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Wheel of Life Thanka Paintings

Wheel of Life Thangka/Thanka Paintings are also one of the most pupular Thangka/Thanka Paintings. We offer a wonderful and large collection of Thangka Paintings ever found on online. In this page you will be offered the excellent collection of Wheel of Life Thangka Painting. All our Wheel of Life Thangka Paintings come in different sizes, quality and price ranges. Our Thangka Paintings are made of cotton, gold paint, and different paints and have served as objects of meditation and ritual ceremony item in altar or temple in many part of the world. All our Wheel of Life Thangka Paintings are painted in an ancient way by the master artisans of Nepal , who have been in Thangka Painting business for generations. HimalayanMart is an Online Gallery of Thangka Paintings painted in the traditional style of Nepal and Tibet on canvas and Silk Mounted or Silk brocaded. With the collection of more than 500 Thangka Paintings in a single web site, www.himalayanmart.com is undoubtedly the largest Online Thangka Paintings Gallery.

 

Commonly referred to as the "Wheel of Life," this classical image from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition depicts the psychological states, or realms of existence, associated with the unenlightened state. A powerful mirror for spiritual aspirants, the wheel of deluded existence is often painted to the left of Tibetan monastery doors; it offers an opportunity for monks and pilgrims alike to look deeply into their essential being. At the center of the Mandala, the intertwined images of a pig, a rooster, and a snake symbolically depict the ignorance, greed, and aggression that characterize the worlds of suffering and dissatisfaction, which Buddhist call Samsara. Surrounding the central figures are five concentric rings of attendant deities or, in the case of these Thangkas, their symbolic equivalents. The first circle, the circle of Great Bliss, consists of four goddesses in the four cardinal directions. At the intermediate points ..............More>>>

 
 
The Wheel of Life Thangka Paintings shown below are the ones we found fit to add to our Thangka Paintings collection. Here in this page you can quickly and easily browse a variety of Wheel of Life Thangka Paintings for online sale. Beside online sale we also accept special request (any design, size, and quantity) of Wheel of Life Thangka Paintings from our customers. Please Contact Us for detail.
ONLINE COLLECTION OF WHEEL OF LIFE THANKA PAINTINGS
  26” x 19” Wheel of Life Thangka Painting   22” x 27” Wheel of Life Thanka Painting

Tibetan Thangka Paintings illustrates Tibetan Buddhism and Tibetan arts. This 26" x 19" Thangka Painting depicts the Wheel of Life.

Thangka Painting is the ancient art form of Tibetan Scroll Painting that depicts the images of Buddha, Buddha Life, Bodhisattvas, and any other symbols related to Buddhist religion.

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Shakyamuni Buddha Thanka Shakyamuni Buddha Thanka
 
  24” x 19” Wheel of Life Thangka Painting   19" x 16” Wheel of Life Thanka Painting

The Thanka Paintings are painted or embroidered images rendered on cloth, silk or paper which is represent excellent form of Tibetan art.

Traditionally Thangka Paintings are generally hung in monastic shrines or in domestic altars for ritual ceremony but today most people used it as decorative piece because of their wonderful art form.

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Shakyamuni Buddha Thanka Shakyamuni Buddha Thanka
 
  19” x 16” Wheel of Life Thangka Painting   20” x 17” Wheel of Life Thanka Painting

A Thangka Painting is a traditional Tibetan Paintings of a Buddha, Buddhist Deities, Mandalas or any symbols related to Buddhist religion which are painted using ancient technique.

Thanka literally means rolled up in Tibetan Language. So Thangka Painting means the rolled up paintings. These Thangka Paintings are prepared using ancient technique different from other types of art.

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Shakyamuni Buddha Thanka Shakyamuni Buddha Thanka
 
  21” x 17” Wheel of Life Thangka Painting   19” x 16” Wheel of Life Thanka Painting

One of the richest forms of Buddhist art is the Thanka Painting, a painting on a cloth, the iconography of Thanka is incredibly rich.

A Tibetan Painting is called Thangka Painting, meaning rolled-up image. Thangka Paintings are painted in opaque watercolor on cotton and often mounted on silk frame.

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Shakyamuni Buddha Thanka Shakyamuni Buddha Thanka
 
  18” x 13” Wheel of Life Thangka Painting   18” x 14” Wheel of Life Thanka Painting

Tibetan Thangka Paintings are a masterful display of sacred images which represent the image of Buddha, Bodhisattva deities and other ritual symbols.

Thanka Painting is the ancient art form of Tibetan Scroll Painting. The Wheel of Life Thanka Painting illustrates the Wheel of Life.

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Shakyamuni Buddha Thanka Shakyamuni Buddha Thanka
 
  19” x 14” Wheel of Life Thangka Painting   19” x 14” Wheel of Life Thanka Painting

Silk Brocade Thanka Paintings are generally hung in monastic shrines or in domestic altars for different ritual purpose. This 19" x 14" Thanka Painting is illustrates the Wheel of Life.

A well done art and fantastic piece of art showing Buddha Life. This 19" x 14" Wheel of Life also comes in Silk Brocade Frame.

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Shakyamuni Buddha Thanka Shakyamuni Buddha Thanka
 
  19” x 15” Wheel of Life Thangka Painting   23” x 17” Wheel of Life Thanka Painting

Thangka Paintings are a masterful display of sacred images which represents the Buddha or Bodhisattva deities or other ritual symbols.

