Manuscript cover decorated with the five transcendental Buddhas
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India and Nepal
Orientation 4
Display 6
ABM 003
Code: ABM 003
Country: Tibet
Style: Nepalese School
Date: 1150 - 1250
Dimensions in cm WxHxD: 54 x 12
Materials: Painting on wood
Manuscript cover decorated with the five transcendental Buddhas: Vairochana, Akshobhya, Ratnasambhava, Amitabha and Amoghasiddhi
At the center, White Vairochana represents the victory over ignorance, the mother of all afflictions. He transforms this mental poison into the expanse of reality wisdom. Blue Akshobhya transforms hatred and aversion into the mirror-like wisdom. Yellow Ratnasambhava transcends pride into the wisdom of sameness. Red Amitabha transmutes desire and attachment into the wisdom of discernment. Finally, Green Amoghasiddhi triumphs over envy and jealousy by transforming it into the all-accomplishing wisdom.
On a symbolic level, these five Buddhas represent all aspects of awakening. They are the pure expression of the ultimate goal of practice. They embody the dynamics of transformation in the process of awakening, in which ordinary emotions are transmuted into wisdom.
At the center, White Vairochana represents the victory over ignorance, the mother of all afflictions. He transforms this mental poison into the expanse of reality wisdom. Blue Akshobhya transforms hatred and aversion into the mirror-like wisdom. Yellow Ratnasambhava transcends pride into the wisdom of sameness. Red Amitabha transmutes desire and attachment into the wisdom of discernment. Finally, Green Amoghasiddhi triumphs over envy and jealousy by transforming it into the all-accomplishing wisdom.
On a symbolic level, these five Buddhas represent all aspects of awakening. They are the pure expression of the ultimate goal of practice. They embody the dynamics of transformation in the process of awakening, in which ordinary emotions are transmuted into wisdom.