Shenlha Okar

deity · China · Central Asia

Shenlha Ökar ('Wisdom gshen of white light,' also Shiwa Ökar) is the foremost deity of the Yungdrung Bon tradition of Tibet, counted among the Four Transcendent Lords. Creator of the world with the nine cosmic gods and sambhogakaya emanation of the founder Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche, he embodies supreme compassion, omniscience, and protective guidance in Bon.

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