{"title":"Thangka","description":"\u003cp\u003eA thangka is drawn to measure: the width of a face, the length of a hand, the curve of a halo, all kept to proportions painters have handed down for centuries. Ours keep those measures. Each is our own drawing, printed on heavy card, then finished by hand at a temple and framed in silk brocade, ready to hang. Part of every order goes back to that temple, so every thangka here is also an offering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat a thangka is\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA thangka is a Tibetan Buddhist image of a deity, traditionally painted on cotton and mounted in silk brocade as a hanging scroll. The word is usually explained as \"something unrolled\": many were kept rolled around a wooden rod at the foot and opened out to be hung. Most were made for personal meditation and teaching; the largest were unrolled against monastery walls on festival days. History, the main types, and how a traditional one is painted: \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/journal\/what-is-a-thangka-meaning-history\"\u003eWhat Is a Thangka?\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe deities\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBuddhas\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/amitabha-buddha-thangka-framed\"\u003eAmitabha\u003c\/a\u003e, the Buddha of Boundless Light, also in \u003ca href=\"\/products\/amitabha-buddha-black-gold-thangka\"\u003eblack and gold\u003c\/a\u003e and in a \u003ca href=\"\/products\/amitabha-thangka-tsongkhapa-medicine-buddha-jambhala\"\u003efull composition with Shakyamuni, Tsongkhapa and the Medicine Buddha\u003c\/a\u003e; \u003ca href=\"\/products\/shakyamuni-buddha-thangka-framed\"\u003eShakyamuni\u003c\/a\u003e, touching the earth; the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/medicine-buddha-thangka-black-gold\"\u003eMedicine Buddha\u003c\/a\u003e; and four-faced Vairocana, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/vairocana-buddha-thangka-blue\"\u003eon blue\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"\/products\/vairocana-buddha-thangka-peonies\"\u003eamong peonies\u003c\/a\u003e. See all \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/buddha-thangkas\"\u003eBuddha thangkas\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTara and the goddesses\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreen Tara \u003ca href=\"\/products\/green-tara-thangka-framed\"\u003eon red\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/green-tara-thangka-night-blue\"\u003eon night blue\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/green-tara-thangka-five-buddhas-protectors\"\u003ewith the Five Buddhas\u003c\/a\u003e; \u003ca href=\"\/products\/kurukulla-red-thangka-framed\"\u003eKurukulla\u003c\/a\u003e with her bow of flowers; Marici, goddess of dawn, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/marici-thangka-seven-boars\"\u003eon her chariot of boars\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/marici-standing-black-gold-thangka\"\u003estanding in black and gold\u003c\/a\u003e; \u003ca href=\"\/products\/cundi-thangka-framed\"\u003eCundi\u003c\/a\u003e; and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/palden-lhamo-thangka-framed\"\u003ePalden Lhamo\u003c\/a\u003e on her mule. See all \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/tara-goddess-thangkas\"\u003eTara and goddess thangkas\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBodhisattvas, teachers and protectors\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eManjushri \u003ca href=\"\/products\/manjushri-thangka-flaming-sword-framed\"\u003ewith his flaming sword\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/lions-roar-manjushri-thangka\"\u003eon a snow lion\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/white-manjushri-thangka-red\"\u003ein white\u003c\/a\u003e; Akashagarbha, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/akashagarbha-thangka-framed\"\u003eunder a rainbow\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"\/products\/akashagarbha-black-gold-thangka\"\u003ein black and gold\u003c\/a\u003e; \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tsongkhapa-thangka-framed\"\u003eJe Tsongkhapa\u003c\/a\u003e; \u003ca href=\"\/products\/yellow-jambhala-black-gold-thangka\"\u003eYellow Jambhala\u003c\/a\u003e; and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/six-armed-mahakala-black-gold-thangka\"\u003eSix-Armed Mahakala\u003c\/a\u003e. See all \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/bodhisattva-protector-thangkas\"\u003ebodhisattva and protector thangkas\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBlack and gold\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSix of our designs are drawn in fine gold line on a black ground, with the deity in colour at the centre: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/black-gold-thangkas\"\u003eBlack \u0026amp; Gold Thangkas\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eHow ours are made\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe want to be plain about this. Our thangkas are not hand-painted. We draw each deity ourselves, on the traditional proportions, and print the drawing on heavy card. That is