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  • Original Vintage Tibetan Buddhist Thangka Painting - Complex Kalachakra Mandala- Fair Trade


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This interesting and complex Kalachakra Mandala Thangka has been created as a meditation aid. The mandala focuses the attention to create a sacred space.

Kalachakra means Wheel of Time. It is one of the most explicit kinds of mandala and represents the external as well as the internal microcosm.

The outer wheel of the mandala represents the eternal universe which has no beginning or endpoint. It also represents the energies of life and reality, energy is neither created or nor destroyed. Everything in the universe runs in a chain and energy borrowed from one’s life is transmitted to another life. 

The outer circle of the mandala actually consits of four disks which represent the four main elements. They are fire, earth, water, and wind.

The square at the centre of the mandala represents the divine palace which consists of five spirtual levels: body, speech, mind, pristine consciousness, and bliss mandala.

The Kalachakra mandala originates from the Kalachakra tantra, teachings of Shakyamuni, the Historical Buddha around 2600 years ago, which explore the connections that link humans with the universe and cosmos as a whole.

The figures around the circle represent the human and spritual worlds; there are fiery protectors surrounded in the fires of truth & knowledge, people at the bottom of the Thangka represent the earthly realm and the figures at the top are spiritual guides looking down from Heaven.  Around the outside of the Thangka are Druk, the Tibetan Dragons, that represent Enlightenment.  The figure in the centre is Shakyamuni.


The mandala is repeatedly contemplated to the point of saturation, such that the image of the mandala becomes fully internalised in even the minutest detail. It can then be summoned and contemplated at will as a clear and vivid visualized image.  With the practice of the Kalachakra Mandala, it is said that one can reach the state of enlightenment.


This beautiful Kalachakra Mandala was painted by a very experienced Thangka Painter who has a studio in the shadow of the great Boudha Stupa in Kathmandu. It was created as a meditation aid for the Abbott at the Shechen Monastery nearby.


It is unframed and painted onto cotton, the painted area of the picture measures 305mm ( 12") by 390 mm (15.5").  It is a very detailed hand painting in the traditional thangka style.

The gold on the painting is gold leaf and the pigments used are all natural mineral or vegetable based paints.

We buy our Thangkas directly from the artists which guarentees that the painters are well paid for their wonderful work.

Our Thangkas are at least 20 years old as Thangka Painting in the last Century was far superior to currently produced Thangkas which are made primarily for the tourist trade.

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Original Vintage Tibetan Buddhist Thangka Painting - Complex Kalachakra Mandala- Fair Trade

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  • Product Code: Complex Mandala Thangka Painting
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  • £399.00


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