编号:HAR903

中文名称:金刚持菩萨

英文名称: Vajradhara Buddha

尺幅:50.80x45.72cm (20x18in)

类别:彩唐

材质:棉布

题材:人物

收藏:Rubin Museum of Art

地域:西藏

年份:16世纪（1500 - 1599）

传承:噶举

是否支持复刻: 支持

内容:

Vajradhara, Buddha (Tibetan: dor je chang, sang gye. English: the Enlightened One, Vajra Holder): surrounded by the lineage teachers of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.The inscriptions that are found with each of the Tibetan teachers do not follow chronologically or sequentially. For example the 8th Karmapa is found in the 5th register on the left side and the 6th Karmapa is located in the 6th register on the right hand side of the painting. This may just be a scribal error and the Karmapas were possibly meant to follow sequentially.In the 7th register beginning on the left are Akshobhyavajra Guhyasamaja, Black Cloak Mahakala, Vaishravana Riding a Lion, Yellow Jambhala, Shri Devi, and a multi-coloured Goddess.In the 8th register (bottom of painting ) starting at the left side are Heruka Chakrasamvara, Heruka Hevajra, followed by six Goddesses each having a different colour.The painting is curious in two ways. First, in the top register are three Karmapas that are not the living Karmapa. These three represent the highest spiritual characteristics of a Buddha - the three Buddha bodies. Buddha Karmapa represents the Dharmakaya. Vidyadhara Karmapa represents the Sambhogakaya. Mahasiddha Karmapa represents the Nirmanakaya.The second unusual aspect of the painting are the name inscriptions. They are rife with spelling mistakes - generally of a Khampa style and reflecting a Khampa accent. Also the names of the Karmapas and how they are placed in the side registers, after Dusum Kyenpa and Karma Pakshi, do not follow a normal order or even a sequential chronological order. It is possible that the scribe who wrote the names of the figures - especially for the Karmapas - wrote them out of order.Jeff Watt 11-2000