ARTH237 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Hemis Monastery, Kagyu, Tsaparang
4 May 2016
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Lecture 20 outline: 15th-19th century styles and monastery complexes: phiyang, shey, In center are 3 principal factors that affect beings: ignorance (the pig), anger (the snake), and desire (the pigeon). 3 fortunate worlds of gods, titans, and humans; 3 unfortunate worlds of animals, hungry-ghosts, and hell. On rim of wheel are 12 areas of development of beings in life. Machik labki dronma, tibetan yogini, born 1062, important west tibetan female buddhist teacher. Portrait of an abbot (head of a monastery) wearing traditional hat of the kagyupa order. Female goddess worshiped to attain long life, ushnishavijaya; 8 arms, stupa at the top of her head. Rows of mahasiddhas (great meditation practitioners), who have attained various magic powers. Shey monastery, at what was once the capital of ladakh. Painting of a teacher , 18th century -- he was considered to be the 3rd incarnation of the founder of nearby hemis monastery in ladakh.
