In this book, the renowned Master Thangka Painter put down in writing his life story and the process through which he under went to become one of the established masters.
The book is bilingual, Tibetan and English. Description and the scale of the Thangka�s are both explained in English as well as in English.
The book contains many original collections of his Thangka in rich colours. The book is something no Thankga painting student or archives could afford to neglect. Text in Tibetan and English.
Thanka Painting of the Tsang-pa Tradition of Tibet, Sango, Indraprastha Press, New Delhi, 2003,
272 Pages, 72 color plates, plus line drawings, Sketches, and black&white plates.
The Author studied Tangka painting in Tibet from age of 13 to 2. AFter the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1959, he followed His Holiness the Dalai Lama into exile in India. While preparing two large thangkas for King Jigme Wangchuk of Bhutan, the royal grandmother, appreciating his talent, advised him to stay at Phursum Chorten, Thimpu with the renowned Nigmapa teacher, Ven. Jigdal Yeshi Dorjee, and there he painted thangkas for the great master for several years. Later he painted thangkas for the eminent teachers of Kagyu, Sakya and Gelug sects of Tibetan Buddhism in addition to catering to the constant flow of innumerable orders throughout his life.
Contents:
1. Portrait of his Holiness, the Dalai Lama.
2. Portrait of his eminence Kyabje Dujom Rinpoche.
3. Photo of the author, Tsangpa painter Phuntsok Sangpo paying his respects to H.H. The Dalai Lama.
4. My life story.
5. The manual of drawing.
6. Paintings done in India: i. The twelve deeds of the Buddha.
ii. The sixteen famous Sattaviras.
iii. Pema Kathang, the life-story of the eleven Padma Sambhavas.
iv. The eighty Siddhas.
v. Accounts of the nine Tsogyals.
vi. Leu Dunma.
vii. The five Lamas of the Zogchhen school.
viii. The celestial Palace Dechhen Shingko.
ix. The celestial Palace of Sangdho Palri.
x. Chhogling Ladup.
xi. Chhogling Barchhe Lamsel.
xii. Dujom Tersar Terkha Dhondhuki Tshhogshing.
xiii. Dujom Tersar Chhime Srogthik.
xiv. Rigzin srogdup.
xv. King Trisong Dheu Tsen and his twenty four subjects who obtained Siddhis with him.
xvi. Longchhen Nyingthiki Tshhogshing.
xvii. Sheeto bakchhag Rangdol.
xviii. Sheeto Sheewai Lhatsok.
xix. Sheeto Dakpoe Lhatsok.
xx. Lamas of the Kagyu order.
xxi. Nojin shenpa Marpoi Lhatsog.
Conclusion with a prayer.
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