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04/04/2015

Bhaiṣajyaguru (भैषज्यगुरु), , is the buddha of healing and medicine in Mahāyāna Buddhism. Commonly referred to as the "Medicine Buddha", he is described as a doctor who cures suffering using the medicine of his teachings.His mantra exists in both long and short forms. In its long form it is:

namo bhagavate bhaiṣajyaguru vaidūryaprabharājāya
tathāgatāya arhate samyaksambuddhāya tadyathā:
oṃ bhaiṣajye bhaiṣajye bhaiṣajya-samudgate svāhā

“Bhaisajya” means “healing efficacy,” while “guru” means “teacher” or “master.” Thus he’s the “master of healing.” He’s also known as Bhaisajyaraja, “raja” meaning “king.”
Bhaiṣajyaguru is one of a set of eight healing Buddhas, which includes Shakyamuni, the historical Buddha. Bhaiṣajyaguru is the head Buddha of the group.

He is Lapis Lazuli blue in color, although sometimes he’s depicted as golden-skinned. He is dressed in the robes of a bhikṣu (monk). His left hand rests in his lap in the mudra (hand gesture) of meditation, while in his right hand, held palm upwards at the right knee, he holds a branch of the healing myrobalan plant.

In his left hand, which rests in his lap in the dhyana (meditation) mudra, he holds a bowl of amrita — the nectar of immortality.

The idea of the Buddha as healer goes back — as a metaphor — to the days of the historical Buddha. It’s said, in fact, that the formula of the Four Noble Truths is based on a medical model of diagnosis, etiology, prognosis, and therapy. The Buddha demonstrates in the historical teachings a good knowledge of anatomy and physiology, at least by the standards of his time, and although he almost certainly wasn't trained in the medical arts he seems to have had some knowledge of them.

28/03/2015

Mandala is a spiritual and ritual symbol in Hinduism and Buddhism, representing the Universe.The basic form of most mandalas is a square with four gates containing a circle with a center point. Each gate is in the general shape of a T. Mandalas often exhibit radial balance.
Mandalas are commonly used by ta***ic Buddhists as an aid to meditation.It is a visual aid for concentration and introversion meditation leading to the attainment of insights and to activation of forces culminating in "Siddhi" supernatural forces.

23/03/2015

Buddha Life Story Thangka illustrates the life story of Buddha. All the historic part of Buddha's life is depicted visually in this Thangka. Buddha was born in a royal family with king Suddhodhan and queen Mayadevi as the parents who ruled Kapilvastu;Lumbini;Nepal.The king and queen were childless for a very long time until one night queen MayaDevi had a dream about a white elephant which was Bodhisattva(Buddha) himself.And the queen became pregnant as the Bodhisattva entered into her womb.One day queen set out to visit her parents' house.She went to take a rest in the beautiful garden of Lumbini,where she gave birth to Siddhartha Gautam ( Buddha)from her right armpit without having any labor pain.Immediately after his birth,he walked seven steps forward.
In his birth,the priest forecast that either he will be great emperor of the world or will be a great yogi.The King Suddhodhan tried a lot to keep his son from witnessing the miseries and suffering of the world, he raised him in luxury in a palace built just for the body and sheltered him from knowledge of religion and human hardship.
The childhood locked inside the palace compounds, freeing him from the evil and preventing him from seeing and experiencing any kind of pain or suffering of outside world. The Day he ventured beyond the castle walls and came across sorrow, pain, death and those suffering – he saw beggar, a cripple, a co**se and a holy man – which affected the prince deeply, awakening a deep desire to find the co**se of suffering and thus alleviate it.
The next day, at age 29, he left his kingdom, wife and son to lead an ascetic life, and determine a way to relieve the universal suffering that he now understood to be one of the defining traits of humanity.
The Night he escaped the walls of palace, when all were asleep and began the life of wandering ascetic. His years of fasting, meditation and time spent in painful search to find a way to end suffering. The full moon night when he had a direct realization of Nirvana (eternal peace), which transformed prince into Buddha. The Time he spent guiding people towards nirvana, love and friendship. The Day he left this world at the age of eighty, having exhausted his human body for the sake of all sentiment beings.