what lets more homes live with one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe hand work comes next. Each print goes to a temple, where elderly lay Buddhists who practise there set the glass crystals one at a time and trace the outlines in gold glitter. One thangka takes them about two days. Part of every order goes back to that temple. If you are looking for a painting on cotton by a single artist, these are something different, and we would rather you knew before you order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you wish, any of them can also be consecrated: choose \u003cstrong\u003eTemple consecration\u003c\/strong\u003e on the thangka's page (+US$100, offered in full to the temple). Your thangka spends a night in the temple's main hall and the monks consecrate it the next morning. Consecrated thangkas ship in 5–7 business days and are final sale unless they arrive damaged. More on \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/consecration\"\u003eConsecration\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eSize, framing and brocade\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery design comes in one size: the frame is 55 × 71 × 12 cm (21.7 × 28 × 4.7 in) and weighs about 4 kg; the image is 40.2 × 56.2 cm (15.8 × 22.1 in). It sits inside a silk brocade frame-within-a-frame, in a wood frame with an acrylic front. You choose the brocade:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNight Sky\u003c\/strong\u003e for a quiet room.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInk \u0026amp; Gold\u003c\/strong\u003e for something deeper and more formal.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCrimson Cloud\u003c\/strong\u003e for warmth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWarm Sun\u003c\/strong\u003e for a room that gets the morning.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eHanging it\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach thangka arrives ready to hang. At 4 kg it needs a fixing that will carry the weight, and it is kinder to the colours away from strong direct sun. Where to place it, the etiquette around it, and how to look after it: \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/journal\/how-to-hang-care-for-thangka\"\u003eHow to Hang a Thangka\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eShipping\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery thangka is finished to order and ships framed within 3–5 business days. It travels by air, tracked, and arrives in about 10–14 business days. Shipping is free and we pay the import duties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","products":[{"product_id":"amitabha-buddha-thangka-framed","title":"Amitabha Buddha Thangka – Framed Tibetan Wall Art with Hand-Set Crystals","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAmitabha Buddha\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmitabha is the Buddha of Boundless Light. Long ago, the sutras say, a monk named Dharmakara made forty-eight vows, and the best loved of them was simple: whoever calls his name with a sincere heart will be met by light. He became Amitabha, the Buddha of the Western Pure Land. In Tibet he is Öpame, and he is painted just like this, sitting in meditation with a bowl in both hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe design\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. The face.\u003c\/strong\u003e In thangka painting the eyes are finished last, and painters call it opening the face, as if the figure only wakes up then. Look at his: lowered, half closed, not quite asleep. The mouth is about to smile and doesn't. Face, hands and the width of the knees are all drawn on the old iconometric grid, the same proportions painters have kept for centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2. Blue behind him, red on him.\u003c\/strong\u003e The ground is a deep night blue, the blue Tibetan painters keep for stillness, for a mind with nothing left to chase. His robe is red, the colour of his Lotus family, and in Tibet the colour of drawing good things near. Step back from the wall and that is what you see first: a warm figure, sitting very quietly in the dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3. A bowl in his hands.\u003c\/strong\u003e His hands rest in his lap, one over the other, and between them sits a small blue bowl. Nothing in the picture is plainer, and nothing sits closer to the centre. Wherever your eye wanders, it comes back here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4. Light, set by hand.\u003c\/strong\u003e We print the image on heavy card from our own drawing. Then it goes to the temple, where elderly lay Buddhists set the glass crystals into the halo and the mandorla one by one and trace the gold lines with a fine brush. Each piece takes them about two days. In the evening, with a lamp on, you will see why it is worth it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5. Peonies, water, silk.