Monday, June 22, 2009
Thangka Paintings
Thangka Paintings are painted on a canvas. Some are painted on paper or leather. Other are embroidered, appliquéd, woven and patchwork thangkas, but the Sketching else forms are not discussed here. Technically making a painted thangka occurs in four stages Preparing the foundation Sketching Painting Framing
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
About Medicine Buddha (Tib- Men Lha):
The master of Healing for suffering in the world and explained that Dharma was the medicine. He can be evoked in the case of a disease to reveal the correct healing method to both the doctor and the sick person. If there are sentient beings, do have all sorts of diseases and suffering, such beings when they contemplate the form of Medicine Buddha shall obtain healthy appearance and intelligence. All their senses will become perfect, and they shall have neither sickness nor suffering.
About Felt
Felt is a mass of matted raw lamb's wool. Imported from New Zealand & Tibet, this raw wool is first carded & then dyed into different colors as desired in different forms for the final product. The type of dye usually used is Swiss dye. Felt products are purely made by shaping the raw wool with soap & water & human h& pressure; no chemicals are used during this process. Thus shaped product is dried under the sun. Due to its unique manufacturing process, any desired shape can be created. From the felt we can make various designs of felt bags, handmade felt shoes, felt balls, felt sheets, felt hats, felt pupptes, & felt accessories felt flowers, felt necklace, felt ear rings, felt bangles, wool slippers, felt purses, felt flowers, felt hair bands, felt key chains & other felt products.
Varieties of pashmina
The Nepalese Pashmina industries produced many varieties of Pashmina product like; shawl, stole, scarf, muffler and blanket etc. Among these, Pashmina shawl and wrap items are most popular. These are also in many types; i.e. plain and pure Pashmina, embroidered, shaded, beaded, reverse, water and printed Pashmina etc. Some others varieties are Pashmina sweaters and Pashmina fabric.
- Shawl and scarves: The shawl and scarves are woven with a Pashmina over silk. Luxurious 100% pure Pashmina shawl and scarves are woven with a Pashmina over Pashmina. Shawl and scarves are found in many colors and shades. It have a various design and prints (diamond, fishbone, bulbul, check, etc) and can be found in two different sizes; full and throw sizes and stole; which can be with or with ought twisted knot fringes. These days, Pashmina shawl is getting with custom embroidery, beaded, fringes and jacquard texture.
- Blanket: Blanket is woven on the base of silk as well as Pashmina; which is covered around head to leg.
- Sweater: Sweater is woven with 100 percent Pashmina wool and yarn. It is produced limited scale. Pashmina sweater are available in many color and three sizes; large, medium, small. The design are twin set, collar neck, v neck, key hole neck, round neck, turtle neck, and high neck etc. It also available in two and four ply hundred percent Pashmina.
About Pashmina Fabric
Pashmina is known as the “diamond fiber” and the “soft gold of high Asia” is one of the finest, softest and warmest wool found in nature. Pashmina is a pure Nepali word which comes from ‘pashm’. Pashm means inside hairs of CapraHircus.Pashmina is sometimes called ‘shamina’,’cashmere’ and sometimes it confused with ‘shatoosh’. Both Pashmina and Cashmere wool comes from CapraHircus wool and Shatoosh wool is comes from Tibetan antelopes. However, Pashmina is unlikely than Cashmere and Shatoosh. It’s wool is most finest, softest and warmest than Cashmere wool.Pashmina wool is comes from under belly of Caprahircus (chyngra), the mountain goat in the remote region of Himalayas above 10000 feet and inner Mongolian highlands , where is little vegetation and extremely cold winters. The hardly little goat Caprahircus live there. Nature blessed them with a very thin coat of hair, which is best insulation in the world. This inner hair is used to produce Pashmina.Each Pashmina hair is 1/6th diameter of human hair. It means Pashmina hair is only 12-14 microns thick. So Pashmina fabric is delicate and so fine that it can passes through a ring. Thus it is known as ring Pashmina. Pashmina is not only a finest, warmest and softest texture but also exotically silky texture. However, it may be called that Pashmina is an amazing exotic gift of nature.
Green Tara
The Goddess Green Tara is a gentle female embodiment of universal compassion. Green Tara is the embodiment of the activity of all Buddha. Green Tara represents the virtuous, enlightened, and miraculous activity of all Buddha. Tara belongs to the Karma family of unobstructed compassionate activity. She is known as the Swift One, due to her immediate response to those who request her aid. Furthermore she is known as the great liberator, specializing in overcoming obstacles in whatever form they manifest in our lives. No deity in the Buddhist pantheon is more popular than Tara. She is especially known for her power to overcome the most difficult situations, giving protection against dangers and all kinds of fear. She offers us a hand to lift us up to a mountain of enlightenment qualities. She reaches out her hand in the gesture of granting protection, freeing one from fear, obstacles, and difficulties. With her right foot stepping forward, she is alert, determined, and ready to actively help all who call upon her. Green Tara is known as the 'Swift One' or the 'Swift Liberator' due to her immediate response to those who request her aid. Green Tara's compassion for the welfare of all living beings is said to be even stronger than a mother's love for her children. She is the one who helps us cross over the ocean of suffering and guides us upon the path of enlightenment.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Friday, June 5, 2009
Wheel of Life Thangka
Wheel of life is a complex symbolic representation of samsara in the form of a circle, used primarily in Tibetan Buddhism. Saṃsāra is the continuous cycle of birth, life and death from which one liberates oneself through enlightenment.Legend has it that the Buddha himself created the first depiction of the bhavacakra, and the story of how he gave the illustration to King Rudrāyaṇa appears in the anthology of Buddhist narratives called the Divyadana.In the Buddhist depiction, different karmic actions contribute to one's metaphorical existence in different realms, or rather; different actions contribute to one's characteristics similarity to those of the realms.
Kalachakra Mandala
Mandala (literally meaning a circle) is a tantric meditation devise. It is a visual aid for concentration and introvertive meditation leading to the attainment of insights and to activation of forces culminating in “Siddhi” supernatural forces. The Mandala is the graphic representation of this process. It is not only theoretical but practical as an operational scheme involving a clear plan for practical realization of the process within oneself. It thus becomes an instrument (Yantra). There are many types and varieties of Mandalas depending upon the nature of the central deity. The most classic pattern of Mandalas is of the Dhyani Buddha. This pattern appears in the oldest Tantrics, the Mandala represent the “Palace of Purity” a magic sphere cleansed of spiritual obstacles and impurities. The square of the “Sacred Palace” proper is enclosed in multiple circles of flame. Vajra, eight cemeteries (appear only in wrathful deities) lotus, then the inner square to reach of the deity of the Mandala.
The Kalachakra Mandala has at its center Mount Meru with the four corner of the world around it. On a flat plane, only the projection of this can be seen. The four corners are rendered as four gates that are each colors differently. Each cardinal direction is indicated by a color. The elements of earth, water, fire, air and ether that are symbolized by the structural portions of sturs opa and that are thus also and that is thus also present in Mount Meru, are indicated in the mandala by the various squares. Through the entrance gates, the believer gets inside the Mandala. Guardian deities in chariots protect the gates. The basis of the painted mandala is always formed by two crossed vajras. Only the points of the vajras can be seen.