Jinasagara Avalokiteshvara from the Minling De Kun cycle of teachings belonging to the 'Revealed Treasures' of Mindroling Monastery of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism. In its earliest form this meditational practice is said to have descended through the Indian lineage of the female tantric adept Siddharajni (Drupa'i Gyalmo), pictured at the upper right, white in colour, holding a damaru drum aloft in the right hand and a skullcup in the left. The central figure of Jinasagara is peaceful in appearance with eyes semi-closed, holding a blue wish-fulfilling jewel in the hands clasped at the heart; his second pair of hands holds a jewel mala in the right and a red lotus in the left. Adorned with a gold crown, earrings, necklaces and bracelets, he wears a krishnasara deerskin over the left shoulder, a green scarf, and orange and blue lower garments. Legs crossed in vajra posture, he sits on a white moon disc and a multi-coloured lotus surrounded by radiant spheres of light. Accompanying the central figure are four Heruka couples, and below them four animal-headed female gatekeeper deities. Directly beneath the central throne is wrathful Hayagriva, red, with one face and two arms, standing within a mass of orange and red flames. Directly above the central figure are two depictions of Buddha Amitabha; to the left are two Indian teachers, and to the right Siddharajni and a Tibetan teacher, likely of the Terdag Lingpa family, wearing the lotus hat and the white lay garment of a hereditary tantric adept. The lower Amitabha is flanked by Avalokiteshvara and Padmasambhava; at the far left and right are variant forms of Jinasagara Avalokiteshvara. In the lower portion are special deities belonging to the Jinasagara cycle, associated with power and wealth. At the centre is Lha Chenpo with retinue, a 'Revealed Treasure' emanation of Avalokiteshvara appearing as Mahadeva (Shiva) with consort and four standing attendants: red as ruby and blazing with light, with one face, two hands and three eyes, holding a hook to gather the Three Realms in the right hand and a lasso of wind in the left, embraced by the consort Uma Devi. At the left is the solitary red dakini Guhya Jnana, with one face and four hands holding a curved knife and skullcup and a sword and katvanga staff, semi-wrathful, dancing on the left leg within a circle of flame. At the right is the peaceful goddess Tseringma, white, holding jewels in the right hand and a mirror in the left, seated at ease on a throne with four standing attendants.
