{"title":"Tara \u0026 Goddess Thangkas","description":"\u003cp\u003eFramed thangkas of Tara and the goddesses of Tibetan Buddhism, from the gentle to the fierce. Each is our own drawing, kept to traditional proportions, printed on heavy card and finished by hand at a temple.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eGreen Tara\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreen, seated on a lotus with her right leg stretched out as if already rising, her right hand lowered in the gesture of giving. Tibetans call her Drolma, \"she who liberates.\" We have three: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/green-tara-thangka-framed\"\u003eon a deep red ground inside a jewelled arch\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/green-tara-thangka-night-blue\"\u003eon night blue with peonies\u003c\/a\u003e, and a \u003ca href=\"\/products\/green-tara-thangka-five-buddhas-protectors\"\u003efull composition with the Five Buddhas above and three protectors below\u003c\/a\u003e. Read \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/journal\/green-tara-meaning-iconography-21-taras\"\u003eGreen Tara and the 21 Taras\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eKurukulla\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRed from ground to frame, drawing a bow made of flowers. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/kurukulla-red-thangka-framed\"\u003eKurukulla\u003c\/a\u003e is a red form associated with Tara, and whether to call her \"Red Tara\" is a question of its own: \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/journal\/kurukulla-red-tara-meaning-iconography\"\u003eKurukulla and the Red Tara Question\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMarici, goddess of dawn\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGolden, three-faced, one face a sow's. In one design she rides \u003ca href=\"\/products\/marici-thangka-seven-boars\"\u003ea chariot drawn by seven blue boars\u003c\/a\u003e; in the other she \u003ca href=\"\/products\/marici-standing-black-gold-thangka\"\u003estands in black and gold\u003c\/a\u003e, a blue boar at her feet. Read \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/journal\/marici-goddess-of-dawn-meaning-iconography\"\u003eMarici: Goddess of Dawn\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eCundi\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Mother of Buddhas known through a single short dharani, loved in China as Zhunti and in Japan as Juntei Kannon. Our \u003ca href=\"\/products\/cundi-thangka-framed\"\u003eCundi thangka\u003c\/a\u003e shows her white and eighteen-armed on a great lotus, inside a gold halo ringed with beads. Read \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/journal\/cundi-meaning-iconography-eighteen-arms\"\u003eCundi: Meaning and the Eighteen Arms\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003ePalden Lhamo\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fiercest here: dark blue, riding side-saddle on a mule across a red sea. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/palden-lhamo-thangka-framed\"\u003ePalden Lhamo\u003c\/a\u003e is the protector goddess of Lhasa and of the Dalai Lamas. More in \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/journal\/palden-lhamo-meaning-iconography\"\u003ePalden Lhamo: Meaning and Iconography\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eHow they are made\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are prints, not paintings. Elderly lay Buddhists at a temple set the glass crystals and trace the outlines in gold glitter by hand, about two days for each, and part of every order goes back to that temple. Each is framed in silk brocade at 55 × 71 cm and ships free by air, tracked, with duties paid. Sizes and brocade colours are on the main \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/thangka\"\u003eThangka\u003c\/a\u003e page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","products":[{"product_id":"green-tara-thangka-framed","title":"Green Tara Thangka – Framed Tibetan Wall Art with Hand-Set Crystals","description":"\u003ch3\u003eGreen Tara\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreen Tara (Tibetan: Drolma, \"she who liberates\") is one of the most loved figures in Tibetan Buddhism, the female Buddha of swift and compassionate action. She is shown in her classic form: green in colour, seated on a lotus with her right leg extended, as if already rising to help. Her right hand is lowered in the gesture of giving; her left is raised at her heart. This thangka sets her on a deep red ground, inside a jewelled arch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe design\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. The face.\u003c\/strong\u003e The face is opened last, as thangka painters say. Hers is young and calm, eyes lowered, the mouth turned up very slightly, a red mark between the brows. She wears a five-jewelled crown, earrings and necklaces, and the figure is drawn to the traditional iconometric grid: face, hands and limbs kept to the proportions set down in the painting manuals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2. A body ready to rise.\u003c\/strong\u003e Her left leg is folded; the right steps down onto a small lotus of its own. It is the detail that defines Green Tara in painting: a figure seated, yet already moving. Her right hand rests open over her knee in the gesture of giving, and blue flowers open on long stems at both shoulders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3. The arch.\u003c\/strong\u003e Behind her rises an arch (torana) of carved white and gold, with a guardian face (kirtimukha) at its crown. Red and blue glass crystals are set along it, one by one, by hand. Inside the arch, rays of colour fan out from behind her body, and an orange halo circles her head.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4. Red, all the way through.