Karma Kagyü Refuge Tree; ཚོགས་ཞིང་ 噶瑪噶舉派
The Karma Kagyü Refuge Tree serves as a powerful visual representation of the objects of refuge within the Vajrayana tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. It outlines the lineage of teachers and the different lineages of refuge. The tree is anchored in a deep blue sea, symbolizing the ocean of samsara, or cyclic existence. Its trunk embodies the journey toward enlightenment. The Vajradhara is seated with a vajra posture holding a vajra and a bell. Tibetan gurus Nagarjuna, Ratnamati, Saraha, Marpa, Milarepa, Gampopa, and the first three Karmapas are all subsided below him in the tree.
Hand-painted in Nepal.
The natural Pigment Painting measures 35 inches X 23 inches, with an additional silk Thangka bordering it.
The Karma Kagyü Refuge Tree serves as a powerful visual representation of the objects of refuge within the Vajrayana tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. It outlines the lineage of teachers and the different lineages of refuge. The tree is anchored in a deep blue sea, symbolizing the ocean of samsara, or cyclic existence. Its trunk embodies the journey toward enlightenment. The Vajradhara is seated with a vajra posture holding a vajra and a bell. Tibetan gurus Nagarjuna, Ratnamati, Saraha, Marpa, Milarepa, Gampopa, and the first three Karmapas are all subsided below him in the tree.
Hand-painted in Nepal.
The natural Pigment Painting measures 35 inches X 23 inches, with an additional silk Thangka bordering it.
The Karma Kagyü Refuge Tree serves as a powerful visual representation of the objects of refuge within the Vajrayana tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. It outlines the lineage of teachers and the different lineages of refuge. The tree is anchored in a deep blue sea, symbolizing the ocean of samsara, or cyclic existence. Its trunk embodies the journey toward enlightenment. The Vajradhara is seated with a vajra posture holding a vajra and a bell. Tibetan gurus Nagarjuna, Ratnamati, Saraha, Marpa, Milarepa, Gampopa, and the first three Karmapas are all subsided below him in the tree.
Hand-painted in Nepal.
The natural Pigment Painting measures 35 inches X 23 inches, with an additional silk Thangka bordering it.