Now, we find Buddhist images explicitly showing sex and violence. Buddha and Bodhisattva are shown having sex with female deities, who are sources of power and esoteric knowledge. This ritual sex ...

Loading Similarly with some of the wrathful Tibetan Buddhist female deities represented in the exhibition. “There’s that sense that these forces of good, of compassion and wisdom need to be ...

Daikoku is sometimes manifested as a female deity, Daikokunyo or Daikokutennyo ... This reflects his role as a defender of the Buddhist faith and a protector of the country.

Behind them towered the wrathful Buddhist diety Mahakala with his crown of skulls, carrying a bowl of blood and the legendary weapon Vajra. The cham dance is performed in this monastery in the ...

Around him, the walls and wooden pillars holding up the sagging roof were decorated with intricate paintings of Buddhist deities. Some wore gold robes and reclined blissfully. Others, bearing ...