Vajrakīlaya Thangka - Dorje Phurba Hand-Painted Tibetan Art - Black and Gold Diptachakra Masterpiece Painting

Vajrakīlaya/ Dorje Phurba/ with Diptachakra Black and Gold Masterpiece Tibetan Thangka Painting Original Hand-Painted Buddhist Art

This is an original, hand-painted masterpiece: a master-quality Vajrakīlaya Tibetan Thangka Painting from Nepal. The Vajrakīlaya is a wrathful form of the Vajrasattva. He holds the dagger or phurba or kīla in his hand. Vajrakīlaya is commonly depicted with three faces of different colors, each crowned with a skull. The central face is blue, the left is red and the right is white. He crushes under his feet demons representing the obstacles to spiritual realization.

The Vajrakīlaya Tantra speaks about a blazing dark blue weapon appearing in space. This weapon is potent and very difficult to destroy. From a relative perspective, we possess a karmic imprint, or habitual pattern, of a dualistic perception of self and others. HUM‘s dark blue weapon shatters that perception.
The doctrines of Vajrakīla were transmitted to the human realm where they were spread in India by Indrabhuti, Dhanasaṁskṛta, Śrīsiṁha, Prabhahasti, and an unnamed kāpālika brahmin. In Nepal, they were taught by Śīlamañju and Śākyadevī. Śīlamañju is said to have taught a prostitute by the name of Śānti who, in her turn, transmitted the doctrines to Guṇapatala (a prince of Nepal) so that they then became widely known in that country and Śākyadevī is said to have taught them to Dharmakośa by whom they were subsequently propagated throughout Oḍḍiyāna. The doctrines are also said to have been taught in Khotan by Vairocana and in Tibet by Padmasambhava, Vairocana and Vimalamitra.”

Size of the painting: 16 x 24 Inches ( 46 x 61 cm)- The size is measured without the surrounding border.
Material: Handmade Cotton Canvas
Color: Natural, Stone color, Tibetan Glue
Quality: High, Masterpiece/Master Quality
Frame: None