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Cover of Tibet and India @ Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tibet and India: Buddhist Traditions and Transformations

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As Buddhism spread out from north India, the place of its origin in the sixth century BC, the core ideas of this great religious tradition were often expressed through images. This Bulletin and the exhibition it accompanies, “Tibet and India: Buddhist Traditions and Transformations,” focus on Indian and Tibetan Buddhist art of the eleventh and twelfth centuries… (Free PDF download) Beautiful Buddhist works of art

Shadakshari Lokeshvara is the bodhisattva of compassion (Avalokiteshvara)

The Mantra Om Mani Padme Hum, by The Dalai Lama

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Just as a jewel is capable of removing poverty, so the altruistic mind of enlightenment is capable of removing the poverty, or difficulties of cyclic existence and of solitary peace. Similarly, just as a jewel fulfils the wishes of sentient beings, so the altruistic intention to become enlightened fulfils the wishes of sentient beings.