1000 Armed Chengrezig Mandala | Bodhisattva Painting

1000 Armed Chengrezig MandalaIntroduction to 1000 Armed Chengrezig MandalaThis painting is done Using mostly pure Gold . This technique of using gold is very ancient popular in Buddhist countries like Nepal and Tibet.Lokeshvara wears all the ornaments :earrings ,bracelets and so forth .He also wears an antelope skin on his shoulders and carries various weapons in his hands. Lokeshvara is a cosmic form of Avalokiteswara and is represented with eleven heads and one thousand arms .He is adorned with all the six jewels and is dressed in a monastic robe.Lokeshvara is also the spiritual father of White Tara and Green Tara who were said to be formed from his two drops of tears when he saw the pain and suffering in the sentient beings. They are all boddhisattvas (liberators of the sentient beings from pain and suffering ) who have very prominent spots among the Tibetan Deities.He is residing here inside a Mandala which is a tool for liberation .-------------------------------------------------