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Lhasa - China, Tibet Guardian of the Northern Direction, King of the Yakshas and Leader of the Worldly Dharma Protectors. Sera Monastery

Uploaded: Nov, 21 2008 | Taken: Sep, 12 2008| Viewed: 26 times  | 5 votes Camera: NIKON CORPORATION | Model: NIKON D40X | Exposure 10/400s, ISO 200 | FLength: 30mm | SW: Picasa 3.0

plancarpin - Nov, 21 2008 03:11pm Isabelle, very detailled pix! for info, the animal in the left hand is a mongoose (mangouste en francais, c'est ca, hein?), used to fight the Nagas yuliangpang - Nov, 22 2008 02:11am Thanks for the picture. Just add more information for this picutre. There are four guardians, the one is called duo wen King and responsible for Money, and therefore he is the most powerful guardian among the four. As regards mentioned by JP, in Chinese it called yin shu, I am looking it up in the dictionary, Ermine in English, also known as stoat and the short-tailed weasel. plancarpin - Nov, 23 2008 07:11am Thanks Yu Liang for your info. As one can see, they are slight differences between Mahayana and Vajarayana buddhist schools.