70 x 53 cm - Thangka, Tibetan Painting - Sakyamuni Buddha with Shariputra and Maudgalyayana Bodhisattva

Tibetan Thangka - Siddharta Gautama, Sakyamuni Buddha with his two important disciples.
Hand painted on cotton canvas, with natural colors.
Very accurate painting with harmonious nuances in all details.
Size : 70 x 53 cm.
The painting is signed in the lower right corner.
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This Thangka comes from the Tibetan tradition and represents Buddha Sakyamuni with his two close disciples.
Before reaching the ultimate truth and Enlightenment, Siddharta Gautama had different realizations, in his life journey. So, step by step he arrived to the great Realization. He experienced the highest state of consciousness and fixed this state in himself. Siddharta Gautama realized the One. After this important moment, he decided to share his knowledge and open the way for Buddhahood, so he was recognized like Sakyamuni Buddha.

In this painting Sakyamuni sits in meditation, and he carries an alms bowl in his left hand, and his right arm is lowered in the earth-touching gesture.
He invoked the earth as witness, touching the fingers of his right hand to the ground in Bhumisparshana Mudra. This mudra, is the symbol of the Sakyamuni Buddha, and recalls the highest and clearest moment of his enlightenment.

Standing at the sides there are his two main disciples, Shariputra and Maudgalyayana.
These two Bodhisattva played an important role in passing down the teachings of the buddha.
They used their talents to explain and demonstrate the teachings of Buddha.
Shariputra was renowned for his wisdom and his ability to grasp the teachings of the Buddha. He was regarded as one of the leading exponents of Buddhist scriptures and had the ability to explain the teachings clearly.
Maudgalyayana was renowned for his supernatural powers and his ability to help others overcome negative mental states. He was perceived as one of Buddha's most powerful disciples, able to use his abilities to help others overcome illness, mental afflictions, and other obstacles on the path to enlightenment
They are also considered the founders of the first Buddhist community, Sangha.

In the central part of the down section there is "The Mirror" above a Lotus Flower.
This symbol represents the Right View. It's one of the "Five attributes of sensory pleasure". Sakyamuni was exhausted from years of extreme asceticism, so a young girl brought him food. He regained his splendor and he achieved the 32 major signs of Buddhahood. A goddess placed the mirror in front of him as a testimony of this splendor. It Symbolizes the Dharmakaya, or Buddha's Body of Truth, and its aspects of purity (a mirror does not get dirty, whatever it reflects) and wisdom (a mirror reflects all phenomena, without distinction).

The material realization of a thangka, as indeed happens for most Buddhist art, is highly geometric in nature. Arms, legs, eyes, nostrils, ears and various ritual objects are all placed on a systematic grid of intersecting angles and lines. A good master of thangka generally chooses from a variety of pre-arranged forms, those to be inserted in the composition, on a range ranging from cups for alms, to animals, to the shape, size and angle of eyes, nose and lips of a figure. The procedure appears very scientific, but often requires a very deep knowledge of the symbolism of the scene that is being painted, in order to grasp its essence or spirit.
In Tibetan tradition, Thangkas are used as objects of study and wisdom.

The material is cotton canvas, and the colors are water-soluble pigments, both minerals and organic materials, tempered with a solution of grass and glue.

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