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Dharmakaya (from the series Novellas)
Dharmakaya (from the series Novellas)
Dharmakaya (from the series Novellas)

Dharmakaya (from the series Novellas)

Artist (American, 1945 - 2017)
Printer (American, born 1962)
Publisher (American, founded 1991)
Date1992
Mediumwaterless lithograph
DimensionsImage: 21 11/16 × 18 1/8 in. (55.1 × 46 cm)
Support: 21 11/16 × 18 1/8 in. (55.1 × 46 cm)
Support (Secondary): 23 15/16 × 19 15/16 in. (60.8 × 50.6 cm)
Mat: 30 × 24 in. (76.2 × 61 cm)
ClassificationsGraphic
Credit LineGift of Richard Levy and Dana Asbury, 2018
Object number2018.11.2
Text Entries
The meaning given for “Dharmakaya” is: “Indian word representing the huge area of human experience cut off by cultural filtering.”

Darmakaya is a Sanskrit word (meaning “truth body” or “reality body”) that refers to one of the three bodies of a Buddha in Mahayana Buddhism. It could be thought of as the true self of the Buddha present within all beings.

 


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Katabasis
Patrick Nagatani
1992
Viaticum
Patrick Nagatani
1992
Studio Notes
Thomas Barrow
1992
Studio Notes
Thomas Barrow
1992
Studio Notes
Thomas Barrow
1992
Studio Notes
Thomas Barrow
1992
Studio Notes
Thomas Barrow
1992
Studio Notes
Thomas Barrow
1992
Studio Notes
Thomas Barrow
1992