… the reddish western valley of Amitabha, where we might have looked into the western door of the mandala and seen the red, passionate face of Superbliss Buddha, looking down at us above his broad blue-black back. These buddha-deities are only remotely visible with the inner eye, which sees each deity from a birds-eye view, with a kind of star-spangled presence. - Robert Thurman: Circling the Sacred Mountain. From Tamdrin, alas for us, the west or ruby face of Kailash remained mostly in the clouds.