A TIBETAN PAINTING OF BUDDHA IN MEDITATION 

DISTEMPER ON CLOTH

SOUTHERN TIBET ?

CIRCA 19TH CENTURY

IMAGE 18.5” x 26.5”: SILK BROCADE 29.75’ x 49.75”

EXHIBITED: Ithaca College Museum of Art, Ithaca, New York, Spring 1971

Lycoming College Gallery, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Fall 1981

DESCRIPTION: : The Lord Buddha (Sakyamuni) in meditation: In the center of the representation of the Lord Buddha is the symbol of the reintegration process, evoked and realized by mediation with a retinue of changchupsempas and lamas below, Hindu gods to the sides and the seven great Bodhisattvas above.

(Amitabha/Dhyanibbudha, or meditative Buddhaform - both hands in Dhyana mudra (folded in lap) holding a patra (bowl). Tibetan name Hod-dpag-med (O-pa-me) Translated as ‘Infinite Light)