GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This Tibetan stupa, called a chorten, is large enough for worshipers to walk around it, reciting ritual prayers. The rising tiers symbolize the Buddha's progress toward enlightenment, or nirvana. Offerings of various kinds were usually enclosed in the chorten. In Buddhist art, a stupa is a memorial to a deceased holy figure. Stupas range from large-scale architecture to small objects of meditation.
Adapted from
Anne Bromberg, DMA label text, 2003.
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Lama Dudjom Dorjee discusses stupas - http://www.dmaconnect.org/CONNECT/dma_406339?ssSourceSiteId=null
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- Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, The Met~Read more about Tibetan Buddhist art.
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General Description
This Tibetan stupa, called a chorten, is large enough for worshipers to walk around it, reciting ritual prayers. The rising tiers symbolize the Buddha's progress toward enlightenment, or nirvana. Offerings of various kinds were usually enclosed in the chorten. In Buddhist art, a stupa is a memorial to a deceased holy figure. Stupas range from large-scale architecture to small objects of meditation.
Adapted from
Anne Bromberg, DMA label text, 2003.
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Notes
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
AUDIO ASSETS
Lama Dudjom Dorjee discusses stupas - http://www.dmaconnect.org/CONNECT/dma_406339?ssSourceSiteId=null
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