Tibetan Thangka Paintings are a masterful display of sacred images which represents the Buddha and Bodhisattvas iconography.

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Shakyamuni Buddha Thanka Shakyamuni Buddha Thanka
 
  20” x 16” Wheel of Life Thangka Painting   17” x 13” Wheel of Life Thanka Painting

Sacred Tibetan Paintings from HimalayanMart offering wide range of Thangka Paintings in different sizes, quality and price ranges.

HimalayanMart is the Online gallery of sacred art Tibetan Thangka Paintings. This 17" x 13" Wheel of Life Thangka Painting is beautifully painted art.

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Shakyamuni Buddha Thanka Shakyamuni Buddha Thanka
 
  31" x 23” Wheel of Life Thangka Painting   32” x 24” Wheel of Life Thanka Painting

Some of the Thangka Paintings are usually framed in a rich colorful silk brocade and known as Silk Brocade Thangka Paintings which are most often used in altar or monastery for ritual ceremony.

Thangka Paintings are Tibetan Sacred Art also known as Tibetan Painted Scrolls, we offer wide range of Thangka Paintings in different sizes, deities or symbols and prices ranges.

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Shakyamuni Buddha Thanka Shakyamuni Buddha Thanka
 
  39” x 29” Wheel of Life Thangka Painting    

www.himalayanmart.com offers wide range of Buddha Life Thangka in different sizes, patterns and price ranges. We also offer Wholesale Thangka Painting option of all kinds of Thangka Paintings.

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Shakyamuni Buddha Thanka
 
 
About Wheel of Life:

THE WHEEL OF LIFE: THE WHEEL OF DELUDED EXISTENCE

Commonly referred to as the "Wheel of Life," this classical image from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition depicts the psychological states, or realms of existence, associated with the unenlightened state. A powerful mirror for spiritual aspirants, the wheel of deluded existence is often painted to the left of Tibetan monastery doors; it offers an opportunity for monks and pilgrims alike to look deeply into their essential being. At the center of the Mandala, the intertwined images of a pig, a rooster, and a snake symbolically depict the ignorance, greed, and aggression that characterize the worlds of suffering and dissatisfaction, which Buddhist call Samsara. Surrounding the central figures are five concentric rings of attendant deities or, in the case of these Thangkas, their symbolic equivalents. The first circle, the circle of Great Bliss, consists of four goddesses in the four cardinal directions. At the intermediate points of the compass are four skull cups supported by vases and containing seminal essences, blood, five ambrosial nectars, and the "five awakening." The second circle is the Circle of Mind (Chittachakra); the third is the Circle of Speech (Vakrachakra); the fourth, the Circle of the Body (Kayachakra); and the fifth, the Circle of Tantric Vows (Samayachakra). In the second two versions, these circles are represented by stylized lotus petals radiating from the central image. Each of the Mandalas is inscribed by a decorative frieze of mythical animals and floral motifs, an element introduced into Buddhist painting in the mid - twentieth century by Newar artists of the Kathmandu valley. As a support for inner transformation, Chakrasamvara's blissful radiance converts timid responses to reality into radical engagement. When desire no longer clings to its object, it awakens to its primordial nature, which no longer divides into self and other. This blissful awareness encompasses all life and emotions, combusting in the liberating vision of selfless ecstasy. On the outer ring of the first Mandala are the eight charnel grounds that confront Tantric practitioners with a realm beyond hopes, desires, preferences, and fears. The charnel grounds signify the transformative energies of Tantra itself, the seamless continuity of life and death. Ignorance of our true nature is transformed in the charnel grounds into fearless and radiant awareness, the corpse of our mundane self consumed by jackals and flames. Without an acceptance of death and transfiguration, our aspirations to wholeness, to Buddhahood, can never bear fruit. All Creation Begins with the sacred union of male and female energies. To experience the pure creative passion between man and woman, to know unconditional love, is to manifest the body, mind, and spirit of Buddha.

The Wheel of Life is a presentation of the Buddhist teaching on the suffering and impermanence of cyclic existence. The Lord of Death, Yama, holds the wheel of existence between his teeth, hands and feet insterocious tangs devouring all self-perpetuating existence. At the center of the wheel are three poisonous delusions represented by a red cockerel (passion and lust), a green snake (hatred and aggression), and a black pig (ignorance and confusion). These three creatures chase and bite each others tails, giving rise to the endless cycle or becoming. In the next circle beings rise to enter the three higher realms, or fall to enter the three lower realms. The six realms are represented within the spokes of the wheel. The hell realm, in the lower part of the wheel is characterized by the extreme suffering of the various hot and cold hells. The hunger ghost or preta realm in the lower left is characterized by craving and enormous hunger. The denizens of this realm having huge empty stomachs and mouths like pinholes. The animal realm is characterized by extreme stupidity. The jealous gods in the upper left suffer from competitiveness and ambition as they strive for the realization of their desires. The god realms are sensual heavens, where the inhabitants are totally involved in the pursuit of pleasure. Only in the human realm, with its constant fluctuation of pleasure and pain can the dharma be clearly heard and liberation attained.

At the top right of the painting is the paradise of Amitabha. A pathway leads from the judgment hall of the dead in the hell realm to Amitabha's paradise, along which those being with the most fortunate Karma proceed. At the top left is Sakyamuni Buddha who, having attained liberation from the wheel of existence, points towards his perfect wheel of the Buddha dharma.

 
 
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