Tibetan Antique Tsakli Card with Painting of Heruka on Fu-Lion

Tibetan Antique Tsakli Card with Painting of Heruka on Fu-Lion

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Himalayan / Tibetan

Period

Pre 1900

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Antique Tibetan tsakli card depicting a wrathful deity (Heruka) wielding a knife on the back of a fu-lion. Painted in mineral colors on paper with Sanskrit description on the back.

Tsakli cards are powerful miniature paintings of Buddhist deities and objects. They have many different ritual uses. They can be used for teaching when a lama holds the card out for a student to focus on, thus helping them with the visualization and meditation on that deity and what it represents. The cards are often used as part of altar displays that are changed as teachings unfold. They can be used to form a three dimensional mandala. If the picture is of a specific ritual object, the cards can act as a stand-in for that object which may be otherwise difficult to come by. In the construction of new monastery buildings, tsakli cards with guardian deities may be set up facing the directions they are responsible for protecting. Tsakli cards are often used in funeral rituals to help the deceased through the stages of the Bardo realm.

Age: 18th/19th century

Dimensions: 5 3/4″ high x 4 3/4″ wide

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Antique Tibetan tsakli card depicting a wrathful deity (Heruka) wielding a knife on the back of a fu-lion. Painted in mineral colors on paper with Sanskrit description on the back.

Tsakli cards are powerful miniature paintings of Buddhist deities and objects. They have many different ritual uses. They can be used for teaching when a lama holds the card out for a student to focus on, thus helping them with the visualization and meditation on that deity and what it represents. The cards are often used as part of altar displays that are changed as teachings unfold. They can be used to form a three dimensional mandala. If the picture is of a specific ritual object, the cards can act as a stand-in for that object which may be otherwise difficult to come by. In the construction of new monastery buildings, tsakli cards with guardian deities may be set up facing the directions they are responsible for protecting. Tsakli cards are often used in funeral rituals to help the deceased through the stages of the Bardo realm.

Age: 18th/19th century

Dimensions: 5 3/4″ high x 4 3/4″ wide

Additional information

Region

Himalayan / Tibetan

Period

Pre 1900

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