On March 10, 1959, His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama and his family, fled Lhasa, Tibet under artillery fire, saving a priceless set of 15 scroll paintings called the Tsongkapa Eighty. After reaching India, the paintings were donated to a Kalmyk Buddhist Temple in New Jersey. The authors have extensively researched the paintings and written their history over the centuries. This beautifully rendered full color coffee-table book contains: The Kalmyk Temple and how the paintings arrived there; a photographic journey retracing Je Tsongkapa's steps across Tibet; a definitive list of Je Tsongkapa's writings and the major biographies of his life; all 200 scenes from the original 15 paintings with captions; maps, portraying Je Tsongkapa's travels; painter, Ori Carin's modern interpretations of many scenes. The paintings depict the different roles of Je Tsongkapa's life: monk, philosopher, writer; meditator, dancer, yoga practitioner, poet, spiritual partner and diplomat; 1,000 color images.

King of the Dharma: The Illustrated Life Of Je Tsongkapa, Teacher Of The First Dalai Lama

Arts & Photography

Roach, Gesha Michael

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March 10, 1959. Artillery
shells smash into the
Potala Palace in Lhasa,
Tibet, home of His Holiness,
the 14th Dalai Lama.
Fleeing Tibet for their lives, the family of His Holiness took what they could carry,
including a set of 15 scroll paintings called the Tsongkapa Eighty. As an art form,
the scrolls are magnificent. As the retelling of the life’s work of Je Tsongkapa, the
scroll paintings are irreplaceable. After reaching safety, the paintings were donated
to a Kalmyk Buddhist Temple in New Jersey. Based on these paintings, the authors
have researched and written an amazing work; it is the story told through the
scrolls, and the history of how the paintings developed over the centuries.
The book includes:
• All 200 scenes from the original 15 paintings with captions, creating an account
of Je Tsongkapa’s life, in text and paintings, nearly 1,000 color images!
• A history of the Kalmyk Temple and how the paintings arrived there
• A photographic journey that retraces Je Tsongkapa’s steps across Tibet
• A definitive list of Je Tsongkapa’s writings, and the biographies of his life
• Maps, produced with the help of the map maker for the Lord of the Rings books,
which trace Je Tsongkapa’s constant travels to teach and to learn. • Contemporary painter Ori Carin’s, modern interpretations of several scenes.
• A detailed review of Je Tsongkapa’s many roles: monk, philosopher, writer,
meditator, yoga practitioner, poet, spiritual partner and diplomat, all depicted
in the paintings.

King of Dharma: The Illustrated Life of Je Tsongkapa, teacher of the first Dalai Lama

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King of Dharma: The Illustrated Life of Je Tsongkapa, teacher of the first Dalai Lama