Hand Painted Buddha Life Story Thangka Painting

Buddha Life Story Thangka Scroll Painting

 Buddha Life – The Life Story of Buddha

Buddha Life Thangka illustrates the life story of Buddha. All the historic part of Buddha's life is depicted visually in the Buddha Life Thangka. The Day he was born from his mother’s right arm pit as she rested her arm on the branch of a big tree in the garden of Lumbini. The childhood locked inside the palace compounds, freeing him from the evil and preventing him from seeing and experiencing any kind of pain or suffering of outside world. The Day he ventured beyond the castle walls and came across sorrow, pain, death and those suffering – he saw beggar, a cripple, a corpse and a holy man – which affected the prince deeply, awakening a deep desire to find the corpse of suffering and thus alleviate it. The Night he escaped the walls of palace, when all were asleep and began the life of wandering ascetic. His years of fasting, meditation and time spent in painful search to find a way to end suffering. The full moon night when he had a direct realization of Nirvana (eternal peace), which transformed prince into Buddha. The Time he spent guiding people towards nirvana, love and friendship. The Day he left this world at the age of eighty, having exhausted his human body for the sake of all sentiment beings. All are shown in the Buddha Life Thangka Painting.

About this Scroll Painting

This thangka celebrates and illustrates the life story of Buddha Shakyamuni. The painter has depicted scenes from significant events and stages of the Buddha's life, such as those listed below.

* Queen Mayadevi’s dream in which a white elephant bearing a white lotus flower in its trunk, entering her womb through her right side.

* The day Queen Mayadevi miraculously gave birth to the Buddha while resting her arm on the branch of a tree in the garden of Lumbini.

* Prince Siddhartha's childhood locked inside the palace compound, where he was completely shielded from all pain, suffering, and unpleasantness.

* The day Siddhartha ventured beyond the castle walls and confronted a beggar, a cripple, a corpse and a holy man. Thus the reality of suffering, sickness, aging, and death was revealed to him.

* The night he fled the palace while everyone else was sleeping, and took up the life of a wandering ascetic.

* His many years of fasting, meditation, and strenuous ascetic practice, as he searched relentlessly for a way to end suffering.

* The full moon night when he attained perfect and complete enlightenment, transforming Prince Siddhartha into Buddha Shakyamuni.

* The years he spent compassionately guiding disciples from all walks of life, bestowing his blessings upon all without bias, tailoring his teachings to the individual needs and capacities of each disciple.

* The day he passed from this world into the peace of Parinirvana, having exhausted his human body for the sake of all sentient beings.

This is a Tibetan Style Thangka Scroll Painting which is entirely hand painted by the experienced artisan using same ancient techniques. This Buddha Life Story Thangka Scroll Painting is hand painted on cotton canvas with 24 karat gold detailing; by the artisans of Bhaktapur in Nepal who have been in the business from generations.