The other day, I was thinking of this piece that Id painted last year, and adding this calligraphy came to mind, coupled with the wheel of #Dharma as it all ties together with the joy of the snow lion. It is approx 1mx1m on silk and I will have both calligraphied & non calligraphied available to purchase as prints. Read on for explanations on this piece. For more and prices of prints in various formats,please do follow the print - shop link. tillycampbellallen/print-shop.html circle me / follow me https://google/+TillycampbellallenSilkArtist friend me / follow me on facebook and pinterest/tillysilkart/presentation-options-of-my-art-wwwtillycampbellall/ & as always, thanks for looking #tillycampbellallen One Tibetan term included on the painting is the Gankyil. (to quote Wiki)The #Gankyil (Standard #Tibetan: དགའ་འཁྱིལ་) is a symbol and ritual tool in Tibetan Buddhism, Bön, Himalayan Shamanism, Korean Buddhism, and Japanese Buddhism. In Bön and Nyingma Dzogchen lineages, the Gankyil is the principal symbol and teaching tool: it is symbolic of primordial energy and represents the central unity and indivisibility of all the teaching, philosophical and doctrinal triune of Dzogchen (and quadrune of the greater Buddhadharma such as the Four Noble Truths and the Four Joys of the Bonpo). It is an attribute of the Snow Lion. the 2nd set of #calligraphy.. The #Snowlion, (Tibetan: གངས་སེང་གེ་, ) is a #celestial animal of #Tibet. It symbolizes fearlessness, unconditional cheerfulness, east and the earth element. It is one of the Four Dignities. It ranges over the mountains, and is commonly pictured as being white with a turquoise mane. represents unconditional cheerfulness, a mind free of doubt, clear and precise. It has a beauty and dignity resulting from a body and mind that are synchronized. The Snow Lion has a youthful, vibrant energy of goodness and a natural sense of delight. Sometimes the throne of a Buddha is depicted with eight Snow Lions on it, in this case, they represent the 8 main Bodhisattva-disciples of Buddha Shakyamuni, the historical Buddha.Its feet never touch earth,though it does not fly. According to Norbu & Shane: The Gankyil, or ‘Wheel of Joy’, can clearly be seen to reflect the inseparability and interdependence of all the groups of three in the Dzogchen teaching, but perhaps most particularly it shows the inseparability of the Base, the Path, and the Fruit. And since Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, is essentially the self-perfected indivisibility of the primordial state, it naturally requires a non-dual symbol to represent it. —Norbu & Shane, The Crystal and the Way of Light[1]
Posted on: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 15:55:21 +0000