Quality Manjushri Thangka.  Thanka. Scroll.  Printed.  Silk.  China.

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Manjushri – the oldest and most significant Bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism – is the embodiment of transcendent wisdom.

 

As a fully enlightened Bodhisattva, he is respected and worshipped as a “meditational” diety.  For those who meditate on him, he instructs in the Dharma and stimulates them to develop wisdom.

 

His image – especially on Thangka scrolls – is most often seen on the walls of  meditation halls, libraries and scripture study rooms in monasteries.

 

This Thangka was handcrafted / printed /     assembled in village outside Chengu, Sichuan Province.  A yellow silk cloth covers the image when not in use… and it can be rolled up.