CHAPTER 1: LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS ....................................................................

5
Landscape elements ......................................................................................................... 5
Rock formations .............................................................................................................. 6
Rock formations 01 ......................................................................................................... 7
Vajra-rock promontories, rock stacks and Mt Meru ........................................................ 8
Vajra-rock promontories and cliff faces ........................................................................... 9
Various landscape elements ........................................................................................... 10
Foliage around rock formations ..................................................................................... 11
Simulacra forms in landscape ........................................................................................ 12
Stylistic representations of water ................................................................................... 13
Turbulent water ............................................................................................................. 14
Waterfalls ....................................................................................................................... 15
Flame formations ........................................................................................................... 16
Flame formations 01 ...................................................................................................... 17
Flame formations, haloes and aureoles .......................................................................... 18
Flame aureoles and haloes ............................................................................................. 19
Symmetrical flame aureoles as ‘mountains of fire’ ....................................................... 20
Makara-tail aureoles as ‘rosaries of light’ ..................................................................... 20
Cumulus and cirrus cloud formations ............................................................................ 21
Cumulus, cloud streets and mare’s-tail clouds .............................................................. 22
Mare’s-tail and swirling cirrus clouds ........................................................................... 23
Cloud formations, horizontal cloudbanks and cloud streets .......................................... 24
Cloud formations in mountainous landscapes ............................................................... 25
Cloud thrones ................................................................................................................ 26
Rainbow phenomena ..................................................................................................... 27

CHAPTER 2: FLOWERS AND TREES ...................................................................... 28

Lotuses and water lilies ................................................................................................. 28
Lotus thrones ................................................................................................................. 29
Lotus thrones 01 ............................................................................................................ 30
Stylised peony and chrysanthemum blossoms ............................................................... 31
Flowers, buds and leaves ............................................................................................... 32
Compostion of flowers, buds, fruit and leaves .............................................................. 33
Flower buds ................................................................................................................... 34
Leaves ............................................................................................................................ 35
Various trees (willow, mango, aloewood, etc.) .............................................................. 36
Various trees 01 (fig, peach, sandalwood, etc.).............................................................. 37
Various trees 02 (cypress, fig, peony, bamboo, etc.) ...................................................... 38
Various trees 03 (palm, banana, plantain, peony, etc.) ................................................... 39
Various trees 04 (mango, sandalwood, fig, pine, etc) .................................................... 39
Entwining trees, leaf and flower roundels ..................................................................... 40
Stylised leaf and fruit clusters........................................................................................ 41

CHAPTER 3: ANIMALS .............................................................................................. 42

The windhorse and the 4 supernatural creatures............................................................ 42
Dragons ......................................................................................................................... 43
The garuda ..................................................................................................................... 44
The makara .................................................................................................................... 45
Kirtimukha, the face of glory ......................................................................................... 45
The nagas ....................................................................................................................... 45
The three victorious creatures of harmony .................................................................... 46
Various domestic and wild animals ............................................................................... 47
Animal heads ................................................................................................................. 48
Tiger, leopard, snow-lion and horse............................................................................... 49
Elephants ....................................................................................................................... 50
Deer ............................................................................................................................... 51
Birds .............................................................................................................................. 52
Water birds ..................................................................................................................... 53
The six-ornament throne of enlightenment ................................................................... 54

CHAPTER 4: NARRATIVE ILLUSTRATIONS .......................................................... 55

The four friends ............................................................................................................. 55
Shou-lao (symbols of longevity) & the Four Friends .................................................... 56
The six symbols of longevity (in Tibetan style) ............................................................. 57
Diagram of shamatha meditation practice ..................................................................... 58

CHAPTER 5: COSMOLOGY ...................................................................................... 59

Cosmology of Mt Meru ................................................................................................. 59
The Mt Meru mandala offering ..................................................................................... 60
The thirty-seven heaps of the mandala offering ............................................................ 61
The Tibetan astrological diagram .................................................................................. 62
Astrological symbols ..................................................................................................... 63
The all-powerful syllables of the Kalachakra ................................................................ 64
Variations of Kalachakra’s all-powerful syllables.......................................................... 65
The eight great stupas .................................................................................................... 66
Construction grid of the enlightenment stupa ................................................................ 67
The Buddha image and the stupa ................................................................................... 68
The Hindu Kundalini-yoga, chakra system ................................................................... 69
The Buddhist channel-wheel system ............................................................................. 70

CHAPTER 6: MUDRAS............................................................................................... 71
Mudras made by combining both hands ........................................................................ 71
Single hand mudras ....................................................................................................... 72
Hands holding ritual implements ................................................................................... 73
Footprints, handprints and foot postures ....................................................................... 74

