Thursday, 11 October 2012


 Front

 Reverse

Antique Bönpo Tsakli Initiation Card

Displaying various auspicious symbols and including a Svastika or Swastika which means 'auspicious' in the Sanskrit language. It is called Yungdrung in the ancient Zhangzhung language of Western Tibet and means 'everlasting'. The left turning Svastika is the principal religious symbol of the Yungdrung Bön tradition.

Painted on hand made paper.
 Tibetan script on the reverse.
175 mm x 120 mm

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