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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- book
- maker
- Rje Tsong-kha-pa
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Place Made
- Bhārat: Jammu-Kashmir, Leh
- ID Number
- GA*08092
- catalog number
- 08092
- accession number
- 29359
- subject
- Religion
- Buddhism
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- Culture and the Arts: Graphic Arts
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
- Additional Media
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