The Tibetan art of Chengreshi Mandala | Thangka Painting

Description

Chengrechi  (Chenrezig) is a anatomy of Bodhisattwa Avalokiteswara designated Six Syllable Lokeshwor. The Six ultered words are “OM MA NI PAD ME HUM” which is deliberate so efficacious that it has been engraved on rock faces and persistently chanted by devotees. He is consistently decked with all sorts of ornaments. He is white in color, four armed bearing  rosary in the right hand and full blown lotus in left. The unlike two principal hands are elevated to the chest with the palms implored  in Namaskar Mudra holding a round object known as “jewel” which is believed as a symbol knowledge.

Mandala is taken as sacred space and also as an abode of fully realized beings or deities. In the Buddhist and Hindu traditions sacred art often takes a mandalas form. The basic form of mandalas is square with four gates containing a circle with a center point. Spiritual and ritual significance. A circle which is device for the Tantric meditation. Round mandala thangka painting is wonderful piece of art. A representation of the unconscious,self mandala enables one to identify emotional disorders and work towards wholeness in personality. Mandala is regarded as a place separated and protected from the ever changing and impure outer world of samsara. A place of nirvana and peace.