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🏹 Is Kurukulla Buddhism's Version of Cupid? Red body. Bow in hand. Arrow drawn. A deity associated with attraction and magnetizing activity. At first glance, the comparison seems obvious: Is...

❤️ Is Kurukulla Really a Buddhist Goddess of Love? Search for Kurukulla online and you'll quickly encounter a tempting description: “The Buddhist Goddess of Love.” It sounds convincing. She's red....

🦚 In a Mahamayuri Thangka, You May Notice the Peacock First Look at a Mahamayuri Thangka and your eyes may go to the bird before the Buddhist figure. It is...

☠️ Why Would a Beautiful Peacock Have Anything to Do With Poison? Peacocks are famous for beauty. Brilliant blue and green feathers. A shimmering fan of “eyes.” A bird so...

🔥 How Can an Image Be Intimate and Terrifying at the Same Time? Most of us expect sacred art to choose a mood. Peaceful or fierce. Gentle or terrifying. Intimate...

🤍⚫ How Can the Same Buddhist Protector Look So Different? Search for Mahakala and the results can be confusing. One Thangka shows a dark, almost black wrathful figure surrounded by...

💰 He Doesn't Look Like a Wealth Deity White Mahakala doesn't look like the kind of figure most people would associate with prosperity. His expression is fierce. He has multiple...

☯️ Why Is Yamantaka Embracing Another Figure? Yamantaka already looks complicated enough on his own. A fierce buffalo-like head. Multiple eyes and arms. Flames. Ritual implements. Wrathful expressions. Then you...

❤️ He Doesn't Look Like a Deity of Love If someone showed you an image of Ragaraja without telling you who he was, “love” probably wouldn't be your first guess....

🔥 Isn't Buddhism Supposed to Be About Getting Rid of Desire? This is probably the most interesting question Ragaraja raises. Ask someone unfamiliar with Buddhism what the religion teaches about...