Vajrasattva

     This is a good quality thangka painting with nice shading and subtle tones.       Canvas Size: 13 inches x 15 inches     Brocade Border Size: 23 inches x 38 inches     Vajrasattva (Tibetan Dorje Sempa), symbolizes the purity of enlightened mind our true nature. In Sanskrit, vajra (Tibetan: dorje) means “indestructible.” Sattva (Tibetan: sempa) means “being.” Our primordial mind, indestructible pure awareness, is beyond the cycle of birth and death.       Vajrasattva holds a vajra in his right hand. The vajra represents skillful means: the ability to skillfully navigate and transform obstacles into the path to enlightenment.      In his left hand, Vajrasattva holds a bell or “ghanta” in Tibetan. It symbolizes the wisdom aspect of enlightened mind. The hollow shape of the bell symbolizes “emptiness;” the understanding that all phenomena lack inherent existence The wisdom bell of emptiness cuts through delusion and awakens beings from ignorance.     Skillful means and wisdom are two