CHAPTER 7: THE CHAKRAVARTIN AND HIS SEVEN PRECIOUS

POSSESSIONS ............................................................................................................. 75
The seven precious possessions ..................................................................................... 75
The seven precious possessions 01 ................................................................................ 76
The seven secondary possessions and insignias ............................................................ 77
Jewel heaps and the seven insignia ................................................................................ 78

CHAPTER 8: AUSPICIOUS SYMBOLS ..................................................................... 79

The eight auspicious symbols ........................................................................................ 79
The eight auspicious symbols 01 ................................................................................... 80
Variations on the eight auspicious symbols ................................................................... 81
The parasol or umbrella ................................................................................................. 82
The victory banner ......................................................................................................... 83
Treasure vases, pennants, banners and flags .................................................................. 84
The conch shell .............................................................................................................. 85
The golden wheel .......................................................................................................... 86
The wheel and deer emblem .......................................................................................... 86
The eight auspicious substances .................................................................................... 87
Offering bowls with eight auspicious substances .......................................................... 88
The peaceful offering of the five senses ........................................................................ 89
Offering of sight - the mirror ......................................................................................... 90
Offering of sound - musical instruments ....................................................................... 91
Offerings of touch - taste and smell ............................................................................... 92
CHAPTER 9: VARIOUS PEACEFUL OFFERINGS, JEWELS
AND RITUAL IMPLEMENTS..................................................................................... 93
The seven offering bowls ............................................................................................... 93
Alms bowls, offering bowls and vases .......................................................................... 94
Jewels and gemstones .................................................................................................... 95
Gzi stones ...................................................................................................................... 96
The Buddhist rosary ...................................................................................................... 97
Rudrakasha beads .......................................................................................................... 97
Plant and grain attributes ............................................................................................... 97
Ritual vases and assorted ritual implements .................................................................. 98
Assorted ritual implements ............................................................................................ 99
The possessions of an ordained monk ......................................................................... 100
Monastic and ceremonial musical instruments ............................................................ 100
Peaceful offerings and ritual objects ............................................................................ 101

CHAPTER :10: THE WHEEL OF SHARP WEAPONS ............................................ 102

The nine-pronged vajra................................................................................................ 102
The various forms of the vajra ..................................................................................... 103
Vajras, crossed-vajras and vajra-chains ....................................................................... 104
The vishvavajra ........................................................................................................... 105
The vishvavajra 01 ...................................................................................................... 106
The ritual bell .............................................................................................................. 107
The ritual dagger.......................................................................................................... 107
The khatvanga or tantric staff ...................................................................................... 108
The khatvanga or tantric staff 01 ................................................................................. 109
The hand drum and the thigh-bone trumpet ................................................................ 110
The curved-knife and chopper ..................................................................................... 111
The skull-cup ............................................................................................................... 112
The bow ....................................................................................................................... 113
Arrows, divination arrows and mirrors ........................................................................ 114
Flower bows and arrows .............................................................................................. 115
Various swords............................................................................................................. 116
The trident pike, caduceus, dart, water-knife etc. ........................................................ 117
The spear or lance ........................................................................................................ 118
The trident ................................................................................................................... 119
Tally-sticks, clubs, skull-topped clubs, etc. ................................................................. 120
Maces, clubs, forked-sticks, ploughs, etc. ................................................................... 121
Skeletons and skeleton-clubs, etc. ............................................................................... 122
Snares and iron chains ................................................................................................. 123
The shield, discus or chakra, etc. ................................................................................. 124
Axes, iron hooks and elephant goads .......................................................................... 125
Miscellaneous ritual implements and weapons ........................................................... 126
The five magical weapons of Palden Lhamo, etc. ....................................................... 127

CHAPTER 11: WRATHFUL OFFERINGS, TORMAS,

AND RITUAL FIRE HEARTHS ................................................................................ 128
Dismembered body parts, etc. ...................................................................................... 128
Flayed skin friezes, carrion birds, corpses etc. ............................................................ 129
Tiger and leopardskin dhotis, etc. ................................................................................ 130
Skulls and skull offerings ............................................................................................ 131
Thread crosses, tormas, ransom offerings .................................................................... 132
The wrathful offering of the five senses ...................................................................... 133
The inner offering ........................................................................................................ 134
An assembly of weapons and wrathful offerings ......................................................... 135
Designs for the homa fire hearths employed in rituals of pacification and increase .... 136
Designs for the homa fire hearths employed in rituals of subjugation
and wrathful activity .................................................................................................... 137
A variation of the square hearth design ....................................................................... 138

