{"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. 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 temple does not permit filming the ceremony itself). 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":"Ink \u0026 Gold \/ Standard","offer_id":67861585789201,"sku":"TK-AMI-02-BG","price":570.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Night Sky \/ Standard","offer_id":67861585821969,"sku":"TK-AMI-02-IN","price":570.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Crimson Cloud \/ Standard","offer_id":67861585854737,"sku":"TK-AMI-02-CR","price":570.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Warm Sun \/ Standard","offer_id":67861585887505,"sku":"TK-AMI-02-SA","price":570.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ink \u0026 Gold \/ Temple consecration","offer_id":67898858864913,"sku":"TK-AMI-02-BG-TC","price":670.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Night Sky \/ Temple consecration","offer_id":67898858897681,"sku":"TK-AMI-02-IN-TC","price":670.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Crimson Cloud \/ Temple consecration","offer_id":67898858930449,"sku":"TK-AMI-02-CR-TC","price":670.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Warm Sun \/ Temple consecration","offer_id":67898858963217,"sku":"TK-AMI-02-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-2-01-white.jpg?v=1792820475","url":"https:\/\/kangrinboqesacredart.com\/products\/amitabha-thangka-tsongkhapa-medicine-buddha-jambhala","provider":"Kangrinboqe Sacred Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}