Sujet

Raktayamari and Vajravetali, early 14th century. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Raktayamari and Vajravetali, early 14th century. The Buddhist deity Raktayamari embraces his female partner, Vajravetali, their union symbolizing the bliss of enlightenment. As the red ("rakta") enemy ("ari") of Yama, the god of death, Raktayamari conquers death itself. By defeating death, he also ends the cycle of rebirth and the suffering it causes. With Vajravetali, he tramples the buffalo of Yama, along with figures associated with the attachments that trap us in a state of ordinary existence. By meditating on Raktayamari, and by identifying with him as he destroys these obstacles, the Buddhist practitioner comes closer to spiritual liberation.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23B16_323

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

61,2Mo (4,6Mo) / 36,5cm x 42,0cm / 4312 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

female women woman people man man men red Asian Asia couple religious orange embracing arts painting religion Buddhism art guy continent museum color grey rebirth death deity God location century liberation enlightenment embrace Tibet Tibetan concept liberated two people wrath Colour wrathful orange colour 14th century Fourteenth Century Tibetan Buddhism dharmapala tempera TGN trampling Yama conquering portrait Unknown RAKTAYAMARI Yamer Tantric Buddhism Walters Art Museum Heritage Art Vajravetali trampled tempera and gold on cloth tempera on cloth