Seven Treasures Retinue photo from the thangka commissioned by Lama Sonam that is currently in the Shrine Room at Pema Osel Ling. It shows the entire visualization for the Seven Treasures Guru Rinpoche practice done during Summer Retreat Drupchen.
This extraordinary thangka was commissioned by Lama Sonam Rinpoche in 2018 to honor Dudjom Rinpoche III Sangye Pema Shepa's visit and the conferring of the Dudjom Tersar Empowerments. Painted by a Nepali master artist and student of Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche, this unique work was created on a bedsheet belonging to Dungse Thinley Norbu Rinpoche, using pigments containing his finely ground relics.
This thangka, which was installed on Guru Rinpoche Day, October 2, 2025, depicts all thirty-seven deities in the mandala of The Seven Treasures or Terkha Dun Du. In the early 1990s, Lama Tharchin Rinpoche instituted the tradition of an annual Drubchen based on this beautiful practice that synthesizes into one seven of the most important termas for accomplishing the Lama as Guru Rinpoche. Having this thangka in the shrine room is a wonderful support for this practice which is so central at Pema Osel Ling.
The main figure of the thangka, Guru Rinpoche is surrounded by Guru Rinpoche’s manifestations in the five Buddha families as well as the eight manifestations of Guru Rinpoche, dakinis, and dharma protectors. Above his crown are important lineage figures as well as the seven tertons who revealed the termas on which The Seven Treasures is based.
This photo is available in various sizes with different border colors.
