Large size very fine quality Buddha Life Story | Buddha Life Story | Ritual Thanka
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Large size very fine quality Buddha Life Story

Size / Weight: 25 x 38 inches, 63 x 98 cms /
Material: Pure 24 Carat Gold,Gouache and acrylic colors on Cotton Canvas
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Description

What is a Thangka painting?

The Tibetan word Thangka means an unfolding painting, where the word Thang stands for an unfolding scroll and Ka means a painting. Thangka paintings, as a whole, are a visual representation of Buddhist deities, scenes, or mandalas, painted on silk or cotton canvas. 

Thangka Paintings follow a generic principle of composition, design, and iconography. It is made following tradition and guidelines while leaving spaces for personal creativity and expression. In Buddhist culture, Thangka Paintings hold high religious values. In a way, it is also a tool that facilitates the realization of one's true nature or the nature of reality

In Ritual Thangka, we provide a collection of a variety of Thangka paintings. Every one of our paintings has been hand-picked by our curators. We take great care in scrutinizing all aspects, from the quality of the thangka cloth to its composition, so that you get only the finest quality paintings.

 

This thanka painting as its name suggests depicts the life story of Buddha.

Buddha’s life can be categorized into 12 segments namely. 1. Conception 2. Birth 3. Education 4. Life in the Royal palace 5. The Great departure 6. Escape 7. Austerities 8 . Enlightenment 9. The subjugation of Mara( Lord of temptation ) 10. Doctrine 11. Miracles 12. Paranirvana.

On the top centre part of the painting, Queen Maya Devi ( Buddha’s mother ) is lying on her bed having a dream in which a white elephant is seen descending from Tushita heaven , which eventually enters her womb (Here the white elephant represents Buddha himself ).

It is believed that after this incident took place, Queen Maya Devi gave birth to Buddha while wandering in the forest of Lumbini with the palace helpers. She gave birth to Buddha standing in the Salbhanjika posture holding a branch of Plaksa tree. This scene is depicted in the center-right part of this painting. Prince Siddharta Gautama was born some 2,500 years ago as a prince in Lumbini in Nepal. At his birth, many special signs had appeared. His father had asked a sage living in his kingdom for advice on his son. The sage predicted that Gautama would become either a great King or a great spiritual teacher.

The King wanted his son to be his successor and tried to keep him far away from all matters of life that could incline him to spiritual life. Gautama usually spent his life in his father’s palace, surrounded by all the possible luxuries of the time. He proved to be a special child, being quite intelligent as well as an excellent sportsman.

On the top right corner of the painting we can see Prince Siddhartha enjoying the worldly pleasures of his royal life – style .

When Prince Siddhartha was 29 years old, he discovered there was much suffering in the world around him. Traditionally it is explained that he suddenly recognized the problems of sickness, old age, and death when visiting the city. Being shocked by the suffering of all living beings, he decided to search for a way to end it. He left his wife and child, the palace, and even his royal clothes, and started out on a spiritual quest.

These scenes are depicted in various parts of the painting.

After realizing there was so much suffering in the world Prince Siddhartha followed his spiritual quest in order to understand the reason behind it and how he could help to liberate the sentient beings from these miseries. He shaved his head as the initiation of his vow to become a monk near a stupa(Buddhist temple) which is depicted in the center top part of the painting.

Gautama studied under various teachers and followed their practices until he mastered them all. His first teacher was Alara Kalama who taught a form of meditation leading to an exalted form of absorption called “the state of nothingness”, a state without moral or cognitive dimension. Gautama saw this was not going to solve suffering, and continued his search.
The next teacher was Udraka Ramaputra who taught him meditative absorption leading to “the state of neither perception nor non-perception”. Again, Gautama realized this was not the state he was looking for. Next, he tried extreme ascetic practices, with five other ascetics who turned into his followers. In the end, Gautama nearly died of starvation. Which is depicted in the bottom left part of the painting.

After about six years of searching, he realized that just wearing down his body did not generate new insights, but rather lead to weakness and self-destruction. He then sat down in a place now called Bodhgaya, under a Bodhi tree, and decided not to get up until he discovered the truth. This part of his life is depicted in the center right part of this painting.

Just a short time later, he became a fully enlightened Buddha. This means that he actualized all positive potentials of a sentient being and rid himself of all negative qualities. With this, he realized the true nature of existence and suffering (emptiness), and how suffering can be ended.

Buddha continued to teach during his life, until passing away at the age of  81.

The Buddha once summarized his entire teachings in one sentence:

“I teach about suffering and the way to end it”.

 

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Size: 25"/63 cm (width) x 38"/98cm (height)
Materials: Cotton Canvas, Acrylic Colors, Genuine 24K Gold
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THIS THANGKA IS HAND-PAINTED IN THE TRADITIONAL STYLE AND THE QUALITY IS HIGH

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Framing:
-Not mounted on a traditional brocade
-Tibetan Silk brocade is available in a variety of colors and quality
-Price ranges from $35 to $100 depending upon the silk quality
-Additional 3 business days for this service
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Delivery:
-Standard Courier Services
-4-10 business days for delivery
-All items are insured
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Return Policy:
-Returns are accepted within 60 business days.
-You can ship either to Nepal or Texas (USA), whichever works better for you.
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We will be more than happy to answer all your questions.
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Please contact us to:
- Custom order a thangka of any Vajrayana deity. Usually, it takes 2-5 months (depending on complexity) to finish such a thangka of average size.

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Amazed by their customer service and collection. Would definitely recommend them to everyone

Really Great Customer Service and very beautiful thangka collection.

This is a magnificent piece of Buddha Shakyamuni thangka. Masterfully executed in rich, vibrant colors with illuminating detail; The silk brocade frame compliments the painting beautifully and forms a focal point in our praying/meditation room I receive the piece earlier than expected in good shape; and prior to purchase, Rajendra was responding quickly and very helpful in providing high resolution picture for my further evaluation. Thank you Rajendra and surely I will be back again.

I was extremely pleased with the quality of the unique thangka I received, as well as the immaculate brocade. Communication with Ritual Thanka has been a pleasure, and shipping was faster than I could have hoped for. Six stars! :)

This is my second purchase - and it will not be my last. Service is fast and efficient. My first thanka came incredibly well packaged.

Absolutely mesmerizing, amazing quality, and great service. Highly recomended. Rare thangkas made with lota of Love.

Ritual Thanka delivered an exquisite piece beautifully painted and expertly sewn onto fabric.The thanka was carefully packaged and sent.We communicated several times,and the responses received were pertinent and pleasant.Supreme and company get the highest rating from me. Jim G.

Thangka very nice. Same as picture.

Beautiful items and fantastic feedback from customer service about shipping...

so beautiful and precious, thank you