A TIBETAN PAINTING OF DHYAMBODHISATTVA

DISTEMPER ON CLOTH

SOUTHERN TIBET CIRCA 19TH CENTURY

IMAGE 17” x 25.5”: SILK BROCADE 28.5’ x 48.25”

EXHIBITED:

Ithaca College Museum of Art, Ithaca, New York, Spring 1971 Lycoming College Gallery, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Fall 1981

DESCRIPTION: The Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion is shown here in many forms. The central figure* holds the jewel (mani) in his primary hands and rosary and lotus in the others. The same qualities apply to the other three forms just below and surrounding the central figure the fourth and the two figures in the upper corners are sitting in the position called ‘royal ease’. At the top of the painting is Amitabha, the Buddha of Boundless light flanked by two Bodhisattvas. * The main figure is shown: Dhyanibodhisattva; Two hands in Namaskara ;other two hands holding mala (beads) and padma (lotus). Tibetan name : sPyan-ras-gzigs (Chen-re-zi) With a Pitying Look Tantric form : Sadaksari : This form is incarnate in the Dalai Lamas and is the god of mercy and Patron Saint of Tibet.