Shakyamuni Buddha Thangka Medicine Buddha and Vairocana

and Vairocana

but as the lioness it is commonly related to the Great Mother and protection

The Guhyasamaja tantra is also referred to as the King of Tantras

one of his hands is shown as holding the sweet meat

as it showers its positive energy out of the trunk and into all surrounding beings and spaces

Shakyamuni Buddha Thangka Medicine Buddha and VairocanaBeautiful Handpainted Shakyamuni Buddha Thangka, with vegetable colour with gold paint. The Buddha Shakyamuni is the historical Buddha, founder of the Buddhist philosophy and often referred to as the Buddha. He is believed to have lived in around 420 BC and to have spent most of his life spreading the teachings of Dharma, in the Buddhist religion each "kalpa" (a Buddhist eon) is said to have its own Buddha, whose teachings slowly are forgotten before