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.
Most of the thangkas 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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