Guru Rinpoche Thangka

Guru Rinpoche, also known as Guru Padmasambhava, brought the Vajrayana teachings to Tibet. With powers of taming obstructing spirits and bounding them as protectors. He sits with a piercing gaze; his face is wrathful and smiling, blazing magnificently with mysterious power. He cradles a Khatvanga in his left arm, representing his consort. In his right hand he holds a Vajra, to symbolise the union of the two truths. His left-hand rests in his lap in the gesture of meditation and holds a skull cup containing the vase of immortality.