\u003c\/strong\u003e Peonies above, a lotus pond below, a jewel offering resting on the water. Then the silk border, chosen for your room: Night Sky if you want it quiet, Ink \u0026amp; Gold for something deeper and more formal, Crimson Cloud for warmth, Warm Sun for a room that gets the morning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe meaning\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf all his vows, the one people hold on to is the promise that no one who calls on him will be left outside his light. That is why so many families keep his picture at home. It is a quiet wish for a peaceful house, for a long life lived without hurry, and for a heart that will not be afraid when evening comes. If you practise, he is someone to sit with each day. If you don't, he is a reminder to leave a light on for the people you love.\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\u003eNight Sky · Ink \u0026amp; Gold · Crimson Cloud · 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 the light find you, wherever you are, and stay.\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. We make no claim that consecration protects or changes anything.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kangrinboqe Sacred Art","offers":[{"title":"Night Sky \/ Standard","offer_id":67854881095953,"sku":"TK-AMI-01-IN","price":570.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ink \u0026 Gold \/ Standard","offer_id":67854881030417,"sku":"TK-AMI-01-BG","price":570.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Crimson Cloud \/ Standard","offer_id":67854881063185,"sku":"TK-AMI-01-CR","price":570.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Warm Sun \/ Standard","offer_id":67854881128721,"sku":"TK-AMI-01-SA","price":570.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Night Sky \/ Temple consecration","offer_id":67898821738769,"sku":"TK-AMI-01-IN-TC","price":670.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ink \u0026 Gold \/ Temple consecration","offer_id":67898821771537,"sku":"TK-AMI-01-BG-TC","price":670.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Crimson Cloud \/ Temple consecration","offer_id":67898821804305,"sku":"TK-AMI-01-CR-TC","price":670.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Warm Sun \/ Temple consecration","offer_id":67898821837073,"sku":"TK-AMI-01-SA-TC","price":670.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/9179\/4705\/files\/amitabha-thangka-1-01-white.jpg?v=1792771333"},{"product_id":"amitabha-thangka-tsongkhapa-medicine-buddha-jambhala","title":"Amitabha Buddha Thangka with Shakyamuni, Tsongkhapa, Medicine Buddha \u0026 Yellow Jambhala – Framed Tibetan Wall Art","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAmitabha Buddha\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmitabha, the Buddha of Boundless Light (Tibetan: Öpame), presides over Sukhavati, the Pure Land of the West, and heads the Lotus family. He is shown in his classic form: red in colour, seated in the vajra posture, hands in the meditation mudra holding an alms bowl. This thangka follows a traditional composition for large-format Amitabha paintings, with the main deity surrounded by attendant deities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe design\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. Main deity.\u003c\/strong\u003e Amitabha sits at the centre on a lotus throne, framed by a round halo and a mandorla. The face is opened last, as thangka painters say, and the figure is drawn to the traditional iconometric grid: face, hands and the span of the knees kept to the proportions set down in the painting manuals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2. Three figures above.\u003c\/strong\u003e Across the top, each in a halo among clouds, sit three figures. On the left is Shakyamuni Buddha, golden, his right hand reaching down to touch the earth and his left holding the alms bowl. In the centre, drawn in fine silver line, is Je Tsongkhapa (1357–1419), the teacher from whom the Gelug tradition descends. On the right is the Medicine Buddha, lapis blue, Lord of the Eastern Pure Land of Lapis Lazuli.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3. Nāginīs and Yellow Jambhala below.\u003c\/strong\u003e In the lower register two Nāginīs stand to either side, and Yellow Jambhala, the deity of wealth, sits at the centre beneath Amitabha's throne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4. Colour.\u003c\/strong\u003e The ground is black, worked in fine gold and silver line, with full colour reserved for the deities. Black and gold, in Tibet, carry a sense of dignity and mystery. Amitabha's red is the colour of the Lotus family, associated with attraction and drawing good things near.\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 red and blue glass crystals along the mandorla by hand and trace the outlines in gold glitter, about two days for each piece. The piece shown is framed in Ink \u0026amp; Gold silk brocade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe meaning\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmitabha represents boundless light and the aspiration for rebirth in his Pure Land. Above him, Shakyamuni is the historical Buddha who first taught the path, Tsongkhapa a teacher who carried that teaching forward, and the Medicine Buddha the buddha of healing in Tibetan devotion. Yellow Jambhala, below, represents abundance. Brought together in one painting, they gather the teaching, a teacher of it and a traditional set of wishes: for health, for a household that has enough, and for a peaceful mind at the end of life. For practitioners it is a support for daily practice; in the home it is a classical image of light, teaching and sufficiency.