1283443

Medicine Buddha Pair, Black Distemper 19/20C #1283443

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Medicine Buddha Pair, Black Distemper  19/20C #1283443
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Extraordinarily Detailed Matching Pair of Tibetan
Mandala Distempers on Cloth</em></td>
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Medicine
Buddhas -- Bhaishajyaguru and Shakyamuni



Mandala (1) Bhaishajyaguru -- The Holy Refuge of the Medicine
Buddha



This Mandala, the abode of Bhaishajyaguru, is both aesthetically
pleasing and intricate. Also known as Vaidurya Prabha Raja, the
King of Sapphire Light, he holds a myrobalan plant (Latin
botanical: Terminalia Chebula) with one hand an the other
supports a black begging bowl, which is filled with nectar.




Mandala (2) Buddha Shakyamuni / The King of Medicine -- The
Sacred Mansion of Buddhism's Founder


The symbolism here combined with its decoration is significant.
This sacred mansion, is the cosmic domicile of a particular
meditational deity, who embodies compassion and bliss among
their qualities. Both the deity, who resides at the center, and the
form of the Mandala itself, unite as pure expressions of the the
Buddha Shakyamuni's (founder of Buddhism) fully enlightened
mind.


Mandala = kyil kor (circling the center.) Kyil or "center" implies
"essence"; kor or "circling" implies "extracting." Thus "mandala"
means "to extract the essence." -- Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche




The Tibetan Museum Society, a 501(c)(4) non-profit association,
is a recently formed international civic league of concerned
citizens who wish to advocate museum exhibition of Asian art
from ancient Mongolia and the greater Himalayan
region.



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<td>Reference
#: 150_R300S499_683713B</td>
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<tr><td>Condition:Good condition with age appropriate wear</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:19th/20th Century</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:Tibet</td></tr>

<tr><td>Height:27</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:19</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Medicine Buddha Pair, Black Distemper 19/20C</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:Alexandria, Virginia, USA</td></tr>
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