Tsonkapa Chhoskin

• This famous painting is known in the Gelugpa tradition as the”assembly tree of Guru Puja”.
• Guru Tsonkapa is at the centre in a saffron-robe.
• He has one face,two arms and a radiant white smile.
• His right hand is in the gesture of expounding the dharma and his left hand carried an alms bowl filled with nectar.
• He is drapped with three robes of lustrous saffron and wears the Gelugpa monastic order’s gold coloured hat.
• In his heart,we can see all pervading(interpenetrate) lord Bajradhara and his consort.
• Surrounding him in due order are actual and lineage Gurus,Yidams,hosts of mandala deities…..Buddhas,Bodhisattvas, Viras,Dakinis and protectors of the teaching.
• From the heart of Lama Tsonkapa,two rays of light go out to the left and right to form a congregation of venerable
  masters from the lineage of Manjushree and Maitreya;;;;these represent the profound wisdom and vast method of
  Buddhist doctrine.
• Just below his seat are four yidam deities namely Yamantaka,Guhyasamaja,chakrasambhara and Heyvajra.
• Below these  yidam, deities are four rows of mandal deities including the eleven faced Aavalokiteshwora.
• Below these are four rows of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.
• Next,a column of dakinis dance around the assembly tree.
• In the last row are the dharmapala or dharma protector deities.On the both sides pf the tree are the Great
  Guardian kings of Director,Dhritarastra,Virudhak,Virupaksa and vaisharavana,ready to afford protection.
• In the clouds on either side of the great Tsonkapa are eight worshipping goddesses.They offer to the assembly
  tree the fine objects of the senses and auspicious symbols .
• At the right corner of the painting appears a disciple offering a mandala of the refuge tree.

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