Bhutan: Punakha Dzong Protection mandala, or Srid-Pa-Ho. A diagram of divination, depicting the patterns of the Eight Trigrams (eight combinations of three lines, formerly used in divination) and the 12 symbolic animals of Chinese astrology, around the central figure of a large golden tortoise, representing the Bodhisattva of Knowledge.
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Bhutanese painted thanka of the Jataka Tales, 18th-19th century, Phajoding Gonpa, Thimphu, Bhutan, via upload.wikimedia.org
This is an image of the monogram (or “seed syllable”) that is perhaps the best known symbol of the Kalacakra system of Tibetan Tantric Buddhism. It is a combination of ten letters and parts of letters in stylised Indian Lantsa characters. This one is from a mani wall that is part of the Chendebji chorten in Bhutan. It is carved on slate and highlighted with gold paint.
Citipati masks from Bhutan, via www.vajragallery.com
Lord Buddha in the form of a Turtle
Lord Buddha in the form of King Dayoe
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Dancing Vajrabhairava, Bhutan
“The central main hands of the deity hold a chopping-knife (karttrka) and human skull-bowl (kapala), colored gold and ornamented by pearl chains, flammiforms and scepters (vajra). The lower main hands hold a magical knife (purba) and the severed multi-faced head of Brahma the Creator. The upper main hands hold a red right hand holding an arrow and an elaborately decorated golden shield with a Chinese-style makara or dragon face at the center. The other hands hold a ritual scepter (vajra), lance, axe, double-drum (damaru), Wheel of Law (dharmachakra), dagger, swirling flames, ritual bell (ghanta), skeleton-staff (khatvanga), banner, a red human right foot, a transfixed corpse, various magical knives and stakes, a noose, a skin, and other Tantric weapons.”
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