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.

A sacred tapestry of Esoteric Buddhism, With minerals as its soul and gold lines as its skeletal framework, It unveils celestial realms through the Measurement Sutra, Proving Bodhi within its compact frame.

 The Eight Guardian DeitiesAmitābha BuddhaMeaning of TitlesSanskrit Interpretation: — "Infinite Light" (Boundless Radiance): Transcending
spatial constraints — "Infinite Life" (Eternal Consciousness): Beyond temporal decay Symbolizes Buddha-nature surpassing time and space
 
CaturbhujavalokiteśvaraMeaning of TitlesSanskrit 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 BuddhaMeaning of TitlesSanskrit 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 BodhisattvaMeaning 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.