There is neither a painting in the mind
Nor a mind in the painting:
And yet, where else can one find a painting
Than in the mind?
Avatamsaka Sutra
"Preserving the Sacred Arts is always part of the preservation of Dharma"
~ Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche ~
The quality and originality of Lakpa Lama's mandalas are in a different, higher, class than 95% of the mandalas you come across!!! Each one is a different, unique, design!! I don't know of anyone else doing an even remotely similar style. Also look at the other two I have by him for fixed prices. For folks with a discerning eye! Check the photos very closely! This mandala has the Tibetan character for "OM" in the very center. I am not sure what the Tibetan says around the inner square or the outer circle.
Measures about 13 & 1/2 inches on each side, minus the outermost black borders.
“If you understand this world and its inhabitants as mandala and deities, then how can you, O mind, ever become confused?”
Aryadeva
This thangka is not mounted in brocade, but brocade mounting in the finest Varanasi brocade is available for very reasonable prices. It may take a little time, but it is all good practice in patience :-)
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Recent Feedback Comments:
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+ Very scrupulous dealer - the "flaws" he mentioned are so hard to see - WOW!
+ VERY happy with sellers Thangkas! Brocades ordered have been superb! Five stars!
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+ Beautiful thangka Had brocade done after buying fabulous job A++++++ Thanks!!!!
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FEEDBACK: Please contact me instead of leaving negative feedback. I will always work with the buyer until we resolve an issue or reach a mutually satisfactory agreement. There should never be a reason for negative feedback if we are in good communication and there is no deception or dishonesty in descriptions, representation of items, or payment. I also expect the same honesty and integrity in your dealing with me. Please ask questions, as many as you like, to be sure the item you are bidding on or purchasing is the right one for you.
I strive to provide the best quality thangkas for the price on eBay. They are all original paintings done with mineral pigments and pure gold paint on canvas. You won't find any imitation Chinese thangkas here! Please compare the detailed photos of my thangkas to other thangkas available on eBay to determine the quality. The photos in each listing are of the very same thangka that I am selling. Don't bother to compare them to the extremely low quality glut of fake "antique" or "old" "Tibetan" thangkas from China that have flooded the market in the last few years. There IS no comparison with these fakes.
I want to make clear that in no way, shape or form do I represent myself as an expert on Tibetan iconography or thangka painting. I am just a beginner in understanding this profound art form. If there is any kind of problem, let me know. I will never knowingly misrepresent anything I am selling. There is always the chance that I may have been fooled myself, but will try to correct the situation if that ever happens. Please contact me if you think I have been misled. I also don't try to exaggerate the colors or contrast in my photos to make them more appealing. I believe in karma and that honesty is always the best policy and will do business by these principles.
A word or two about the terrible thangkas done in sweatshops in China. If you look at about 90% (or more) of the thangkas for sale on Ebay, they are being sold from China and all look very similar. By similar, I mean the proportions are all wrong, there is no fine detail work at all and they are mostly iconographically as incorrect as it is possible to be. A lot of them seem to be of deities that don’t exist! Ebay doesn’t seem at all interested in shutting down this flood of fakes, because they are making very good money on them. Not only has China's brutal regime been systematically eliminating Tibet's culture and religion in Tibet, they are ruining the art of thangka painting where it is barely hanging on in exile in Nepal and India and a very few artists in Tibet.
Some people have thought that my thangkas are so detailed that they must be prints. I do not sell prints of thangkas. If I do start doing so they will clearly be identified as such! The best way to determine if it is an original painting is to hold it up to a bright light or the sun. You will clearly see different thicknesses of paint and some brush strokes.
Also 1 or 2 people have thought that the paintings are on paper. They are all on cotton canvas, but they are treated with a layer of gesso (like plaster of paris or gypsum) and rubbed smooth. Some of them are so smooth you cannot see the individual fibers. To prove to yourself that the painting is on canvas, try ripping the corner of the border area and you will see threads.
I make every attempt to provide photos for my listings that are as accurate as possible in color, hue, contrast, and saturation, but even if they were perfect on my monitor it would not be possible to be the same on your system. There are small differences between every computer and monitor, and their settings, to make complete accuracy impossible. Also, the pure gold paint often reflects and will appear differently in person with other light angles.
Please note: I will declare honestly on the Customs Form unless asked to do otherwise. I can not insure for more than the declared value for Customs.
Mandala (Sanskrit mandala "circle", "completion") is of Hindu origin and is also used in most Dharmic religions, such as Buddhism and Hinduism, to refer to various tangible objects. In Vajrayana they have been developed into sandpainting. In practice, mandala has become a generic term for any plan, chart or geometric pattern which represents the cosmos metaphysically or symbolically, a microcosm of the universe from the human perspective.
A mandala, especially its center, can be used during meditation as an object for focusing attention. The symmetrical geometric shapes tend to draw the attention towards their center. Psychiatrist Carl Jung saw the mandala as "a representation of the unconscious self,", and believed his paintings of mandalas enabled him to identify emotional disorders and work towards wholeness in personality.
A kyil khor (Tibetan for mandala) in tantric Buddhism usually depicts a landscape of the Buddha land or the enlightened vision of a Buddha: "a microcosm representing various divine powers at work in the universe." Such mandalas consist of an outer circular mandala and an inner square (or sometimes circular) mandala with an ornately decorated mandala palace placed at the center. Any part of the inner mandala can be occupied by Buddhist glyphs and symbols as well as images of its associated deities, which "symbolise different stages in the process of the realisation of the truth." Mandalas are commonly used by tantric Buddhists as an aid to meditation. More specifically, a Buddhist mandala is envisaged as a "sacred space," a Pure Buddha Realm and also as an abode of fully realised beings or deities. It is regarded as a place separated and protected from the ever-changing and impure outer world of Samsara. It is thus seen as a Buddhafield or a place of Nirvana and peace. In many tantric mandalas, this aspect of separation and protection from the outer samsaric world is depicted by "the four outer circles: the purifying fire of wisdom, the vajra circle, the circle with the eight tombs, the lotus circle." The ring of vajras forms a connected fence-like arrangement running around the perimeter of the outer mandala circle. The mandala is also "a support for the meditating person," something to be repeatedly contemplated, to the point of saturation, such that the image of the mandala becomes fully internalised in even the minutest detail and which can then be summoned and contemplated at will as a clear and vivid visualised image. With every mandala comes what Tucci calls "its associated liturgy...contained in texts known as tantras," instructing practitioners on how the mandala should be drawn, built and visualised and indicating the mantras to be recited during its ritual use.
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