Konchog Lhadrepa - The Art of Awakening: A User’s Guide to Tibetan Buddhist Art and Practice

Naga king Sadak Toche: measurement

Mandalas with four-, eight-, and eleven-leveled archways

Wrathful Deities of the Magical Net mandala

Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Magical Net mandalas

Methods of mandala measurement

Measurement for semicircular mandalas

Complete mandala drawing

Spotless Rays of Light mandala measurements

Heart Essence of the Self-Born Lotus mandala

Heart Essence of the Self-Born Lotus: Mother Queen of the Ocean mandala

Vajrakilaya According to the Nyak Tradition mandala

Buddha head: measurement

Seated buddha: measurement

Buddha with simple robes

Buddha with elaborate robes

Standing buddha: measurement

Seated guru on throne: measurement

Seated guru on throne: complete drawing

Seated guru in semiprofile: measurement

Seated guru in semiprofile with cloth

Chakrasamvara: measurement

Chakrasamvara with adornments

Guhyasamaja: measurement

Guhyasamaja with cloth

Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara: measurement

Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara with cloth and adornments

Manjushri: measurement

Manjushri with adornments

Naro Khach: measurement

Naro Kach with adornments

Vajrayogini: measurement

Vajrayogini with adornments

Kagyu Vajravarahi: measurement

Kagyu Vajravarahi with adornments

Wrathful Black Vajravarahi: measurement

Wrathful Black Vajravarahi with adornments

Female deity head: measurement

White Tara: measurement

White Tara: complete drawing

Green Tara: measurement

Green Tara with adornments

Wrathful male head: measurement

Vajrapani head

Great Wrathful Vajrapani: measurement

Vajrapani with adornments

Vajrapani the Conqueror: measurement

Vajrapani the Conqueror with adornments

Achala: measurement

Achala: complete drawing

Vajrakilaya: measurement

Vajrakilaya: complete drawing

Kilaya with end part

Four-Armed Mahakala: measurement

Four-Armed Mahakala: complete drawing

Six-Armed Mahakala: measurement

Six-Armed Mahakala: complete drawing

Rahula: measurement

Rahula: complete drawing

Mahakala Ganapati: measurement

Mahakala Ganapati: complete drawing

Mahakala Bernakchen head

Mahakala Bernakchen: measurement

Mahakala Bernakchen: complete drawing

Four guardian kings: measurement

Eastern guardian king: complete drawing

Shri Devi: measurement

Shri Devi: complete drawing

Achi: measurement

Achi: complete drawing

Human measurement, male and female

Throne measurement

Hearth of the four activities: measurement

Fire puja mandalas

Bone ornaments

Lentsa Sanskrit script

Vartu Sanskrit script

Uchen Tibetan Script

Stupa of Supreme Enlightenment

Stupa of the Sugatas

Stupa of the Wheel of the Sacred Teachings

Stupa of Miracles

Stupa of the Descent from Heaven

Stupa of Reconciliation

Stupa of Parinirvana

Stupa of Complete Victory

Aerial view of two stupas

Stupa of Supreme Enlightenment: measurement

Vajra measurement and drawing

Bell measurement and drawing

Purba measurement and drawing

Wrathful wheel and curved knife measurement and drawing

Various hand implements

Various hand implements and accoutrements

Various hand implements

Tangka brocade measurements

T HE P ATH TO L IBERATION , written by the master painter Konchog Lhadrepa, on which this work is based, is an incredible resource. He wrote it based on his years of study, contemplation, and painting Tibetan sacred art, particularly in the Karma Gadri tradition of painting. Here you will find histories, instructions, and a thorough overview of Tibetan sacred art, in particular the art of Tibetan tangka painting.

Konchog-la was a very close disciple of and personal attendant to Kyapje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. Rinpoche himself chose Konchog-la to train in all aspects of Tibetan sacred art under the personal tutelage of His Holiness the sixteenth Karmapas artist, Gen Lhadre Tragyal. Having excelled in his studies, Konchog-la returned to Kyapje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoches monastery, Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling, and gave himself wholeheartedly to painting tangkas, murals, tsakli cards, and so on. Whatever Rinpoche asked of him was perfectly accomplished, often under Kyapje Khyentse Rinpoches personal supervision. These paintings, tangkas, and murals can still be seen at our monastery.