Gyalpo spirits
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Gyalpo spirits are one of the eight classes of gods and demons in Tibetan mythology and religion. Gyalpo, a word which simply means "king" in the Tibetic languages, in Tibetan mythology is used to ref
A gyalpo dharmapāla in peaceful aspect, Gangteng Monastery
Mural of Pehar in the assembly hall of Nechung Monastery.
Bon
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Bon or Bön, also known as Yungdrung Bon, is the indigenous Tibetan religion which shares many similarities and influences with Tibetan Buddhism but retains elements from earlier Tibetan religious trad
Gyalpo spirits
…in Tibetan mythology is used to refer to the Four Heavenly Kings (Tibetan: རྒྱལ་ཆེན་བཞི་) and especially to a class of spirits, both Buddhist and Bon, who may be either malevolent spirits or oath-bound as dharmapalas (Wylie: chos skyong, bon skyong). Geoffrey Samuel describes these gyalpo spirits as…
The Bon monastery of Nangzhik Gompa in Ngawa, Sichuan, China
A statue of Tonpa Shenrab, the central Buddha in Yungdrung Bon
Yungdrung is a left-facing swastika, a sacred symbol of Bon.
Tonpa Shenrab life story, 19th-century painting, Rubin Museum of Art