The Buddha in Paintings

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Buddhist Paintings

Maya Devi and Buddha's Birth (Tibetan Buddhist)

In Eastern India, it was sometimes the norm for an expecting mother to give birth to the baby in her father's home as opposed to her husband's. The resplendent Queen Mother was making the customary journey when she came across a particularly attractive grove and decided to camp there to soak in the natural appeal for a while. While her entourage of handmaidens were setting up the tents, she paced up to an alluring tree and took a branch in her hand. At once she caught herself in the throes of labour. While her handmaidens held up a sheet to conceal her, she had the fateful delivery right then and there, standing erect with the branch in her right hand as her only means of support. This happened to have been the start of a tradition of female iconography in Indian art: amply endowed body and arm raised over the head, symbolic of fertility and divinity.

Gautam Buddha On The Six-Ornament Throne of Enlightenment with Scenes from His Life - Tibetan Buddhist

Depicts all the major episodes from the spiritual life of the Buddha.

Bhumisparsha Buddha, Amidst Himalayan Verdure

A superfine artwork depicting Buddha's Nirvana.

Five Dhyani Buddhas (Tibetan Buddhist Deity)

Each of these Buddhas helps us overcome one of the following negative traits: ignorance, anger, pride, attachment, and jealousy.

Thousand Buddha Wall (Auspiciousness Multiplied)

An intricate composition which spreads auspiciousness all around.

Gautama Buddha and the Scenes from His life

The life of Buddha rendered in the distinct aesthetic of Puri Painting.

The Glowing Face Of The Buddha

A row of lotus buds grows from the murky waters of a pond in the woods. A layer of emerald-coloured lotus pads coats its surface, from amidst which rise the slender stems with the pink crowns. Of varying lengths and bloom, they sway this way and that, conveying life and dynamism in a seemingly still work of art. The princely face of the Buddha predominates the background. His mukhamandala is the softest, most beauteous lotus of them all.

Lord Buddha in Divine Austerity

The half-open eyes are symbolic of his existence in both the worlds with the pink lips smiling in the success of his enlightenment.

Mahaparinirvana Buddha

The composure of His handsome, aged countenance is one of equanimity stemming from profound wisdom. In sharp contrast to the same is the collective stance of the disciples who surround His deathbed - upon the final moments of their beloved teacher, they are breaking down in inconsolable grief.

The Tranquil Face Of Lord Buddha

A school of pristine doves mid-flight flanks the princely face of the erstwhile Shakyamuni Siddhartha. Angular kundalas dangle from His lengthened, wisened earlobes. Precisely in line with the facial midline of the Buddha blooms a peachy pink lotus below the chin, integral to traditional Buddhist symbolism and iconography. The blue of the backdrop transitions into a more absorbing shade. Two monks sit with their hands folded in veneration, facing the Lord . They are clad in brilliant scarlet robes, which stand out vividly from the otherwise monotone, ashen colour palette. Semblances of the temple architecture of Sarnath are to be found on either side of the central panel, adding to the painting a world of breadth and depth.

Standing Buddha, In Seedless Calm

This batik depicts the Buddha standing, which in itself is unconventional. His feet are on the gigantic pistil of a pink lotus, and behind Him is a white minimalistic aureole. He is clad in red translucent robes, beneath which one could make out the skilfully done outline of His divine form. His face is marked by a composure of seedless calm, as could be gleaned from the half-shut eyes.

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