Bryner. Thirteen Tibetan Tankas

Today's free book is Thirteen Tibetan Tankas by Edna Bryner. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust.


I. Tibetan Art and Teaching
II. Stories of Scenes on the Tankas
III. Tibetan Scriptures: the Kanjur and the Tanjur
The Kanjur
The Tanjur
Compilation of the Doctrine
Source and Format of Tibetan Scriptures
IV. Feeding the Tigress
The Dzanglun Story
The Suvarnaprabhasottamasutra Story
Records of the Tigress Story in Medieval Art
V. Three Jatakas From the Kanjur
The Buddha as a Deer, Called Goldenside
The Buddha as a Woodpecker
The Buddha as Visvantara