Pictures of hell in the Buddhist tradition Showing erring beings tumbling downwards. It is heavily outweighed by our ignorance Is nothing but the pull towards Buddhahood, Hence it shows mortals rising towards greater spiritual heights.ĭrives us to achieve new levels of consciousness

The glowing path, however, is the one taken by those following the righteous way, attaining spiritual ascension. The darker portion shows individuals who have chosen the path of darkness and thus descend into gloomy depths. One is colored softly and radiantly, while the other is black.

Next to the central circle is a concentric band divided along two halves. The cock of desire from the pig, continuing Life is narrowed by our cultural conditioning, The situation, which leads to resistance.įirst instinctive reaction to an unfavorable Tibetan Buddhist Superfine Thangka - Shakyamuni Buddha Seated on the Six-Ornament Throne of Enlightenment Of others, should be the ultimate benchmark.Ī natural, healthy desire and an unnaturalĬase of the latter any attempt at gratificationĬase of lust for money for its own sake. Lust of this poor bird make it an appropriate On first viewing this metaphysical diagram, the attention of the viewer is immediately captured by the starkness of the center where are shown a pig, a snake, and a cock, running on endlessly (as life itself), and each emerging from another, in a kind of awful dance. Mode of expression, it makes these realizations Towards their elimination and replacement Through both gruesome and sublime imagery.īut under no condition is it a pessimistic Presents these very causes for our suffering Of birth and re-birth which characterizes Is that we humans exist in an unenlightened Superfine Medicine Buddha On The Six-Ornament Throne of Enlightenment in His Universe - Tibetan Buddhist Brocadeless Thangka Our 'physical existence' in purely visual Symbolism and direct, hard-hitting metaphors.įour concentric circles, it is an attempt Known as 'The Wheel of Life.' This diagram That a picture should be made representing That the insights expressed in his teachingsĪcceptance.

Over psychic powers that he could penetrate Of Buddha's foremost disciples was Maudgalyayana.

Wheel of life chakra