Green Tara is regarded as spiritual consort of Amogh Siddhi, The Dhyani Buddha. Mythologically,Green Tara came into being when the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara cried upon seeing all of the suffering in the...
Chinese painting by itself is an extremely elegant, lovely yet difficult art. Present skill of Chinese painting can be exactly summarized with two words "brush and ink". "Brush and ink" in Chinese painting is...
Amoghsiddhi is the fifth dhyani Buddha in order. His left hand lies open on the lap and the right exhibits the Abhaya mudra. He represents cosmic element of Samskar (Conformation). He is of green color and his...
How can we distinguish Newar painting from Tibetan? 1. Newar style after the 13th century reflected developments in illustrated manuscript painting,which was an earlier tradition, dating from the 11th...
Newar paintings, called “paubha” in Newari and “pata” in Sanskrit, are usually rectangular in shape and are prepared from cotton woven specially to fit the dimensions required for each painting. Unlike the...
Padmasambhav Guru was a renowned and highly learned tantric saint of Northern India. Padmasambhav Guru was renowned for his knowledge of tantras and of their efficacious application. He remained fifty years in...
Chinese painting by itself is an extremely elegant, lovely yet difficult art. Present skill of Chinese painting can be exactly summarized with two words "brush and ink". "Brush and ink" in Chinese painting...
About SUN TZU Sun Tzu (Chinese: 孫子; pinyin: Sūn Zǐ) ("Master Sun") is an honorific title bestowed upon Sūn Wǔ (孫武; c. 544—496 BC), the author of The Art of War, an immensely influential ancient Chinese book on...
The thangka has been around for a very long time. The nomads of Tibet always had a thangka of there personal Diety, families as well always had an area with there families personal Diety. When there was a...