![]() The Wheel of Life in fact represents a very complete view of mundaine existence in its depths and heights. A good deal of misunderstanding surrounds its rich imagery and symbolism and I myself have often heard it described by Thanka painters in Kathmandu as being either an almanac, astrological chart or a complex Tibetan calender. It was at one time also very common in Buddhist India, but the Moslem invasion was so complete in its destruction of Buddhism in India only or two examples of it remain in the rock cut Caves of Ajanta and Ellora in the state of Maharastra in India. And it is believed that the concept and the formation of the Wheel of Life were set by none other than Lord Buddha Himself.The Tibetan Wheel of Life is perhaps the most common of all pictures in Buddhist Art and can still be soon on the walls of Monasteries temples and painted scrolls all over Tibet and Buddhist countries bordering the Himalayan region. Wheel of lofe Thangka is one of the most iconic paintings that was ever made. Thangka Painting is one of the purest art forms in Buddhism culture. ![]()
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