Guru Mailarepa Tibetan Religous Karmakoti Thangka Scroll Painting
  Detailed with 24 Karat Gold
  26.5" x 20.25"

Milarepa – Buddhist Master of Tibet

Milarepa  is believed to be the most beloved and highly accomplished Buddhist  master of Tibet. His songs on enlightened experiences are still sung  today by the learned and lay people alike. Milarepa during his early  career committed many evil deeds through black magic, and sending  hailstorms too. He later regretted his evil deeds and eventually found  his worthy and enlightened Marpa, who put him on trials and hardships in  other to test his guru devotion and eagerness to practice dharma  teachings. He later conferred on him the series of empowerments and  essential teachings of Maha Mudra which he received from Naropa. Milarepa meditated on these tantric teachings with great zeal in wild  and forlorn mountains for 6 years and eventually achieved the realization of Vajradharahood in his very life time. Millions of devotees took inspiration from his practice and verification of Buddhist  teachings.

Gestures and Attributes

Milarepa is often depicted as in the illustration shown here, with his right hand  raised to his right ear in a listening gesture, symboling his way of  teaching the Buddhist wisdom through songs or poems. Milarepa can be easily recognized by the right hand held up to his right ear. He spent much of his life meditating in mountain caves. In the  Indianascetic tradition, he sits on an animal skin. In his left hand is a  skull-cup. The use of bone served as a constant reminder of the  temporary nature of human existence. The presence of blue azurite in  this figure's hair indicates that it has been used for worship.

About This Thangka Painting

This  is Karmakoti type Thangka Painting which is believed to be invented by the 17th Karmapa so these type of Thangka Paintings are popular and are mostly demanded these days. This Guru Milarepa Thangka Painting is painted in cotton canvas by the artisans of Patan in Nepal who have been in the business from generations.