Buddha Life Story thangka painting for hotsell bringing awareness into your lives by contemplating the teachings of the Sage | Religious Wall Decor

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.


Bhagvana Shakyamuni Buddha's life's pictorial Depiction



This beautiful medium large-sized Thangka painting of Shakyamuni Buddha's life events was completed in early January 2015 by a senior artist Mr.Gyalsang Lama. Mr.Gyalsang learned to paint Thangka from an early age and gradually specialized in painting fine art Japanese-style thangka paintings. This Buddha life story is one of the few thangka paintings he has completed adopting the techniques of fine art Japanese style mutated with traditional Tibetan Menri style. The use of nude shades of colors which is very much prominent in traditional Japanese fine art style has been blended perfectly in contrast to the traditional bright use of colors in the Tibetan style of traditional paintings.

The rich saturated hues of brown, yellow, white, blue, and red are finished with an ombre' technique. The rich use of 24 karat gold especially in the robes of the Buddha and his attendants adds a glorious radiating feature to this elegant art piece.


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

Buddha's life can be hotsell 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 left 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-left 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.


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Size: 11"/28 cm (width) x 15"/38cm (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:
-Free Shipping
-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.