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Thang
Tong Gyalpo a Tibetan Siddh |
Thang
Tong Gyalpo was a Tibetan Siddha. The Siddhas were
"perfected ones" who attained direct realization
by converting their weaknesses into strengths. They lived
in India, primarily between the sixth and the tenth
centuries, and in Tibet after Buddhism was established.
Many
of the siddhas reached perfection while continuing to work
in the word. Thang Tong Gyalpo was a fifteenth-century
ironsmith and a famous bridgebuilder, who introduced into
Tibet bridges suspended from iron chains. He is therefore
usually depicted with an iron chain in his hand.
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from Tibetan In Pictures v.1.
Li Gotami Govinda
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