Tibetan Religion Figures

When you visit Tibetan Buddhist monasteries, temples and palaces, you will come across with incredible numerous of gods and goddesses such as Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and deities worshipped by Tibetans, and many of which appear on different forms. Somehow, in general speaking, there are four main types of images found in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and temples, each conveying a different level of being in Buddhist cosmology: 1. Images of the Buddha; 2. Images of Bodhisattvas; 3. Images of deities, spirits, heavenly beings, and guardian god; 4. Images of Dharma kings who made a great contribution to Buddhism flourishing in Tibet.

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