ARTH237 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Spituk Monastery, Lamayuru Monastery, Skull Cup
4 May 2016
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Lecture 17 outline: lamayuru, spituk, samkar, tholing, yemar. Focused on worship of vairochana in one-faced form. Hayagriva -- bodhisattva with both human and horse head, associated with magic practices. Che chog -- protective goddess, trampling various demons. Chitipati (master of the cemetery, and consort; dancing skeletons who rule the cremation grounds where funeral pyres burn to kill and completely destroy the sins of the practitioner. Vajrayogini goddess holding a chopper and trident, drinking blood from a skull cup. Vajrabhairava wrathful form of the bodhisattva of wisdom, manjushri. Machik labkyi dronma a dancing yogini, famous female teacher of western tibet. Kalachakra wheel of time, and his consort, highest yoga tantras. Grid of poems that can be read in any direction. Series of paintings based on commentary on the vinaya (rules for monks) 11th century site of south-central tibet, built in isolated place along trade routes. Known for life-sized clay sculptures with central asian influence.
