Guru Dragpo Wrathful Protector of the Dharma Tibet 1700s

by Peter Ogden

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Guru Dragpo Wrathful Protector of the Dharma Tibet 1700s

Artist

Peter Ogden

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Digital Art - Distemper Paint On Cotton

Description

Guru Dragpo, by anonymous Tibetan artist or artists, 18th century, Tibet, "distemper" paint on cotton. Traditional Himalayan Tibetan Buddhist folk Guru Dragpo violently defends the Dharma path to enlightenment from obstacles.
Guru Dragpo, a ferocious effusion of the guru-saint Padmasambhava, stands beside a blazing corolla holding a ritual tool, the vajra, and a black scorpion. Sometimes called the "black scorpion guru." A tiger's skin is drawn over Guru's waist while the stripped skin of an elephant is cloaked over his shoulders. Guru Drapo wears a crown decorated with human skulls and a wreath of severed human heads. In this enraged ruminational composition, Guru Dragpo was a significant guardian deity of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism. In the upper part of the painting we see representations, from left, of Manjushri, Shadakshari Lokesvara, Amitabha, Padmasambhava, and the angry spirit, Hayagriva. In the lower section emerge the raging daemons of Guru Dragpo’s entourage, including blue Vajrapani to the left and the yaksha Jambhala, god of wealth, in the center.
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December 19th, 2021

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