The Draining of the Lake
detail lower portion
painting on cloth
by Lama, 1995
Private Collection

This detail shows the sacred lake, at the center of which is Swaymbhu Jyotirupa. Vipasa Tathagata, the first of the Manusi Buddhas to visit Nepal, tossed seeds into the lake. The seeds took root at Guhyesvari and blossomed into the lotus that arises in the center of the lake.

(The Manusi Buddhas are the eight historical Buddhas. Sakyamuni, the Buddha of this era, is understood to be the seventh Manusi Buddha. Maitreya, the Buddha of the future, will be the eighth.)