Namchak Refuge Thangka

This image depicts Guru Rinpoche, in his form known as "Dorje Tötreng," in union with his consort Mandarava. When practicing the Namchak Preliminary Practices (Ngondro), we visualize our teacher in this form and imagine that they completely embody all buddhas, bodhisattvas, dakas, and dakinis. The guru and consort in union represent appearance and emptiness, method and wisdom, basic space and pure awareness, and the union of masculine and feminine energies.