Thangka

• The Tibetan term "Thangka" (ཐང་ཀ་) translates to "scroll painting," specifically denoting Tibetan Buddhist religious art painted on cloth with mineral pigments. Designed for hanging in shrines or portable devotion, it functions as a "mobile temple."
• The core canvas of a Thangka is painted using powdered gemstones and natural minerals—a process requiring hours of grinding alone—ensuring the colors remain vivid for millennia.

  Amitābha Buddha

  Meaning of Titles

Sanskrit Interpretation: — "Infinite Light" (Boundless Radiance): Transcending spatial

constraints — "Infinite Life" (Eternal Consciousness): Beyond temporal decay Symbolizes Buddha-nature surpassing time and space

 

Caturbhujavalokiteśvara

Meaning of Titles

• Sanskrit Name: "Caturbhuja Avalokiteśvara" (Four-Armed Perceiver of Sounds)
• Four arms embody the Four Immeasurables: • Compassion (maitrī) • Loving-kindness (karuṇā) • Sympathetic joy (muditā) • Equanimity (upekṣā)
• Tibetan: Chenrezig (སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས), meaning "Lord of Unfailing Compassion"
   
  

 

Ākāśagarbha Bodhisattva

Meaning of Titles

Sanskrit Name: "Ākāśagarbha" (Womb of Space Treasury) Embodies wisdom as boundless as the sky and merit as vast as hidden treasures.

Esoteric Title: "Wish-Fulfilling Vajra"

 

Mahāvairocana Buddha

Meaning of Titles

Sanskrit Interpretation: "Mahāvairocana" (Great Illuminator) Signifies light that eradicates all ignorance, surpassing worldly

sunlight in three aspects: • No day/night distinction • No internal/external boundaries • No birth/cessation cycles

 

 

 

Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva

Meaning of Titles

Sanskrit Name: "Mañjuśrī" (Gentle Splendor) Embodies supreme wisdom and immaculate awareness; Esoteric title: Prajñā Vajra (Diamond of Insight).

 

 

Samantabhadra Bodhisattva

Meaning of Titles

Sanskrit Name: "Samantabhadra" (Universally Auspicious) Embodies boundless vow-power and supreme virtuous merits.

Esoteric Role: Activator of Bodhisattva Conduct

 

 

Mahāsthāmaprāpta Bodhisattva

Meaning of Titles

Sanskrit Interpretation: "Universal Reach of Wisdom’s Power" Radiates wisdom-light to liberate beings

from the Three Lower Realms (hell, hungry ghost, animal), Bestowing supreme spiritual authority.

 

Acala Vidrāja

Meaning of Titles

Sanskrit Name: "Acala" (Immovable One) Embodies wrathful compassion that shatters delusion; Esoteric title: Eternal Vajra .

 

 

Yellow Jambhala

Meaning of Titles

Tibetan Name: "Jambhalā" (King of Golden Treasures) Embodies unity of wealth, virtue, and wisdom; Golden body signifies "earth generates metal"—the source of prosperity.

Esoteric Identity: Chief of the Five Families of Wealth Deities; Unifies manifestations of body, speech, mind, karma, and merit; Supreme Dharma Protector governing material and spiritual resources.

 

 

Green Tārā

Meaning of Titles

• Sanskrit: "Tārā" (Savioress) Green symbolizes fearless vitality and dynamic action; Tibetan: Drölma (སྒྲོལ་མ, "Liberator from All Suffering").
• Sacred Status: Chief of Twenty-One Tārās; Fully Enlightened Buddha (not Bodhisattva) manifested from
• Avalokiteśvara’s tears; Supreme embodiment of awakened femininity in Tibetan Buddhism.

 

 

Medicine Buddha

Full Title: Bhaiṣajyaguru Vaidūryaprabhā Tathāgata

Meaning of Titles

Sanskrit: "Bhaiṣajyaguru" (Master Healer) Lapis Lazuli Body: Symbolizes immaculate wisdom radiating pure light to alleviate suffering across the three realms.