Mañjushrî is an ancient Buddha who vowed to emanate throughout the universe as the always youthful, princely Bodhisattva of Transcendent Wisdom. His special purpose is to lead the audiences of the Buddha in the inquiry into the shelf, to discover the true nature of reality. He is usually depicted holding the text of the -Transcendent Wisdom [Prajnyaparamita[ Sutra in his left hand and the double-edged sword of analytic discrimination, which cuts through all delusions, in his right.
>Mañjushrî raises his hands in front of his heart in the teaching gesture. He sits comfortable in the pose of ease atop an ornate Iotus pedestal whose base is decorated with winding vines and cavorting lions, probably a reference to the lion mount he sometimes rides.
Mañjushrî carries with his right hand the double edged sword able to cut through illusion and with his left hand a blooming lotos that supports a volume of the Prajna-paramita Sutra. He is depicted as a youth of sixteen years in order to convey the Buddhist insight that wisdom is not a matter of mere experience or years, but results from the cultivation of intellectual genius, which can penetrate directly to the bedrock of reality.
Wisdom is the most honoured virtue in Buddhism, called the Mother of all Buddhas, since only wisdom makes possible the great bliss of total freedom from all suffering that is the goal all living beings. Thus, Mañjushrî is one the most important of all Buddhist deities, the veritable god of wisdom and herald of emancipation.
At the top of the image are the four Tathagatas [also called Dhyani Buddhas]: Ratnasambhava, Akshobhya, Amitabha, Vairocana and Amoghasiddhi [from left to right]. Like the Lokapalas, they represent the five cardinal points [five because the centre is also considered a direction].
The concept of the Tathagatas first appeared in Buddhist philosophy in the 3rd and 4th centuries. A literal translation of Tathagata is 'the one who has gone as he came'. If understood in the sense of 'the unchanging one', this corresponds exactly to the ideas of Mahâyâna and Vajrayâna Buddhism about their meditation Buddhas, the imaginary guides to ultimate realisation, enlightenment and thus liberation.
In the sutras, Mañjushrî has a Pure Land another universe, wherein he manifests himself as the Buddha he actually is. He is in fact a perfect Buddha who vowed to emanate all over the universe as a Bodhisattva to put the hard questions of the Buddhas on the topics of voidness, freedom, and the nature of the self. But in the popular Tibetan imagination , Mañjushrî has his earthly Pure Land at the magical Five Mountain Paradise [Chinese: Wutaishan; Tibetan: Riwo Tsenga] in north-east China, one of the most, important pilgrimage places for Tibetan, Mongolian, and Chinese Buddhists.
In the head of the image are depicted the four Tathâgatas: Ratnasambhava, Akshobhya, Amitabha, Vairocana and Amoghasiddhi [from left to right].
At the bottom we see the white Avalokiteshvara [left] and the blue Vajrapani [right]. Together with Manjushri they symbolize the three times past, present and future.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Measurements: | 22.8 x 35" | 58 x 89 cm |
| Price: | on request |
| Shipment: | Parcel Service from Germany or Nepal |
| Color: | Color Version |
| Material: | Natural Stone Colors |
| High resolution: | Display [3.1 MB, 2598 x 3562 px.] |
