Description
This Amitayus t'hangka is hand-painted and mounted on brocade cloth frame.
Amitayus: Skt. Amitāyus, Tib. ཚེ་དཔག་མེད་ Tse Pag-med, 'The Buddha of Boundless Life' is a sambhogakaya aspect of Buddha Amitabha. He is associated with the quality of longevity and is depicted in a red color, sitting, and holding in his hands a longevity vase containing the nectar of immortality.
T'hangka: Tib. ཐང་ཀ་ t'hang-ka, is an iconographic painting on canvas of buddhas, bodhisattvas, mandalas, and great practitioners. The images on a t'hangka are painted according to classical proportions and the gestures, implements, and colors of the painted subject have symbolic spiritual value related directly to visualization practice. The canvas is usually mounted onto a brocade cloth frame and hung on a wall. Any image of a buddha or holy being is considered sacred, thus t’hangka should be displayed in a dignified place. T’hangkas can be rolled up like a scroll for transportation.