A mural of Buddha Akshobhya in Dungkar Chöling Gönpa.
The central deity is Mikyöpa (Skt. Akshobhya), the “Unshakable One”, one of the Buddhas of the five families. He is the Buddha of the vajra family and is associated with the east. As in this example, he is typically represented as being blue in color, with his right hand making the bhumisparsha (earth touching) mudra made by Buddha Shakyamuni at the time of his enlightenment, representing
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