A thangka of Buddha Shakyamuni seated on Vulture Peak Mountain discoursing on the Lotus Sutra, his right hand raising a single lotus blossom that signifies the ineffable wisdom of emptiness. Buddhas, arhats and monks gather around him; at top center is the four-armed yellow wisdom deity Prajnaparamita, while in the foreground sits White Tara, goddess of long life. The composition belongs to the Dege Parkhang woodblock tradition of the Shakyamuni Buddha life-story set, from the Tsang Region, Central Tibet.
