The Maitreya Prayer Festival at Bkra shis lhun po: A Historical and Art Historical Study

This article deals with an important festival in Tibet dedicated to the future Buddha Maitreya. It was held on three days in summer when three giant thangkas showing Buddhas Amitābha, Śākyamuni and Maitreya were put on public display. Introduced in the seventeenth century, it became a defining featu...

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Main Author: Czaja, Olaf (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters Publishers 2018
In: Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 41, Pages: 55-116
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