abbot of Taklung Monastery in central Tibet, home to a prominent branch of the Kagyu Buddhist monastic tradition. Kuyalwa sits on a lotus throne at the centre and raises his right hand in the gesture of reassurance. The figures surrounding him include members of three teacher-student lineages, who transmitted the sacred knowledge and rituals that were taught and practiced at Taklung.

Personalities:

KUYALWA

Credit:

Album / Heritage Art/Heritage Images

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Image size:

3651 x 4960 px | 51.8 MB

Print size:

30.9 x 42.0 cm | 12.2 x 16.5 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

13TH CENTURY • 13TH • ABBOT • ANCESTOR • APPAREL • ART • ARTS • ASIA • ASIAN • BLOOM • BLOSSOM • BUDDHISM • BUDDHISM, BHUTANESE • BUDDHIST • CENTURY • CHANGING ROOM • CLOTHES • CLOTHING & DRESS • CLOTHING • COLOR • COLOUR • CONCEPT • CONTINENT • CROSS-LEGGED • CROSSED LEGS • CROSSLEGGED • CULT, BUDDHIST • DIAGRAM • DRESS • DRESSED • EDUCATION • EDUCATOR • FASHION & CLOTHING • FLEUR • FLOWER • FLOWERS • GARMENT • GROUP • GUY • HABIT • JOB • KAGYU SCHOOL • KUYALWA • LEGS CROSSED = CROSSED LEGS • LEGS CROSSED • LINEAGE • LOCATION • LOTUS FLOWER • LOTUS THRONE • LOTUS • MALE • MAN • MEN • MENSWEAR • MONASTERY • MUSEUM • NATURE • OCCUPATION • PAINTING • PEOPLE • PLANT • PLANTA • PLANTAE • PLANTS • PORTRAIT • POSTURE • POTRAIT • PRE-SCHOOL TEACHER (FEMALE) • PROFESSION • REASSURANCE • REASSURING • RED • RELIGION • RELIGIOUS • ROBE • ROBES • SEATED • SIT • SITS • SITTING • STUDENT • TAILOR • TAKLUNG MONASTERY • TAKLUNG • TEACHER • TEACHING • TEMPERA AND GOLD ON CLOTH • TEMPERA ON CLOTH • TEMPERA • TEMPERA, EGG-TEMPERA • TEMPLE • THIRTEENTH CENTURY • THRONE • TIBET • TIBETAN BUDDHISM • TIBETAN • TUTOR (FEMALE) • WALTERS ART MUSEUM • WILDERNESS • XIII CENTURY