History of Art 669 Art of Newar Buddhism

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History of Art 669 Art of Newar Buddhism

• Professor John C. Huntington
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• Lecture 13
• Guhyeshvari Haka Bahal, Patan

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Guhyeshvari

• Guhyeshvari

In the Svayambhu Purana, it is told that when the
Buddha of the remote past Vipashin, visited the
great lake that once filled the Nepal Valley, he
threw a seed of the Great Lotus into it
whereupon it sunk, and took root at
Guhyeshvari. So begins the legend of the
Svayambhu Jyotirupa the Self Originated Bodh of
Light
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Guhyeshvari

• Svayambhu Jyotirupa

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Guhyeshvari

• Guhyeshvari

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Guhyeshvari

• Guhyeshvari

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• Guhyeshvari

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Guhyeshvari

• Guhyeshvari

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Guhyeshvari

• Svayambhu Jyotirupa

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Guhyeshvari

• Guhyeshvari

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• Guhyeshvari

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• Guhyeshvari

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Guhyeshvari

• Guhyeshvari

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Guhyeshvari

• Guhyeshvari

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Guhyeshvari

• Guhyeshvari

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• Guhyeshvari

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• Guhyeshvari

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• Guhyeshvari

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• Guhyeshvari

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Guhyeshvari

• Guhyeshvari

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Guhyeshvari

• Annapurna Temple, Kathmandu
• (Non JCH Photo)

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Guhyeshvari

• Annapurna Temple, Kathmandu

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Guhyeshvari

• Annapurna Temple, Kathmandu

OM Namah Shri Yogambara Jnaneshvarih (AKA
Jnanadakini)
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Guhyeshvari

• Annapurna Temple, Kathmandu

OM Namah Shri Yogambara Jnaneshvarih (AKA
Jnanadakini)

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Guhyeshvari

• Annapurna Temple, Kathmandu

OM Namah Shri Yogambara Jnaneshvarih (AKA
Jnanadakini)
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Bahals

• Hakhu Bahal
• Plan

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Bahals

• Hakhu Bahal
• North entrance door
• and torana.

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Bahals

• Hakhu Bahal
• North entrance door
• and torana.

Vajrasattva Vairocana
Aksobhya Amitabha Prajna-paramita
Ratna-sambhava Amogha-siddhi Avalokit-eshvara
Dharma Buddha
Sangha
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Bahals

• Hakhu Bahal
• North entrance door
• and torana.
• Vajrasattva
• Sarvavid Vairocana
• From the Sarvadurgati-Parishodana Tantra

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Bahals

• Hakhu Bahal
• North entrance door
• and torana.
• Amitabha on his Peacocks

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Bahals

• Hakhu Bahal
• North entrance door
• and torana.
• Prajnaparamita

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Bahals

• Hakhu Bahal
• North entrance door
• and torana.
• Avalokiteshvara

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Bahals

• Hakhu Bahal
• North entrance door
• and torana.
• Doors

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Bahals

• Hakhu Bahal
• North entrance door
• and torana.
• Doors

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Bahals

• Hakhu Bahal, Interior looking south

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Bahals

• Hakhu Bahal, Interior looking west

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Bahals

• Hakhu Bahal, Interior looking East

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Bahals

• Hakhu Bahal, Interior looking north

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Bahals

• Hakhu Bahal, Shrine on south

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Bahals

• Hakhu Bahal, torana on south

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Bahals

• Hakhu Bahal, torana on south

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Bahals

• Hakhu Bahal, Shrine image