Tibetan Thangka

Tibetan Thangkas

Buddhist Art - Tibetan Art

© Heinz Hoes
Morayshire, Scotland, UK

 my Gallery of Tibetan Thangka Painting

and Open Edition Prints

Thangka painting is an ancient Tibetan Buddhist art form, which has been practised in Tibet for much more than one thousand years.   Thangka, simply is the Tibetan word for painting. In the paintings of this Tibetan Buddhist art form the many and various deities and venerable teachers such as the historical Lord Buddha Shakyamuni are shown.  These images inspire through their beauty, but also a painted deity is a visual support for those practising meditation.

 The origins of Thangka painting go back to Lord Buddha Shakyamuni and stretch even further beyond into the past.  Lord Buddha lived about 2600 years ago in India, where He taught the Holy Dharma to a large following and also instructed and inspired many artists.  

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