He is shown here with his Indian consort Princess Mandarava and his Tibetan consort Queen Yeshe Tsogyal. Below is a portrait of a long haired lama in teaching mudra, possibly Terton King Nyima Oser; the 12th century discoverer of secret teachings Guru Rinpoche and his closest disciples buried for future discovery before he left Tibet later in the 8th century. On the right is an image of a black Trolma dakini (Skydancer) dancing in bow and arrow leg position in the midst of a Dharmakara (Tibetan: Cho Chung (Source of reality) with four other dakinis in the Dharmakara's corners. The Dharmakara is actually the three dimensional cosmic environs of the Dakinis formed by two intersecting tetrahedrons seen from above as a flat "star". One interpretation of this form is that the intersecting tri sided pyramids represent the source of reality in Buddhist symbology. The three corners of one pyramid represent the three marks of existance: suffering, impermenance and egolesseness, and the three corners of the other the three gates of liberation: wishlessness, signlessness, and emptiness.

In small arcades formed by Mandorlas around the perimeter of the painting are depicted Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and sages of the Nyingma (Ancient Ones) lineage.

M. Mokotoff, 11/97