Item: Amitabha Buddha - Pureland (Sukhavati)

Tibetan: སངས་རྒྱས་འོད་དཔག་མེད། Chinese: 无量寿佛

(item no. 90518)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1800 - 1899
Lineages	Nyingma
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Buddha

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Amitabha, Buddha (Tibetan: o pa me, sang gye, English: the Enlightened One of Immeasurable Light). At the left side is the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara and Vajrapani on the right. The remaining 6 bodhisattvas are in seated postures.

Various Buddhas sit on clouds in the sky along with two Nyingma Lamas wearing pandita hats. Monks and dwellings fill the foreground. At the bottom left is Green Tara and White Tara sits at the right.

Jeff Watt 5-2000