Bhaisajyaguru Medicine Buddha Thangka Painting
€132.00
Tibetan thangka painted in mineral pigment and gold, a sacred figure poised amid lotus and flame. Hand-painted to a thousand-year-old iconographic canon.
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Description
Against a ground of mineral pigment and gold, a figure holds a dark vessel in cupped hands, surrounded by the precise geometry of lotus and flame.
Thangka painting is a Tibetan Buddhist art form practiced for over a thousand years, developed as a portable medium for transmitting sacred teachings. Monks carried rolled thangkas on long travels to use as visual teaching texts, images that could anchor meditation, explain doctrine, or invoke the presence of a deity. The tradition follows a strict iconographic canon specifying the colors, proportions, and attributes of each figure, ensuring that the image communicates accurately across generations.
This thangka depicts Bhaisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha, one of the most venerated figures in Tibetan Buddhist practice and associated with healing and the alleviation of suffering. He is shown seated in meditation posture, dark blue in color, holding a myrobalan fruit in one hand and a medicine bowl in the other. The painting is executed on fabric using mineral and organic pigments applied over a prepared ground.
Dimensions are not listed for this piece. The thangka is painted by hand on fabric. Country of origin is not specified in the product listing, though the tradition is rooted in Tibet and practiced across the Himalayan region, including Nepal and Bhutan.
Thangkas serve as supports for contemplative practice and as works of pictorial art. This piece is suited for display or use within a meditation space.
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