Principles of Tibetan art_ illustrations and explanations of Buddhist iconography and iconometry according to the Karma Gardri school - Volume 1

Abstract

This is a book on the bodily proportion of sacred figuree, one of the branches of the manual arts, a division of the traditional technical sciences which form one of the five main fields of knowledge. These illustrations are the work of the Lingtsang artist Gega Lama and they are authoritative, having as their ultimate sources the Sutras, Tantras and Practical lnstructions. This first publication of these drawings is an act of service to the Buddhist Doctrine, and it is certainly trustworthy. Therefore I have written this foreword, in order that others may energetically study and thus carry on the tradition of artistic practice in an undeteriorated state, and so that they may have confidence in this book.