Original Hand Painted Citipati The Dancing Skeletons Tibetan Meditation compassion thangka/thanka painting

Citipati -The Dancing Skeletons Hand-Painted Thangka

Citipati, a happy couple is also called the ‘Lord and Lady of the Charnel Grounds’ and they are the principal Dharma protectors that are associated with the tantric systems of Vajrayogini. Meditation practices on the charnel grounds were a common tantric practice with the Indian Mahasiddhas, especially connected to the Heruka Chakrasamvara/Yogini transmission lineage. These above-ground sites were places that were covered with human flesh, bones, and blood, where corpses were brought to be cremated -if one could afford the wood- but more often they were left to be ripped apart and eaten by wild animals, such as vultures. These frightening places were far from town where no one usually went, except for these yogis who came to contemplate and meditate on the impermanence of all phenomena.

These happy-looking skeletons are also a common feature at the Cham Lama dances that are held by the monasteries at certain Buddhist festivals. These events are livelily costumed and masked dances performed by monks and accompanied by music played on traditional Tibetan instruments.

Size: 13 X 18 Inch ( 33 x 46 cm )
Surface Material: Handmade Cotton Canvas
Colors Use: Tibetan Canvas Cotton, Dust Of Gold, Water, Poster Colors With Tibetan Hide Glue Mixture

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