CHAPTER 12: GEOMETRIC BORDERS, PATTERNS, DESIGNS AND MOTIFS 139

Composite Chinese pictograph .................................................................................... 139
Geometric border designs ............................................................................................ 139
Meander and endless knot designs .............................................................................. 140
Borders of interlocking chains, knots, squares and swastikas ..................................... 141
Repeating knot and swastika patterns and borders ...................................................... 142
Repeating swastika borders and patterns ..................................................................... 143
Endlessly repeating swastika patterns .......................................................................... 144
Repeating swastika patterns ......................................................................................... 145
Knots and border designs ............................................................................................ 146
Swastika and endless knot borders .............................................................................. 147
Endless knots ............................................................................................................... 148
Endless knots 01 .......................................................................................................... 149
Knots, jui’i symbols and syllables ............................................................................... 150
Chinese shou or longevity symbols ............................................................................. 151
Various Chinese symbols and trigrams ........................................................................ 152
Armour and chain-mail designs ................................................................................... 153
Border designs and linear brocade patterns ................................................................. 154
Geometric border designs 01 ....................................................................................... 155
Brocade pattern designs ............................................................................................... 156
Makara-tail scrolls and crests ...................................................................................... 157
Repeating lotus or peony flower designs ..................................................................... 158
Repeating vajra and lotus designs ............................................................................... 159
Repeating vajra and bell upon lotus designs ................................................................ 160
Repeating sword and book upon a lotus ...................................................................... 161

Old Book - Image 01 ................................................................................................... 162

Old Book - Image 02 ................................................................................................... 162
Old Book - Image 03 ................................................................................................... 163
Old Book - Image 04 ................................................................................................... 164
Old Book - Image 05 ................................................................................................... 165
Old Book - Image 06 ................................................................................................... 166
Old Book - Image 07 ................................................................................................... 167
Old Book - Image 08 ................................................................................................... 168
Old Book - Image 09 ................................................................................................... 169
Old Book - Image 10 ................................................................................................... 170
Old Book - Image 11 ................................................................................................... 171
Old Book - Image 12 ................................................................................................... 172
Old Book - Image 13 ................................................................................................... 173
Old Book - Image 14 ................................................................................................... 174
Old Book - Image 15 ................................................................................................... 175
Old Book - Image 16 ................................................................................................... 176
Old Book - Image 17 ................................................................................................... 177
Old Book - Image 18 ................................................................................................... 178
Old Book - Image 19 ................................................................................................... 179
Old Book - Image 20 ................................................................................................... 180
Old Book - Image 21 ................................................................................................... 181
Old Book - Image 22 ................................................................................................... 182
Old Book - Image 23 ................................................................................................... 183
Old Book - Image 24 ................................................................................................... 184
Old Book - Image 25 ................................................................................................... 185
Old Book - Image 26 ................................................................................................... 186
Old Book - Image 27 ................................................................................................... 187
CHAPTER 1: LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS

Landscape elements
Rock formations
Rock formations 01
Vajra-rock promontories, rock stacks and Mt Meru
Vajra-rock promontories and cliff faces
Various landscape elements
Foliage around rock formations
Simulacra forms in landscape
Stylistic representations of water
Turbulent water
Waterfalls
Flame formations
Flame formations 01
Flame formations, haloes and aureoles
Flame aureoles and haloes
Symmetrical flame aureoles as ‘mountains of fire’

Makara-tail aureoles as ‘rosaries of light’

Cumulus and cirrus cloud formations
Cumulus, cloud streets and mare’s-tail clouds
Mare’s-tail and swirling cirrus clouds
Cloud formations, horizontal cloudbanks and cloud streets
Cloud formations in mountainous landscapes
Cloud thrones
Rainbow phenomena
CHAPTER 2: FLOWERS AND TREES

Lotuses and water lilies

Lotus thrones
Lotus thrones 01
Stylised peony and chrysanthemum blossoms
Flowers, buds and leaves
Compostion of flowers, buds, fruit and leaves
Flower buds
Leaves
Various trees (willow, mango, aloewood, etc.)
Various trees 01 (fig, peach, sandalwood, etc.)
Various trees 02 (cypress, fig, peony, bamboo, etc.)
Various trees 03 (palm, banana, plantain, peony, etc.)

