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Tibetan thanka from the Himalayas Tibetan kalachakra mandala thangka Lovely example of the kalachakra mandala with black and red brocade mounting and gold cover sheet wooden support rails top and bottom an excellent painting with beautiful fine detail painting 40cms x 40cms brocade 82cms x 66cms handpainted in Nepal The Kalachakra system was one of the last and most complex tantric systems to be brought to Tibet from India. In recent years many Westerners have become acquainted with this tradition as various lamas have given the Kalachakra Initiation to large groups of people. Such initiation are given on the basis of a mandala, the sacred residence with its residence deities, usually depicted in graphic form. One tradition employs a mandala constructed of coloured sand which is carefully assembled prior to each initiation and dismantled once more at the end. Due to their colourful and intricate nature, mandalas have attracted a great deal of interest. Although some can be openly explained, most are related to tantric doctrines that are normally supposed to be kept secret. Consequently, many speculative and mistaken interpretations have circulated among people who viewed them simply as works of art or had no access to reliable explanations. Because the severe misunderstandings that can arise are more harmful than a partial lifting of secrecy, the dalai lama has encouraged a greater openness in the display and accurate description of mandalas. The best known form of the Kalachakra mandala is the sand mandala, for which coloured sand grains are painstakingly placed. This sand drawing represents a 3-dimensional palace of which every single detail has a symbolic meaning. A mandala is a symbolic representation of many aspects of a specific tantra. In the Kalachakra tantra, all elements of the mandala refer to the universe (outer Kalachakra), the body and mind (inner Kalachakra) and the practice (initiation, generation and completion stages). Every detail of the mandala, from each deity to every adornments of the building, refers to time and the universe (Outer Kalachakra), physical and mental aspects of Kalachakra and ourselves (Inner Kalachakra), and also to aspects of the practice (Alternative Kalachakra). TO SEE MORE THANGKAS PLEASE CLICK HERE PLEASE CLICK HERE TO VIEW MY OTHER ITEMS
  
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