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Tsonkhapa Tsa Tsa [4]

With blesses grains of barley on back


This tsa tsa shows the founder of the Gelug [yellow hat] order Tsongkhapa [Tibetan: rje tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa - རྗེ་ཙོང་ཁ་པ་བློ་བཟང་གྲགས་པ་] sitting on a single layered lotus throne. He was a Monk, Philosopher and Tantric Yogi

Tsongkhapa is shown here with the gestures and implements that came to typify him in representations. He is making the teaching gesture, each handholding a stem of lotus between thumb and forefinger. The lotus stalks rise behind him. They support, respectively, a volume of the Transcendent Wisdom Sutra on his left.

Tsongkhapa ["The man from Tsongkha", [* 1357 † 1419], usually taken to mean "the Man from Onion Valley", was a famous teacher of Tibetan Buddhism whose activities led to the formation of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.

He is also known by his ordained name Losang Drakpa [Wylie: blo bzang grags pa] or simply as »Je Rinpoche«

The reverse of the Tsa-Tsa shows three blesses grains of barley in, which were pressed into the fresh clay during manufacture. They represent the » triple jewel« [Skt. Triratna] and the wish that the teachings of the Buddha [Skt. Buddhadharma] may spread throughout the world.

Conservation: Excellent, only Tsongkhapa's face is slightly rubbed off.


PropertyValue
Measurements: 2.6 x 1.9 x 0.6" | 6.6 x 4.9 x 1.4 cm
Price: 84 $ | 75 €
Shipment: Parcel Service from Germany
Material: Burned Clay
Age: 19th cent.
High resolution: Display [0.6 MB, 2016 x 2714 px.]
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