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| Keywords: Pair of Manuscript Covers with Three Deities and Three Hierarchs, 2.jpg Pair of Manuscript Covers with Three Deities and Three Hierarchs 1 Tibet Distemper and gold on wood 4 1/8 x 14 1/8 in 10 5 x 35 9 cm On the upper cover Shadakshari Lokesvara is flanked by Maitreya to his right and Avalokitesvara to his left Shadakshari is a form of the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara who presides over our current age protecting us and offering a compassionate path to enlightenment The Dalai Lama is understood to be an incarnation of Shadakshari Lokesvara and he fosters spiritual knowledge in this form This trio of bodhisattvas on the upper cover is paired on the lower cover with Atisha flanked by Tibetan patriarchs relating the role of these important human figures with those of the divine realm http //www metmuseum org/collection/the-collection-online/search/37965 http //images metmuseum org/CRDImages/as/original/34b 20DP310537r1_61C jpg direct link ca 12th century author <gallery> File Pair of Manuscript Covers with Three Deities and Three Hierarchs 1 jpg 1 </gallery> PD-old-100 Paintings from Tibet Tibetan Buddhist paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Tibetan painted book covers 12th-century paintings from Tibet Files uploaded by Yann Forget | ||||