\u003c\/strong\u003e The ground is red, filled with red peonies and clouds, and the piece shown is framed in Crimson Cloud brocade, so the red runs from the painting into the silk. Red in Tibet is associated with attraction and drawing good things near. Against it, her green body stands out clearly from across a room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5. Hand finishing.\u003c\/strong\u003e The image is printed on heavy card from our own drawing. At a temple, elderly lay Buddhists set every crystal by hand, including the jewel offering ringed in gold beads beneath her throne, and trace the outlines in gold glitter with a fine brush, about two days for each piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe meaning\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreen Tara is traditionally the one people turn to when they are afraid. Tibetan tradition holds that she answers quickly, and her twenty-one praises are among the most often recited prayers in Tibet. She is associated with compassion that acts rather than waits, and with protection from fear. For practitioners, a thangka of Green Tara is a support for daily practice and recitation. In the home it is an image of calm, warm-hearted readiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEvery thangka is also an offering\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach one is finished at a temple, by elderly lay Buddhists who practise there. Part of every order goes back to that temple. So what you bring home is not only a thangka: you have also made an offering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSize \u0026amp; details\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eFrame\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e55 × 71 × 12 cm (21.7 × 28 × 4.7 in), 4 kg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eImage\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e40.2 × 56.2 cm (15.8 × 22.1 in)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003ePrint\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeavy card, from our own drawing, to traditional proportions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eHand work\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGlass crystals and gold glitter outlines, set by elderly lay Buddhists at a temple\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eFraming\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSilk brocade frame-within-a-frame, wood frame, acrylic front\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eBrocade\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCrimson Cloud · Night Sky · Ink \u0026amp; Gold · Warm Sun\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eHanging\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eReady to hang\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eDispatch\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFinished to order, ships in 3–5 business days\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eDelivery\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10–14 business days by air, tracked, free, duties paid\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMay you never meet fear alone.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTemple consecration (optional, +US$100):\u003c\/strong\u003e choose \"Temple consecration\" above. Your thangka is placed in the temple's main hall overnight and consecrated by the monks with chanting the next morning; we send you photos and a short video of it in the hall (the ceremony itself may not be filmed). The full US$100 is offered to the temple. Consecrated thangkas ship in 5–7 business days and are final sale unless they arrive damaged. 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Red and green crystals are set along the arch around her, one by one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3. Green Tara.\u003c\/strong\u003e Her face is young and calm under a jewelled crown and an orange halo, blue flowers open on long stems at both shoulders, and her right foot rests on a small lotus of its own: a figure seated, yet already moving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4. Three protectors below.\u003c\/strong\u003e Below the throne, from left to right: Palden Lhamo, riding her mule across a sea; Six-Armed Mahakala, dark blue, standing in a ring of flames; and Vaishravana, golden, seated on a white snow lion beneath a victory banner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5. Colour and hand finishing.\u003c\/strong\u003e The ground is deep blue, full of clouds and peonies, and the piece shown is framed in Night Sky brocade. The image is printed on heavy card from our own drawing; elderly lay Buddhists at a temple set every crystal by hand and trace the outlines in gold glitter, about two days for each piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe meaning\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreen Tara is traditionally the one people turn to when they are afraid, and her twenty-one praises are among the most often recited prayers in Tibet. Here she is placed inside a complete world: the Five Buddhas above, the protectors of the teaching below. Palden Lhamo and Mahakala are guardians of the Dharma; Vaishravana is guardian of the north and, in Tibetan tradition, of abundance. For practitioners the painting gathers a whole practice into one image. In the home it is a rich, many-figured thangka that rewards long looking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEvery thangka is also an offering\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach one is finished at a temple, by elderly lay Buddhists who practise there. 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Your thangka is placed in the temple's main hall overnight and consecrated by the monks with chanting the next morning; we send you photos and a short video of it in the hall (the ceremony itself may not be filmed). The full US$100 is offered to the temple. Consecrated thangkas ship in 5–7 business days and are final sale unless they arrive damaged. 