Hand Painted 26\"x20.25\" Machig Labdron Thangka Painting Patan, Nepal for Sale

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Hand Painted 26\"x20.25\" Machig Labdron Thangka Painting Patan, Nepal For Sale

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Hand Painted 26\"x20.25\" Machig Labdron Thangka Painting Patan, Nepal:
$240.00

Machig LabdronThangka Scroll Painting

Name

Machig Labdron Thangka Scroll Painting

Size with Border

26” Long x 20.25” Wide

Size without Border

24” Long x 18” Wide

Style

Original Hand – Painted Cotton Canvas with 24 Karat Gold Detailing

Shipping Weight

0.50 Kg.

Ships From

Patan, Nepal

Shipping Provider

Express Shipping Service

Shipping Time

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Insurance is included in the shipping cost.

Machig Labdron was a Tibetan Buddhist masterof the Chod lineage during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. She is reveredby Tibetans as a manifestation of Yeshe Tsogyal, the eighth-century queen ofTibet who was, in turn, a manifestation of the female Buddha Prajnaparamita, areflected image of ultimate reality beyond conception. Although there are somediscrepancies in her biographies, Machig Labdron was said to have beenextraordinary from her birth in 1031, intellectually brilliant, and determinednot to marry but to live a monastic life. She mastered all the philosophicaltreatises as well as the rituals and yogic practices. The teacher Dampa Sangye,who was believed to be a form of the great philosopher Kamalashila, initiatedher into the practice of Chod. This practice, derived from the Prajnaparamita(perfection of wisdom literature), is a ritualistic visualization that issupposed to break one\'s attachments to one\'s own body and mind in order tobenefit all sentient beings. Machig Labdron taught that it is important tointerpret Chod within the context of Mahamudra (great seal), that is, theunderstanding of ultimate reality as symbolized by the union of appearance andemptiness. In this sense, the most profound Chod is to see samsara (thephenomenal world) as mere appearance and to give up all attachment to it. Thisfollows the teachings of Nagarjuna, the great second-century philosopher, whofound the phenomenal world, when carefully analyzed, to be so full ofcontradictions that it could not be real. But ultimate reality can be reachedthrough non conceptual meditation when attachment to the phenomenal world isdecreased. The practice of Chod is a technique for becoming less attached.Later in her life, Machig Labdron gave up monastic life, married a yogi fromIndia, and had at least three children who became yogis and teachers. She isvenerated as an enlightened being endowed with miraculous powers, great wisdom,and limitless compassion for all sentient beings.

Gestureand Attributes

Machig Labdron is often depicted with theattributes of a Dakini, a representation of enlightened female energy. Sheholds a drum (Skt. Damaru) in her right hand and a bell (Skt. Ghanta)(Tibetan: Drilbu) in her left. Her right leg is often lifted and thestanding left leg is bent in motion. Machig Labdron is white in color withthree eyes and wears the Six Bone Ornaments of the charnel grounds, which istraditional for a practicing yogini. Dakinis wear five bone ornaments; they arethemselves the wisdom Paramita.

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