Description
This White Tara t’hangka is hand-painted and mounted on brocade cloth frame.
White Tara: Skt. Sitatārā; Tib. སྒྲོལ་དཀར་ Drol-kar, White Tara brings serenity and long-life, and counteracts illness. She embodies enlightened compassion and is said to be as white and radiant as the moon. She has two arms seated on a white lotus and with eyes on her hands and feet, as well as a third eye on her forehead (thus she is “Seven eyed”). Also known as The Wish-fulfilling Wheel, or Cintachakra, she along with Green Tara is the most popular representation of Tara in Tibet.
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.