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She is shown in her classic form: dark blue, three-eyed, crowned with skulls, her hair flying, riding side-saddle on a mule that gallops across a red sea. She raises a club in her right hand, and a pouch of dice hangs from her saddle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe design\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. The ride.\u003c\/strong\u003e She sits sideways on her mule as it charges across the sea, the whole figure tilted forward in motion. The mule is drawn pale gold, its harness hung with bells and snakes; a white skull rests on its rump.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2. The face.\u003c\/strong\u003e The face is opened last, as thangka painters say. Hers is wrathful: three eyes, bared teeth, a crown of five skulls, a halo of grey smoke-like hair. Like all protectors in Tibetan art, her fierceness is understood as a form of care.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3. Club and dice.\u003c\/strong\u003e In her raised right hand is a club topped with a vajra. The pouch of dice at the saddle refers to divination, which tradition associates with her; dice are still used in Tibet in her name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4. The red sea.\u003c\/strong\u003e Below the mule, waves of red fill the lower part of the painting, the sea her texts describe. At its edge stand offerings in white skull bowls. Above, green and blue clouds break up a black sky full of flames.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5. Hand finishing.\u003c\/strong\u003e The piece shown is framed in Ink \u0026amp; Gold brocade. The image is printed on heavy card from our own drawing; elderly lay Buddhists at a temple set every crystal by hand and trace the outlines in gold glitter, about two days for each piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe meaning\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePalden Lhamo is the protector goddess of the Dalai Lamas and of the city of Lhasa, and one of the most widely honoured protectors across the Tibetan schools. Tradition tells that she rides across the world and the seas without rest, watching over the teaching. For practitioners she is a guardian of practice and of commitments. In the home she is a vivid, fearless image: a woman riding hard through fire and water, and never looking back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEvery thangka is also an offering\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach one is finished at a temple, by elderly lay Buddhists who practise there. Part of every order goes back to that temple. 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Your thangka is placed in the temple's main hall overnight and consecrated by the monks with chanting the next morning; we send you photos and a short video of it in the hall (the ceremony itself may not be filmed). The full US$100 is offered to the temple. Consecrated thangkas ship in 5–7 business days and are final sale unless they arrive damaged. 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She is shown here white, crowned, with a third eye, seated in the vajra posture on a great lotus, with eighteen arms spread around her like a wheel. Her two central hands are joined at her heart; the others hold out a sword, a victory banner, a lotus, a vase, a wheel, a rosary and an axe, among other implements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe design\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. Eighteen arms.\u003c\/strong\u003e Her arms open in a full circle behind her, each hand holding something different. Seen from across a room, they read as one shape: a white wheel of hands inside a blue disc.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2. The face.\u003c\/strong\u003e The face is opened last, as thangka painters say. Hers is calm and young, with a third eye, under a crown set with green and red crystals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3. The halo.\u003c\/strong\u003e A great round halo, gold and orange, ringed with a row of gold beads, encloses her whole figure. Inside it the ground is deep blue patterned in silver.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4. Lotus, peonies, water.\u003c\/strong\u003e She sits on a white and pink lotus above water and blue rocks, with peonies and fruit on all sides, a flaming jewel at the top and offerings below. The piece shown is framed in Night Sky brocade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5. Hand finishing.\u003c\/strong\u003e The image is printed on heavy card from our own drawing; elderly lay Buddhists at a temple set every crystal by hand and trace the outlines in gold glitter, about two days for each piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe meaning\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCundi is known first through a short dharani, \u003cem\u003eoṃ cale cule cunde svāhā\u003c\/em\u003e, and through her title, Mother of Seven Koṭis of Buddhas. Her texts were translated into Chinese in the Tang dynasty, and in China and Japan she became one of the best-loved figures of esoteric practice; in Japan she is Juntei Kannon. In Tibetan collections she is a quieter presence, a white and peaceful dharani goddess. For practitioners she is a support for recitation. In the home she is a calm, bright image: white, eighteen-handed, at the centre of a golden circle. More in \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/journal\/cundi-meaning-iconography-eighteen-arms\"\u003eCundi: Meaning, the Eighteen Arms and the Cundi Dharani\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEvery thangka is also an offering\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach one is finished at a temple, by elderly lay Buddhists who practise there. Part of every order goes back to that temple. 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