Gods, demons and protectors in Tibet and Mongolia

A small exhibition of tsaklis and other miniatures

Andries Hummel • Boek • hardback

• Samenvatting
  Tsaklis, or tsakalis, are small paintings of the size of a postcard or somewhat smaller or larger, that have been used in Tibet and Mongolia in religious rituals for centuries. They have been painted on thick hand made paper, or on paper consisting of many layers glued together. Also tsaklis painted on canvas exist; they are also called miniature thangkas. On these tsaklis the various deities are pictured that exist in Tibetan (Tantric) Buddhism, in the indigenous Bon religion,and in the polytheistic and shamanistic folk relgion. In addition to the great Buddhas, and the bodhisattvas, there are the protectors, peaceful and wrathful, the great teachers and the multitude of demonic creatures, all of which to be approached with proper ritual.
  Tsaklis were often made in sets, and were used in rituals lasting for prolongued periods, often several days. The sets of tsaklis for the death ritual, as described in the Tibetan Book of the Dead, which could last as long as 49 days, consisted of over 50 pieces.
  This book is a catalogue of a small exhibition of tsaklis and other miniatures from a private collection, with about 200 illustrations.
• Productinformatie
  Binding : Hardback
  Distributievorm : Boek (print, druk)
  Formaat : 203mm x 254mm
  Aantal pagina's : 52
  Uitgeverij : Cloue Press Delft
  ISBN : 9789082882728
  Datum publicatie : 12-2018
  
• Inhoudsopgave
  CONTENTS
  
  Preface p. 5
  Introduction 7
  Commentary on the panels
  1. Gods, demons and protectors in Tibet 8
  2. Tibetan Buddhism, Tantric Buddhism, Vajrayana 10
  3. Mount Meru and the Mandala offering 12
  4. The death ritual 14
  5. The 100 deities of the Bardo 16
  6. Torma offering 18
  7. Killing the demon 20
  8. A gao with charms 22
  9. Some female deities 24
  10. Some small thangkas 26
  11. The six realms of existence 28
  12. Chod 30
  13. Demons and protectors 32
  14. Demons and protectors II 34
  15. History of Buddhism in Tibet 36
  16. Om Mani Padme Hum 38
  17. Yama and Yamantaka 40
  18. The Trikaya 42
  19. Shangri-La, Shambala and Kalachakra 44
  20. Some woodblock prints 46
  21. Some very fine woodblock prints 47
  22. Seals 48
  23. The eight auspicious substances 49
  24. Cham performances 50
  
  
  Listing of the video material
  1. Meditation scene
  2. Bon Totenzeremonie, by Martin Brauen, Menri Cloister, Nepal, ca. 1980
  3. Killing the demon, ritual
  4. Choir
  5, 6. Cham dances 1 and 2
  7. Cham dance 3
  8, 9. Fragments from: Geheimnis Tibet, the Ernst Schaefer Expedition, 1938-39
  10. Fragment from: Inside Tibet, by Brooke Dolan, report of a mission to Tibet,
  1942-43 sponsored by the US Government
  11. Nechung oracle, 2014
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