- From the Taeger Collection
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Feel free to download those thangka-paintings
for private use. When you click on the icons, you get a larger image with
additional text. All pictures and statues of the Buddhist Galleries are
from the private collections of Hans-Hinrich Taeger and not for sale. For
reprints in books or for commercial use (in a higher resolution) etc. please
contact:
taeger@iol.ie
Try to imagine that the pictures
are rainbow deities of your higher self and honor them accordingly. Many
deities can be seen as wisdom aspects of planetary and zodiacal energies.
The 6 element lights are black (the primordial basic energy from which
all other elements arise), dark blue (water element), yellow (earth element),
red (fire element), green (air element) and white (ether element).
As a 7th 'element' or state of
mind one can understand the lightblue dimension of nondualistic emptiness
(Mahamudra). Try to understand that the body of those deities have a transparent,
radiating light character (rainbow body). They are dynamic beings like
you and me (no statues). Their attributes, gestures and even the smallest
details have a profound meaning. Thangkas have two main functions: firstly
they lead you into a magical reality which is also part of your inner light
nature. By identifying with those deities, you step by step assimilate
their (your) wisdom and power using special light-sounds (seed syllabels),
mantras and inner and outer visualizations (-tantra aspects). Their (your)
basic nature is emptiness, purity and formless light, from which they (we)
can spontaneously emerge to form a dreamlike body. Secondly thangkas explain
in a very profound way the philosophy and psychology of Buddhism (-sutra
aspects). So those pictures have the potency to replace many philosophy
books
(-learning by seeing).
Click thumbnails for an enlargement
with some commentaries.
- Please excuse the poor quality
of the pictures. They were scanned 2 years ago for a quick loading at that
time. For the actual computer generations and the quick ISDN connections
we will do better scans as soon as our time allows.
PSYCHEDELIC BUDDHA
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