18/03/2015

Guru Padma Sambhava Thangka ,Also known as Guru Rinpoche, the precious teacher was a powerful Ta***ic Buddhist Master who was invited to Tibet in the eight century to diffuse the Buddhism in Tibet. He subdued many harmful influences and forces that hindered the spread of compassionate teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni. Through his miraculous powers and enlightened experiences, he taught many who come out to be perfect masters of Ta***ic Buddhism

28/01/2015

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01/01/2015

Happy new year 2015 to all friends and families. May this year brings prosperity,happiness and peace. Wish you all good health and wonderful days ahead.

28/06/2014

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KATHMANDU: You’ve heard about thangka, but when/if you own one, you realise it’s more than art. “Silk or cotton cloth cover is laid over it. Further plain wood is rubbed against the cloth to make the surface of thangkas tight and smooth. In addition to all this, real gold is used in the thangkas to…

28/07/2012

Wheel of life thangka

28/07/2012

Medicine Buddha

17/07/2012

Amitābha Buddha Thangka
Amitābha (Sanskrit: अमिताभ, Amitābha (wordstem), Sanskrit pronunciation: [əmɪˈt̪aːbʱə]) is a celestial buddha described in the scriptures of the Mahāyāna school of Buddhism. Amitābha is the principal buddha in the Pure Land sect, a branch of Buddhism practiced mainly in East Asia, while in Vajrayana Amitābha is known for his longevity attribute and the aggregate of distinguishing (recognition) and the deep awareness of individualities. According to these scriptures, Amitābha possesses infinite merits resulting from good deeds over countless past lives as a bodhisattva named Dharmakāra. "Amitābha" is translatable as "Infinite Light," hence Amitābha is often called "The Buddha of Infinite Light."

17/07/2012

Vajrasattva Thangka
Vajrasattva (Sanskrit: वज्रसत्त्व, Tibetan: རྡོ་རྗེ་སེམས་དཔའ། - Short form is "dorsem" རྡོར་སེམས།)[1] is a bodhisattva in the Mahayana, Mantrayana/Vajrayana Buddhist traditions. In the Japanese Vajrayana school of Buddhism, Shingon, Vajrasattva is the esoteric aspect of the bodhisattva Samantabhadra and is commonly associated with the student practitioner who through the master's teachings, attains an ever-enriching subtle and rarefied grounding in their esoteric practice. In Tibetan Buddhism Vajrasattva is associated with the Dharmakaya and also with purification practice.

Vajrasattva appears principally in two Buddhists texts: the Mahavairocana Sutra and the Vajrasekhara Sutra. In the Diamond Realm Mandala, Vajrasattva sits to the East near Akshobhya Buddha.

15/07/2012

Samantabhadra Thangka
Samantabhadra is a great Bodhisattva; one of the principal Bodhisattvas, the other being Manjushri; they are two subordinates of the Tathagata (or Dhyani Buddha) Vairochana, and known as the Triple Saints of the Avatmasaka Sutra. Samanta means general or universal; Bhadra means sage; and SamantaBhadra, which is derived from these words, means the principle of universal love or compassion. Samantabhadra is also known as the Bodhisattva of Great Activity. Samantabhadra is also known as the Universally worthy Bdhisattva, is one of Three Venerables of the Lord Buddha Shakyamuni. He is always on the right side of the Buddha Shakyamuni, representing the guardian of the law, the lord of the law and the practice of all Buddhas. SamantaBhadra usually reposes with dignity on a six-tusked white elephant, while Bodhisattva Manjushri rides on a lion. He holds a sword indicating that the Law is the basis of wisdom. SamantaBhadra is the patron of the lotus Sutra and its devotees, and has close connection with the Avatamasaka Sutra. Samantabhadra is assigned his universe in the East. In China, people worship Samantabhadra as the object of pilgrimage in E-mei Shan (mountain), which is regarded as his dwelling place. Samantabhadra is a Great Bodhisattva of the Tenth Stage, with the particular quality representing cultivation and practice. He is one of the Four Great Buddhasattvas; the Bodhisattva of Great Conduct. He has the Ten Great Vows, which are the scope of practices in Buddhism (Refer to the Ten Great Vows). Regarding his past history, he was said to be born by being transformed from a lotus of the seven gems by means of his wisdom.