DAWN MEDITATION! YABYUM UNION SAMANTABHADRA THANGKA

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DAWN MEDITATION! YABYUM UNION SAMANTABHADRA THANGKA

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Sold Date: 06/20/2007
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art

A ravishing thangka of Samantrabhhadri!!! It is so very hard to find a proper thangka of the primordial buddha and done in such sublime beauty is truly a treat. T is something about this most fantastic hue of dawn skies that simply captures the eye! I also have the perfect brocade in mind for this thangka to even further enhance the beauty ( if that is possible) this is the absolutel lowest price you shall find for a piece of such superb quality and as always should it not sell it shall be relisted in my store for a higher price!
Notice the creativity in this thangka as well with the clouds that hold up the royal throne upon which this yabyum union takes place!
The quality of the mineral stone paint is so beautiful in this piece that if you take it out in the sunlight you shall see the minute mineral rocks sparking under the rays of the sun!
THIS THANGKA MEASURES A lovely 26 X 19 INCHES
You won't find any dearth of gold work and quality in this piece is truly one of a kind.

Unlike the atrocious "antique" thangkas that the Chinese power sellers on Ebay litter across this website from their "faketories" which claim that their works are valued at $2,000-$3000 yet have absolutely no reserve price or start bid price. Rather this thangka is a contemporary piece made in accordance with the strict tradition of Thangka making which takes months to complete intricately detailed works of caliber.DON'T BE DUPED BY POOR QUALITY, 5 FEET, CHINESE IMIATATIONS!

A SIMPLE EXERCISE-LOOK AT THE CLOSE-UPS OF ALL THE THANGKAS WHICH I OFFER AND THE AND COMPARE THE DETAIL, CLARITY, COLORS AND ICONOGRAPHY DEPICTED BY THE GLUT OF CHINESE THANGKAS ON SALE.
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Samantabhadra. The word Samanta means, "universally extending." Bhadra means "great virtue." The word samantabhadra means as Universal Virtue and Universal Worthy.

He is naked and blue in color, and is most often pictured embracing his white consort Samantrabhhadri. The union of the two understood to represent the primordial (or mystical) union of wisdom and compassion. The masculine form is passive, representing the compassion and skillful means (upaya) that have to be developed in order to reach enlightenment. The feminine form is active and represents wisdom (prajna), which is also necessary to enlightenment. United, the figures symbolize the union necessary to overcome the veils of Maya, the false duality of object and subject. The sacred Tantric practice leads to rapid development of mind by using the experience of bliss, non-duality, and ecstasy while in union with one's consort.

Like Manjushri, Samantabhadra was an assistant to Sakyamuni Buddha. Historically, t are four famous bodhisattva in the East Asia; each symbolizes the Buddha's emphasis on different aspects of Dharma practices. They are Avalokitesvara's compassion, Manjushri's wisdom, Samantabhadra's practice, and Ksitigarbha's vow. Samantabhadra is also called the Great Conduct Bodhisattva, a name that reflects his practice of Buddhism through his famous Ten Great Vows.

Samantab is a cosmic entity embodying all the bodhisattva practices and merits which must be fulfilled in order to attain Buddhahood. According to the Flower Garland Sutra, bodhisattva practitioners must dedicate all of their efforts to the enlightenment of all sentient beings and sacrifice everything for the welfare of all. In this way, the boundaries of selfhood and the limitation of self-effort are transcended, and one enters into the ocean of merits of all beings, an ocean of merits which is the Samantabhadra's omnipresent body of virtue.

In the Avatamaska Sutra it is recorded that Bodhisattva Samantabadhra makes 10 great vows concerning his Buddhist practice which becomes the leading guidelines of all Bodhisattvas. They are:

1.To venerate all buddhas.

2.To make praises to the infinite number of buddhas.

3.To make offerings to buddhas, the most meaningful offering is to practice the Buddhist teachings so as to benefit oneself and others.

4.To repent and refor...