Buddha Śākyamuni is seated in vajrāsana upon a lotus and forms the teaching gesture. In the upper corners two identical Gelukpa figures are depicted in clouds above stylized snowy peaks. With their right hands they make a teaching gesture and with their left hands they hold on their laps Buddhist scriptures. In the foreground two monks and two standing bodhisattvas are shown flanking an offering of the five senses which consists of the mirror that represents the sense of sight, string instrument vīṇā that represents hearing, a conch filled with perfume that represents smell, a fruit that represents taste, and a silk scarf that represents the sense of touch.