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Tibetan Gilded Bronze Statue
Drenpa
Namkha
Proector
of The Dark Age
Origin: Tibet. Circa: 20th Century
H
8.25 in.(21cm), W 7 in.(18cm), D 4.25 in.(11cm)
Condition:
Excellent! Drenpa
Namkha (Reminiscence Sky) was born in the eighth century southwestern Tibet. He
became a self-realized supreme master of the three Bon traditions known as Sutra,
Tantra and Dzogchen. He is historically important as the father of the Buddhist
saint Padmasambhava. But above all revered for his preservation of the Bön teachings
during the great persecution by the King of Tibet. He advocated that for a practitioner
who has attained realization there is no distinctions between Bön and Buddhism.
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Private Collection
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gleaming and spirited statue of Drenpa Namkha, the venerated long-life deity of
Bön. He is regarded as the Protector of the Dark Age, and believed to be the all-embodying
manifestation of the three kayas of Buddhas in Tibetan tradition. As shown in
this rare bronze Drenpa Namkha as a Mahasiddha, he is seated in royal ease on
a lotus throne wearing only a tiger skin. On his youthful face at the ajna chakra,
he has a third-eye that revealed his transcendent knowledge. For his power to
transform delusion into perfect wisdom, his left hand is holding a white kapala
(skull cup) filled with blood. To affirm the absolute truth and eternal teachings
of the Bön, his right hand is raised with the yungdrung chakshing (swastika vajra
emblem). Whereas the one eye on his foot indicated that he could visualizes five
hundred past lives. Beautifully gilded in gold and ornamented with semi-precious
stones, with a swastika on a double-thunderbolt embossed on the copper base plate,
this immaculate statue emanated the presence of Drenpa Namkha in an unshakeable
equipoise.
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Value: $800 |
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