Various trees 04 (mango, sandalwood, fig, pine, etc)

Entwining trees, leaf and flower roundels
Stylised leaf and fruit clusters
 CHAPTER 3: ANIMALS

The windhorse and the 4 supernatural creatures

Dragons
The garuda
 The makara

Kirtimukha, the face of glory

The nagas
The three victorious creatures of harmony
Various domestic and wild animals
Animal heads
Tiger, leopard, snow-lion and horse
Elephants
Deer
Birds
Water birds
The six-ornament throne of enlightenment
CHAPTER 4: NARRATIVE ILLUSTRATIONS

The four friends

Shou-lao (symbols of longevity) & the Four Friends
The six symbols of longevity (in Tibetan style)
Diagram of shamatha meditation practice
CHAPTER 5: COSMOLOGY

Cosmology of Mt Meru
The Mt Meru mandala offering
The thirty-seven heaps of the mandala offering
The Tibetan astrological diagram
Astrological symbols
The all-powerful syllables of the Kalachakra
Variations of Kalachakra’s all-powerful syllables
The eight great stupas
Construction grid of the enlightenment stupa
The Buddha image and the stupa
The Hindu Kundalini-yoga, chakra system
The Buddhist channel-wheel system
 CHAPTER 6: MUDRAS

Mudras made by combining both hands

Single hand mudras
Hands holding ritual implements
Footprints, handprints and foot postures
CHAPTER 7: THE CHAKRAVARTIN AND HIS SEVEN
PRECIOUS POSSESSIONS

The seven precious possessions

The seven precious possessions 01
The seven secondary possessions and insignias
Jewel heaps and the seven insignia
CHAPTER 8: AUSPICIOUS SYMBOLS

The eight auspicious symbols

The eight auspicious symbols 01
Variations on the eight auspicious symbols
The parasol or umbrella
The victory banner
Treasure vases, pennants, banners and flags
The conch shell
 The golden wheel

The wheel and deer emblem

The eight auspicious substances
Offering bowls with eight auspicious substances
The peaceful offering of the five senses
Offering of sight - the mirror
Offering of sound - musical instruments
Offerings of touch - taste and smell
CHAPTER 9: VARIOUS PEACEFUL OFFERINGS, JEWELS
AND RITUAL IMPLEMENTS

The seven offering bowls

Alms bowls, offering bowls and vases
Jewels and gemstones
Gzi stones
 The Buddhist rosary

Rudrakasha beads

Plant and grain attributes

Ritual vases and assorted ritual implements
Assorted ritual implements
 The possessions of an ordained monk

Monastic and ceremonial musical instruments

Peaceful offerings and ritual objects
CHAPTER :10: THE WHEEL OF SHARP WEAPONS

The nine-pronged vajra

The various forms of the vajra
Vajras, crossed-vajras and vajra-chains
The vishvavajra
The vishvavajra 01
 The ritual bell

The ritual dagger

The khatvanga or tantric staff
The khatvanga or tantric staff 01
The hand drum and the thigh-bone trumpet
The curved-knife and chopper
The skull-cup
The bow
Arrows, divination arrows and mirrors
Flower bows and arrows
Various swords
The trident pike, caduceus, dart, water-knife etc.
The spear or lance
The trident
Tally-sticks, clubs, skull-topped clubs, etc.
Maces, clubs, forked-sticks, ploughs, etc.
Skeletons and skeleton-clubs, etc.
Snares and iron chains
The shield, discus or chakra, etc.
Axes, iron hooks and elephant goads
Miscellaneous ritual implements and weapons
The five magical weapons of Palden Lhamo, etc.
CHAPTER 11: WRATHFUL OFFERINGS, TORMAS,
AND RITUAL FIRE HEARTHS

Dismembered body parts, etc.

Flayed skin friezes, carrion birds, corpses etc.
Tiger and leopardskin dhotis, etc.
Skulls and skull offerings
Thread crosses, tormas, ransom offerings
The wrathful offering of the five senses
The inner offering
An assembly of weapons and wrathful offerings
Designs for the homa fire hearths employed in rituals of pacification and increase
Designs for the homa fire hearths employed in rituals of subjugation
and wrathful activity
A variation of the square hearth design
CHAPTER 12: GEOMETRIC BORDERS, PATTERNS, DESIGNS AND MOTIFS

Composite Chinese pictograph

Geometric border designs

Meander and endless knot designs
Borders of interlocking chains, knots, squares and swastikas
Repeating knot and swastika patterns and borders
Repeating swastika borders and patterns
Endlessly repeating swastika patterns
Repeating swastika patterns
Knots and border designs
Swastika and endless knot borders
Endless knots
Endless knots 01
Knots, jui’i symbols and syllables
Chinese shou or longevity symbols
Various Chinese symbols and trigrams
Armour and chain-mail designs
Border designs and linear brocade patterns
Geometric border designs 01
Brocade pattern designs
Makara-tail scrolls and crests
Repeating lotus or peony flower designs
Repeating vajra and lotus designs
Repeating vajra and bell upon lotus designs
Repeating sword and book upon a lotus
Old Book - Image 01

Old Book - Image 02

Old Book - Image 03
Old Book - Image 04
Old Book - Image 05
Old Book - Image 06
Old Book - Image 07
Old Book - Image 08
Old Book - Image 09
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