Tibetan Book, Direct Path to Enlightenment

Description:

This text of the collected works of Rje Tsong-kha-pa, a well-loved Tibetan scholar, includes illustrations of Buddha Sakyamuni and Buddha Maitreya on the first page. As it is a commentary on a famous work by Asanga (4th century CE) on Bodhisattva ethics, Asanga and the author Rje Tsong-kha-pa are pictured on the next page to show the lineage through which this particular teaching evolved. Both the illustrations and the text are printed from woodblocks. The loose pages are contained between two wooden boards.

Maker: Rje Tsong-kha-pa

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: India: Jammu and Kashmir, Leh

Subject: Buddhism

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Credit Line: W. L. Abbott

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: GA.08092Catalog Number: 08092Accession Number: 29359

Object Name: bookmanuscriptObject Type: Wood EngravingOther Terms: book; Bookbinding

Physical Description: paper (overall material)ink (overall material)wood (overall material)

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-28f7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_809860

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