These Tibetan medical tangkas were "painted by the Nepalese tangka artist Romio Shrestha and his Tibetan, Nepalese, and Bhutanese students in Kathmandu during seven years in the late 1980's and early 1990's."
The Face of Impermanence
Images of Impermanence
Cadaver
Vulnerable Points
The Inner Mandala
Chakras and Energy Channels
Chakras and Energy Channels
Topographical Lines of Channels
"Thangkas illustrations of the points of the body associated with bloodletting, moxibustion and minor surgery, differentiated, respectively, by the use of the colors blue, yellow and red."
Bloodletting Channels
Dzogchen Channels
Cranial Physiognomy
Anatomy of Light
Anatomical Grids
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some of these illustrations come from the book The Tibetan Art of Healing by Ian A. Baker - worldcat [link] Powell's books [link] - amazon [link]
others (along with many more) are from the American Museum of Natural History's collection "Body & Spirit: Tibetan Medical Paintings" [link]
Romio Shrestha's website [link]
Thursday, July 23, 2009
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3 comments:
mental! great post. great blog!
HOLY WOW!
OMG I am totally blown away, it says here you have only been online two going on three years. Surely you had a collection ready some-where's else.
I am so jealous of you. I have four websites and blog everyday but mine are for children and they are great!!! (I know but if you don't give yourself praise you don't get much elsewhere.
I love everything, even though I haven't looked at at everything. I really am very , very proud to have been here and met you.
Seligor. AKA Dorothy Milnes-Simm
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