Buddhist symbols in Tibetan culture : an investigation of the nine best-known groups of symbols . [Buddhistische Glückssymbole im tibetischen Kulturraum. English] / Loden Sherap Dagyab 扎雅·諾丹西繞, trans. Maurice Walshe. Foreword by Robert A. F. Thurman.

German original published in 1992.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-147).

"The Queen's Earrings. The Fur-Bearing Fish. The Endless Knot. Tibetan Buddhism is filled with rich, colorful symbols. But what do they all mean?" "In this fascinating study, Dagyab Rinpoche not only explains the nine best-known groups of Tibetan Buddhist symbols, but also shows how they serve as bridges between our inner and outer worlds. As such, they can be used to point the way to ultimate reality, and to transmit a reservoir of deep knowledge formed over thousands of years."--Jacket.

Contents:

Essentials of Tibetan Thought -- Non-Conventional Reality -- 1. The Eight Symbols of Good Fortune -- 2. The Eight Bringers of Good Fortune -- 3. The Seven Jewels of Royal Power -- 4. The Seven Secondary Jewels -- 5. The Seven Gems -- 6. The Six Signs of Long Life -- 7. The Five Qualities of Enjoyment -- 8. The Four Harmonious Brothers -- 9. The Three Symbols of Victory in the Fight against Disharmony.

Female Buddhas : women of enlightenment in Tibetan mystical art / Glenn H. Mullin with Jeff J. Watt ; art from the collection of the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation ; photographs of Tibet by Marcia Keegan.

Includes bibliographical references (page 224) and index.

Pt.1: 1. An overview of the tradition. In praise of the feminine ; Male & female Buddhas ; Buddha Shakyamuni ; The Buddhist legend in India ; The Sutra way ; The doctrine of the Three Kayas ; Tantra, mantra & mandala ; The Tantra way ; Three jewels, three roots & three types of female Buddhas ; Tibetan mystical art as pictorial language ; The story of Tibetan mystical art ; Concluding reflections. -- pt. 2. Treasures from the Rubin Collection. Arya Tara ; Healing trinity ; Female Buddhas with an agenda ; The Yum in Yab Yum ; The Vajra Dakinis ; Female Buddhas & their mandalas ; Female Dharma protectors ; Great female lineage masters. -- pt. 3. Epilogue. A Dakini song from the Seventh Dalai Lama.

Buddhist scholar, Mullin, a specialist on Tibet, put together a Tibetan exhibition at the Oglethopre University Museum of Art in Atlanta from the Shelley and Donald Rubin Collection, and wrote this accompanying text. He discusses the feminine in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism and Tibetan mystical art, then comments on the art works, which are reproduced in color. Annotation ♭2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Handbook of Tibetan iconometry : a guide to the arts of the 17th century / edited by Christoph Cüppers, Leonard vander Kuijp, Ulrich Pagel ; with a Chinese introduction by Dobis Tsering Gyal.

The Handbook of Iconometry (ca. 1687) reproduces, in facsimile, a lavishly illustrated treatise describing the iconometic principles and measurements at the heart of the 17th-century art of Tibet. It includes over 150 drawings of buddhas, bodhisattvas and divinities, 70 script types and 14 stupa models from the rich world of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism.

In English with the introduction translated into Chinese; facsimilie and corrosponding passages in Sanskrit and Tibetan.

The Handbook of Iconometry (Tibetan title: Cha tshad kyi dpe ris Dpyod ldan yid gsos) constitutes a lavishly illustrated treatise laying down the iconometic principles and measurements at the heart of the 17th-century art of Tibet. The book was produced in ca. 1687 at the instigation of the famous scholar and statesman sde srid Sangs rgyas rgya mtsho (1653-1705). Today, the original is kept in the Tibet Autonomous Region Archives (Lhasa). The Handbook includes more than 150 meticulously prepared drawings of buddhas, bodhisattvas and divinities, 70 script types and 14 stupa models all extrapolated from the rich heritage of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist art. These are accompanied by an introduction charting the production of the Handbook in the 17th century and the scholarly profile of its principal author Sangs rgyas rgya mtsho. In the appendix, it reproduces passages from the Vaiḍūrya g.Ya' sel that provide valuable additional information about the illustrations. 

Paradise and plumage : Chinese connections in Tibetan Arhat painting / by Rob Linrothe.

Catalogue of an exhibition at the Rubin Museum of Art, New York, May 20-22 Aug. 22, 2004 and at the Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, Sept. 25, 2004-Jan. 2, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-44).

The 16 Arhats are considered to have been either the actual disciples of the Buddha or followers who lived soon after his time. Featuring descriptions of artworks accompanied by color photographs, this exhibition catalog explores the relationship between Chinese and Tibetan images of these enlightened, more-than-human, beings. The volume has been published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name which is being held at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York in 2004.

The encyclopedia of Tibetan symbols and motifs / Robert Beer.

Summary: "This study of the sacred art of Tibet is the result of eight years of meticulous brush drawing, and a life-time spent researching and reflecting upon the inner and often hidden meanings and origins encapsulated in this most complex of iconographical traditions. Several thousand individual drawings arranged as a series of 169 plates illustrate the many variations in style and individual expression of these ritual objects. The text interweaves the origins, meanings and functions of these symbols, derived from India, Tibet and China, into a comprehensive tapestry within a Buddhist conceptual framework. This book will become a classic not only for all those interested in Tibetan religious culture, but for artists, designers and others who look eastwards in a search for meaning."

The Second Buddha : master of time.

Issued in connection with an exhibition held Feb. 2, 2018-Jan. 7, 2019, The Rubin Museum of Art, New York, and Feb. 9, 2019-May 19, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-167) and index.

The Second Buddha : an introduction / Elena Pakhoutova -- Padmasambhava in Tibetan visual culture / Elena Pakhoutova -- Padmasambhava in the conjured past / Lewis Doney -- The guru beyond time : Padmasambhava's eight names and three exalted bodies / Daniel A. Hirshberg -- Guru of the three times / Benjamin Bogin.

Padmasambhava, a legendary Buddhist master believed to be instrumental in bringing Buddhism to Tibet, is often known as "The Second Buddha." According to popular legend, Padmasambhava miraculously appeared as a boy in a lotus blossom floating on a lake. 'The Second Buddha: Master of Time' explores visual expressions of Padmasanbhava's legends in sculptures, textiles, paintings, illuminated manuscripts, and a portable shrine that date from the 13th to the 19th century. Essays present new scholarship on Padmasambhava and show a central and multidimensional character with an enduring place in Tibetan and Himalayan Buddhist cultures.

Chinese usage: Lianhuasheng Dashi 蓮華生大師 ; Slob-dpon Pad+ma ʼbyung gnas, approximately 717-approximately 762.
LC usage: Padma Sambhava, approximately 717-approximately 762.