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Bon Deity – Shenlha Okar

Sep

2020

Art, Himalayan Art, Thangka Samiksha

Shenlha Okar is the most important deity in the Yungdrung Bon tradition of Tibet. He is counted among the "Four Transcendent Lords". Shenlha Okar Tsog Shing is the field of deities for the accumulation of merit. Shenlha Okar is said to have created the world with the help of nine brother gods or nine cosmic gods who appear as war gods or Drala. He is also considered a god of compassion with many parallels to .