Hand-Painted Medicine Buddha Thangka Painting with Silk Brocade

MEDICINE BUDDHA – THE SUPREME HEALER

This is an original hand-painted Medicine Buddha/Bhaisajyaguru Tibetan Thangka Painting. Bhaisajyaguru, presiding over the healing art, plays a unique role in the ritual worship, invocation of the spiritual power of the healing Buddha, prayers, and offerings. In various Buddhist monasteries in China, Tibet, Nepal, Mongolia, and Buryatia, there are many images of Bhaisajyaguru. The Tibetan paintings scroll, or Thankas and the gilt bronze images of the Master of Healing are to be found. In the history of Buddhist art in the various countries where Buddhism had spread and been practiced, there are different traditions of depictions of the healing Buddha; in Tibetan paintings, the most famous images are the seated images of the Buddha of healing. They are well-established iconographic patterns incorporated into Mongolia's Buddhist art and Buryatia when Buddhism reached these areas. The beautiful depictions of Bhisajyaguru, created by great masters, are still in many Buddhist monasteries in Mongolia and Buryatia.

The exhaustive characteristics of the numerous functions of the Medicine Buddha and his iconography are present in various relevant Tibetan medical texts. Some questions concerning various aspects of the healing Buddha are discussed here, based mainly on the Tibetan medical treatises and the comprehensive Tibetan sources appertaining to the teachings, healing principles, methods, and healing abilities of the healing Buddha.
　
As a rule in the seated images, the healing Buddha holds the healing fruit-myrobalan (Latin. Terminalia Chebula) in his right hand and the Lapislazuli bowl of Amrit (nectar of immortality divine healing nectar) in his left hand. According to the Buddhist tradition, they symbolize his healing power. Myrobalan affects the mind as well as the body. It underlines the nature of the Buddha of Healing. In Tibetan medicine, Myrobalan is considered the universal treatment, which may cure all diseases known in Tibetan clinical medicine.

Size with Brocade :32-inch x 44-inch (81 cm x 112 cm )
Size of Painting : 14.5-inch x 19.5-inch (37 cm x 50 cm )
Material: Handmade Cotton Canvas
Color: Tibetan Canvas Cotton, Stone Powder Combination With Tibetan Hide Glue Mixture

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