\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\u003eInk \u0026amp; Gold · Night Sky · Crimson Cloud · 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 boundless light be with you and your home.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTemple consecration (optional, +US$100):\u003c\/strong\u003e choose \"Temple consecration\" above. 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He is shown in his classic form: deep blue in colour, the blue of lapis lazuli, seated in the vajra posture. His right hand rests over his knee in the gesture of giving; his left lies in his lap and holds a bowl. This is a black and gold thangka, with Shakyamuni, Amitabha and Ratnasambhava above him and two female protectors below.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe design\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. Lapis blue.\u003c\/strong\u003e His body is a clear, saturated blue, the one strong colour in the painting. Against the black ground it is the first thing you see from across a room. The face is opened last, as thangka painters say: lowered eyes, a red mark between the brows, dark blue hair rising to the crown of the head. The figure is drawn to the traditional iconometric grid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2. Hands and bowl.\u003c\/strong\u003e The right hand, palm outward over the knee, is the gesture of giving. 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He is shown in his classic form: wearing the yellow pointed hat of a pandita and monastic robes, seated in the vajra posture, both hands at his heart in the teaching gesture, each holding the stem of a lotus. On the lotus at his right shoulder stands a sword; on the one at his left, a book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe design\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. The yellow hat.\u003c\/strong\u003e The tall pointed hat, in yellow and gold, is the hat of a pandita, a master of learning. It is how Tsongkhapa is recognised in every painting, and the hat later worn by the Gelug school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2. Sword and book.\u003c\/strong\u003e The sword and book on the lotuses are the attributes of Manjushri, the bodhisattva of wisdom. Painting them at Tsongkhapa's shoulders is the traditional way of showing him as an emanation of Manjushri.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3. The face and hands.\u003c\/strong\u003e The face is opened last, as thangka painters say. His is pale and round, eyes lowered, a slight smile. The hands meet at the heart in the gesture of turning the wheel of the teaching. The robes are drawn in red and gold patterning, over a yellow vest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4. Halo and flowers.\u003c\/strong\u003e A green halo, edged with a row of gold beads, circles his head. Behind him a gold mandorla is set with red, yellow and blue glass crystals. Pink, white and red peonies bloom on all sides of the night-blue ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5. Throne and hand finishing.\u003c\/strong\u003e He sits on a lotus throne above water, with jewels heaped on a small lotus below. 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\u003eTsongkhapa is remembered for joining rigorous study with practice and ethical discipline, and for his Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path. In 1409 he founded Ganden Monastery and the Great Prayer Festival in Lhasa. For practitioners, especially in the Gelug tradition, his image is central to the shrine. In a study or workroom it is an image of patient learning: a scholar with the sword of understanding at one shoulder and the book at the other.\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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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\u003eIn Tibetan tradition Jambhala is associated with abundance, and his practice is traditionally taught as a practice of generosity: removing poverty so that one is able to give. His image does not make anyone rich, and no thangka can. What it holds is an old idea that has nothing to do with greed: that having enough is good because it lets you be generous. For practitioners it is a support for that practice; in the home it is a strong, warm image in black and gold.\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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He is shown in his classic form: dark blue, three-eyed, crowned with five skulls, his hair flaming upward, six arms spread wide, standing in a blaze of fire. This is a black and gold thangka.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe design\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. A wrathful face.\u003c\/strong\u003e The face is opened last, as thangka painters say. His is fierce by design: three round eyes, bared fangs, a crown of five white skulls and hair rising like smoke. In Tibetan art this anger is never aimed at people. It is compassion that has stopped being gentle, turned against what harms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2. Six arms.