ABS 386
Code: ABS 386
Country: Tibet
Style:
Date: 1400 - 1600
Dimensions in cm WxHxD: 7,5 x 10,5 x 5,4
Materials: Copper alloy and semiprecious stones
Sharkha Rechen (15th century)
The master is seated legs crossed in vajraparyaṅka on a double lotus pedestal. He raises his right hand in the gesture of argumentation (vitarka mudrā), while touching the ground in front of him with his left hand. Wrapped in his meditation shawl with finely decorated border, he wears a robe covered with the meditation belt. He is smiling, and from his bare head falls his long hair with curly ends. He wears jewellery - earrings, necklace, bracelets and anklets - whose design is reminiscent of the bone ornaments worn by some yogis and mahāsiddha-s.
The identification is made possible thanks to a Tibetan inscription in dBu can script engraved on the back of the lotus pedestal:
ཤར་ཁ་རས་ཆེན་ལ་ན་མོ
shar kha ras chen la na mo
“Homage to Shar kha , the great cotton-clad ascetic”
Shar kha ras chen lived in the 15th century. After a classical religious education, he learned about the life of Mi la ras pa. It filled him with an irresistible faith and devotion and inspired him to live as an ascetic in the mountains for more than 40 years. His name is associated with several texts relating to the “orally transmitted tantra of Cakrasaṃvara” of the Ras chung pa tradition. Shar kha ras chen is considered to be one of the lineage holders of this tradition.
The master is seated legs crossed in vajraparyaṅka on a double lotus pedestal. He raises his right hand in the gesture of argumentation (vitarka mudrā), while touching the ground in front of him with his left hand. Wrapped in his meditation shawl with finely decorated border, he wears a robe covered with the meditation belt. He is smiling, and from his bare head falls his long hair with curly ends. He wears jewellery - earrings, necklace, bracelets and anklets - whose design is reminiscent of the bone ornaments worn by some yogis and mahāsiddha-s.
The identification is made possible thanks to a Tibetan inscription in dBu can script engraved on the back of the lotus pedestal:
ཤར་ཁ་རས་ཆེན་ལ་ན་མོ
shar kha ras chen la na mo
“Homage to Shar kha , the great cotton-clad ascetic”
Shar kha ras chen lived in the 15th century. After a classical religious education, he learned about the life of Mi la ras pa. It filled him with an irresistible faith and devotion and inspired him to live as an ascetic in the mountains for more than 40 years. His name is associated with several texts relating to the “orally transmitted tantra of Cakrasaṃvara” of the Ras chung pa tradition. Shar kha ras chen is considered to be one of the lineage holders of this tradition.