This depicts the Lamrim Refuge Assembly and Field of Merit as described in the book Joyful Path of Good Fortune.

Buddha Shakyamuni is in the centre, surrounded by a vast assembly of holy beings, including Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, as well as the lineage Spiritual Guides of both Sutra and Tantra.

They are called a ‘Field of Merit’ because by developing faith and making prayers and offerings to this assembly of holy beings, we create a vast amount of merit, or good karma, which prepares our mind for successful Lamrim (stages of the path) meditation.