\u003c\/strong\u003e His six arms fan out on both sides, and his two principal hands meet at his heart over a skull cup. Garlands, jewelled armlets and a snake ornament are set with red glass crystals, so the dark body catches the light wherever you stand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3. The figure beneath his feet.\u003c\/strong\u003e He stands on a white, elephant-headed figure lying on a lotus and sun seat, as he is traditionally shown. Smaller attendant figures move through the flames around him, among them a red figure at the upper left and smaller figures at the base.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4. Black and gold.\u003c\/strong\u003e The ground is black, almost entirely filled with flames and clouds drawn in fine gold line. In Tibet black and gold together carry a sense of dignity and mystery. The piece shown is framed in Ink \u0026amp; Gold brocade, black and silver.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5. 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Two Buddhas below.\u003c\/strong\u003e At the bottom of the painting sit two Buddhas in their own haloes, one red and one blue, each in meditation, with a blue crystal set at the centre between them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4. Blue and silver.\u003c\/strong\u003e The whole painting is in blue, worked in fine silver and white line: blue ground, blue clouds, blue foliage. Red and blue crystals ring the mandorla. Blue in Tibet is associated with stillness and a clear mind. 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\u003eVairocana stands at the centre of the mandala of the Five Buddhas, and he is associated with the wisdom that sees all things as they are, the wisdom that transforms ignorance. For practitioners his image is a support for meditation and for the practices of purification connected with him. In the home it is one of the calmest thangkas we make: a single cool blue, and a figure who looks in every direction at once.\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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He is clear blue, crowned, his hair in a high topknot, seated in the vajra posture with a sword held upright at his right shoulder. He is one of the Eight Great Bodhisattvas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe design\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. Black and gold.\u003c\/strong\u003e The ground is black, and every flower, cloud and leaf around him is drawn in fine gold and copper line. Only his body is in full colour, a clear blue that stands out sharply. In Tibet black and gold together carry a sense of dignity and mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2. The face.\u003c\/strong\u003e The face is opened last, as thangka painters say: eyes half lowered, calm, under a crown set with crystals and a halo worked in gold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3. The sword.\u003c\/strong\u003e He holds a sword upright at his right shoulder, its blade drawn in pale gold, a symbol of the wisdom that cuts through confusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4. Crystals.\u003c\/strong\u003e Red and blue crystals are set at even intervals around the mandorla, one by one, and a jewel offering sits on the lotus base below. The piece shown is framed in Ink \u0026amp; Gold brocade, black and silver.\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\u003eIn the tradition Akashagarbha is the \"treasury of space\", a bodhisattva whose wisdom and generosity are described as having no edge, like the sky. Among the Eight Great Bodhisattvas who surround the Buddha he is the one tied most closely to space itself, and practitioners keep his image for purification and wisdom practice. This black and gold version is the quieter of our two: a single blue figure in a field of gold line, where the other sets him in a garden of peonies.\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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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. 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The boar at her feet is her animal, the same that pulls her chariot in other forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4. Black and gold.\u003c\/strong\u003e The ground is black, with clouds, trees and mountains drawn in gold line. In Tibet black and gold together carry a sense of dignity and mystery. Her jewellery and girdle are set with dozens of glass crystals, red, blue and green, each placed by hand. The piece shown is framed in Ink \u0026amp; Gold 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\u003eMarici is the light that comes before the sun: it cannot be caught or harmed. In Tibetan and East Asian Buddhism she has long been invoked by travellers and by anyone setting out on a journey. For practitioners she is a goddess of protection on the road. In the home this standing figure, pale against black and gold, is one of the most elegant images we make.\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\u003eInk \u0026amp; Gold · Night Sky · Crimson Cloud · 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 every road you take begin in light.\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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