Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery Search this
Subject:
Padma Sambhava approximately 717-approximately 762 Art Search this
Physical description:
176 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 31 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
China
Tibet Autonomous Region
Date:
2018
Notes:
Published in conjunction 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.
Contents:
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
Summary:
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.
