Chakrasamvara

This thangka shows White Chakrasamvara, Life Accomplishing, together with various deities of the Chakrasamvara cycle of tantras from the lineages of Rechungpa and Shakyashri Bhadra. The painting is from a set of twenty-seven paintings dedicated to diverse meditational deities and commissioned by Situ Panchen Chokyi Jungne in the mid 1700s. At the top are White Chakrasamvara Bodhi Siddha flanked by White Amitayus and the blue Avalokiteshvara Heruka embracing a red yogini. At the bottom are the white multi-armed long-life deity Amaravajra Devi flanked by the white goddess Vijaya and White Vajravarahi.