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Vajradhara Thangka in Boulder

January 27, 2010 · 103 Comments 

It appears that the Vajradhara thangka in Boulder, which was commissioned by the Vidyadhara, placed by him over the shrine there, and blessed with the handprints of the 16th Karmapa on the back, will be displaced by the “Rigden thangka”, as has already happened with the Vajradhara and Buddha representations throughout the Shambhala International organization over the last few years. For the story of the “great Vajradhara thangka”, as we shall refer to it now, and a discussion of its unique place... [Read the full story]

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