Dorje Dradül Tangka
$75.00
This tangka depicts the Dorje Dradül of Mukpo, the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, as the central figure on a blue horse clad in warrior armor and headdress, reminding one of the Rigden King and Gesar of Ling. In his right hand he brandishes the iron wheel and in his left he holds a tray of jewels. Surrounding him are thirteen dralas on horseback wearing armor. Below him in the center is Four-Armed Mahakala, a special protector for the Dorje Dradül. Vetali is in the lower left; Ekajati in the lower right. In the sky above are three dakas and three dakinis surrounded by a rainbow.
At the top of the tangka are depicted three of the Karmapas included in the mandala of The Sadhana of Mahamudra, from left to right: Rangjung Dorje, Tüsum Khyenpa, and Mikyö Dorje. In the background to the left is the cave at Taktsang, where the Vidyadhara discovered The Sadhana of Mahamudra. To the right is Mt. Kailash, site of the palace of Kalapa, the capital of the Kingdom of Shambhala.
Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, a great modern-day saint of the Nyingma lineage and a principal teacher and adviser of both the Vidyadhara and Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche first conceived of the Dorje Dradül tangka in 1987 at the request of a close student of the Dorje Dradül. After reviewing a sketch of the tangka produced at the direction of Khyentse Rinpoche, the Sakyong suggested the addition of several iconographical details—the depiction of thirteen dralas rather than six and Taktsang and Mt. Kailash as landscape features.
The tangka was painted by Noedup Rongae, one of the foremost tangka painters alive today and a close student of the Dorje Dradül. He has painted numerous tangkas for the Shambhala sangha, foremost among them the series of the Shambhala kings.
The limited edition print you are now viewing was produced by the Steinhour Press, Lunenberg, Vermont, one of the finest color printers in North America, specializing in four-color limited editions of precious artwork on uncoated paper. The uncoated paper was chosen for its archival quality and because it most closely reproduces the feel, color, and texture of the original tangka.
The original tangka hangs in the main shrine hall at Dorje Denma Ling, Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia.
Dorje Dradül tangka reproduction 16″ x 21″
