Lishu Taring Thangka w/ unique brocade

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Lishu Taring Thangka

height 52″ x width 28″

oversized Thangka, with vibrant and beautiful brocade

“Lishu Tagring, a great Dzogchen master and extraordinary person, was born according to the Bön Scriptures in 1751 BCE. He is ranked among the masters from the Tagzig lineage.

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In ancient time, in a place called Nyen Yul Zara Takya, there was a King who had inconceivable wealth and 800,000 subjects but his Queen bore him no child. One day the King heard a cuckoo singing; it sang about a gift that lay waiting on a flower in a sandalwood forest. The King found a very beautiful small girl from there. He brought her home and gave her to his wife, who was delighted and named the child Lungyal Tagza Mewal. As she grew up, many auspicious signs were manifested. For example, she could ride the wildest of animals, such as tigers. One day she left the kingdom for a retreat in the mountains. After having spent time in practice she transformed into a boy and went back to her father. He was very surprised: “How could you be transformed from a female to a male?” The boy answered: “I came here for the benefit of human beings. I am an emanation of Chime Tsukphu”. As a male the child’s name was changed to Lishu Tagring. He became King and ruled the kingdom for 82 years, while spreading the teachings of Bön.

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He spoke 360 languages, and spread the Bön doctrine to several countries by translating the teachings into their languages. He was known as one of the four translators of Tibet.

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When he was 113 years of age, he went to Zhang Zhung in search of Bön teachings. He received the complete teachings of the Drakpa Korsum as well as many others. When he was 258 years old, he proceeded to Tazik Olmo Lungring, where he met great masters and received several initiations and transmissions. He practiced on a mountain called Yungdrung Gutsek (the Nine Stacks of the Swastika Mountain).

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When he was 1200 years old, he brought back thousands of Bön teachings to Tibet as well as to Zhang Zhung and India. It is said that the Scriptures of Bön, temples and shrines flourished in Zhang Zhung before they appeared in Tsang and central Tibet and before they spread to China and India. Zhang Zhung words can be seen at the beginning of the texts.

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He promoted the welfare of sentient beings until he was 2500 years old. Having achieved the Body of Bliss he was free from the birth and death.” -Shenten.org