Title: “DHYANI”
(Meaning, “meditative” in Sanskrit
and pronounced, “dy-yaan-ee”)
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Size: 18” W x 36” H
(unframed)
Story:
The Tibetan Buddhists believed Buddha through his powers of meditation created five celestial Buddhas called the five Dhyani Buddhas. Each represented one of the 5 great wisdoms of Buddhism. And each combated one of the five poisons that stymied man’s spiritual progress and kept him mired in his human existence. Through the centuries, many Tibetan mandalas and thangkas feature the Buddha with a crown symbolizing the five Dhyani Buddhas. These images can represent the first step in meditation and beginning the journey to enlightenment using the power of the 5 wisdoms. Namaste.
Materials:
Acrylic and metallic paints on archival museum board, veiled over with hand-made Japanese rice lace, bathed in a mixture of archival beeswax and UV-resistant polymers, adorned with silver repousse work from a late 1800’s Tibetan Khamba belt at top of crown and an early 1800’s Tibetan monks needle case at bottom of crown, accented at center of forehead with a late 1800’s Tibetan semi-precious stone from a prayer purse, mounted onto archival wooden museum panel, then mounted to archival wooden museum under panel finished with Yixing plaster with impressions from an early 1800’s Chinese backscratcher from an opium den, then gilded and washed in acrylic paint.
Through October 31, 2012, purchase DYHANI, for a promotional price of $2,450.00. For further details please visit the EVENTS page.
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