With four scowling faces, 12 eyes, 12 arms, numerous weapons, skulls adorning the rim of his crown, severed heads dangling from his waist, human figures crushed beneath his feet and his consort ...

protector deities, ghosts, and evil spirits abound”. He points out, too, that in east and southeast Asia, a belief in rebirth among Buddhists is as common as a belief in heaven among North ...

Buddhist Deities: A Primer. Asian Arts expert Lark Mason overviews this expansive topic. Apr 27, 2009. ... This mudra represents peace, protection and the dispelling of fear.

The Rubin Museum Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room is reopening at the Brooklyn Museum, where it features both familiar treasures ...

The four patches show the Four Heavenly Kings, protector deities in Buddhism who guard against evil forces in the four cardinal directions, according to the Kyoto National Museum. The gods also ...

Behind them towered the wrathful Buddhist diety Mahakala with his crown of skulls, carrying a bowl of blood and the legendary weapon Vajra. The cham dance is performed in this monastery in the ...

The dances of two deities were introduced in a major Buddhist monastery in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang district on Thursday. These monastic dances will be an annual feature after 11-12 lunar ...