Tibetan Art

Initiation Cards (Himalayan Art)

The Female Buddha White Tara is the goddess of compassion of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. The name Tara means the “one who saves” and she has the power to alleviate people from suffering. The Mask of Tara attracts positive energy and instill calm and peace in the house.

A User’s Guide to Tibetan Buddhist Art and Practice.

Himalayan Art: Item No. 16891

In the sacred art of the Himalayas are represented thousands of deities. Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and both peaceful and wrathful Gods and Goddesses are painted, according to the descriptions of ancient Tibetan Buddhist texts, by very skilled artists that still today keep this tradition alive.

The union of male and female (yam-yum) is prevalent in Tibetan Buddhist Tantric iconography. In this thangka painting of Vajrasattva with consort the center of the mandala is taken by a object called Vajra that Vajrasattva holds with his right hand. The Vajra, initially well-known as the sceptre of Indra, it came to assume tremendous importance in Tantric philosophy and symbolism. In Tibetan Buddhism is symbol of the indestructible nature of the ultimate truth.

Printed on sustainable paper and recycled materials, Sacred Images of Tibet is a beautiful wall calendar decorated with classic images of authentic thangka paintings of Buddhas, goddesses and Tantric deities with descriptions of their meaning and symbolism. Each page is embellished with a beautiful thangka painting selected by lecturer, Karma Gardri style painter, writer, and former Tibetan monk Jamyong Singye. The calendar features US and Canadian legal holidays for the year 2021, phases of…

Chakrasamvara has many different forms and appearances from a solitary single faced figure with two arms to a multi headed multi armed wrathful deity with a large retinue of surrounding figures.

Some of the most important Tibetan Buddhist monuments to have survived the ravages of history are the temples and chapels at Gyantse in Southern Tibet. In a chapel on the upper floor of the Palkhor Tsuglagkhang there exist superb wall paintings of the legendary eighty-four mahasiddhas – tantric adepts who, through effort and practice, have attained perfection and are endowed with extraordinary powers.

Chitipati/Shri Shmashana Adhipati

The importance of Colors in Himalayan art

19th century antique mask of lord Mahakala, one of the most revered Tibetan protector deities. He is worshiped as a protector in all orders of Tantric Tibetan Buddhism especially Vajrayana.

Buddhist Bodhisattva of wisdom.

This Thangka painting is the first composition of the seventy-nine sets of paintings of the Blue Beryl Medical Charts. Medicine Buddha Bhaisajyaguru is depicted in the center of a colorful and complex mandala sitting inside a palace in the city of Sudarshana. The Buddha is surrounded by several Hindu and Buddhist deities, Indian rishis and Tibetan monks including Arya Nagarjuna. Other important deities and gurus are displayed in line on top of this thangka painting as well as in other…

Chenrezig or Avalokitesvara is the Bodhisattva who has made a great vow to assist sentient beings on Earth in achieving nirvana.