Hand-Painted Wooden Stupa 9" Ngondro He also draws on the

He also draws on the works of later masters of the tradition

he gives a commentary on each of the Great Adepts and culls from available resources what we can know of their history

and bodhisattvas—but also serve as contemplative manuals for the explicit topic of these sutras—emptiness—and how it is to be understood on the progressive levels of realization of bodhisattvas

and symbols throughout history

Hand-Painted Wooden Stupa 9" Ngondro He also draws on theLovely hand painted wooden Stupa from Nepal. Stupas are traditional Buddhist statues meant to symbolize the mind of awakening. They are usually filled with relics and blessed items, which are said to help to connect practitioners to the lineage and their own Buddha nature while they circumambulate the stupa (walk around it clockwise). The activity of walking clockwise around a stupa is called "Kora" in Tibetan. This particular stupa, painted white