{"product_id":"shakyamuni-buddha-thangka-framed","title":"Shakyamuni Buddha Thangka – Framed Tibetan Wall Art with Hand-Set Crystals","description":"\u003ch3\u003eShakyamuni Buddha\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eShakyamuni is the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama of the Shakya clan, who attained awakening under the Bodhi tree. He is shown in his classic form: golden in colour, seated in the vajra posture, his right hand reaching down to touch the earth and his left resting in his lap, holding an alms bowl. This thangka sets him on a deep red ground among red peonies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe design\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. Touching the earth.\u003c\/strong\u003e His right hand rests over his right knee, fingertips toward the ground. This is the earth-touching gesture (bhumisparsha mudra): the moment, in the traditional account, when he called the earth to witness his awakening. It is the most recognisable image of the Buddha in Tibetan art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2. The face.\u003c\/strong\u003e The face is opened last, as thangka painters say. His eyes are lowered almost to closing, the long earlobes, the dark blue hair and the rounded crown of the head (ushnisha) follow the classical marks of a Buddha. Face, hands and the span of the knees are drawn to the traditional iconometric grid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3. Bowl and robe.\u003c\/strong\u003e In his lap his left hand holds a blue alms bowl. He wears the patched robe of a monastic, worked in red and gold, with an orange undergarment showing at the waist. Nothing he carries is more than a monk would carry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4. Halo and mandorla.\u003c\/strong\u003e A green halo circles his head, edged with a row of gold beads. Behind his body a dark mandorla of fine rays is ringed in gold and set with red, blue and clear glass crystals, each placed by hand. A single red crystal sits in a ring of gold beads beneath the lotus seat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5. Red ground, hand finishing.\u003c\/strong\u003e The ground is red, filled with red peonies, and the piece shown is framed in Crimson Cloud brocade. Red in Tibet is associated with attraction and drawing good things near. 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\u003eShakyamuni represents awakening itself: the teacher who found the way and taught it for the rest of his life. The earth-touching gesture recalls the night of his awakening, when, in the traditional account, he remained unmoved until morning. For practitioners, his image is the central support of the shrine. In the home it is an image of steadiness: someone sitting completely still, with both hands occupied, and nothing more to prove.\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 sit as steadily as the earth beneath you.\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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