symbolic thangka
Teaching thangkas including the Wheel of Life (Bhavachakra) and Life of Buddha. Narrative pieces that illustrate Buddhist philosophy and history.
Handmade pieces from Himalayan artisans, carrying centuries of tradition.
Symbolic thangkas are narrative paintings made to teach rather than to portray a single deity. They illustrate the Buddha's life, the Wheel of Life, and scenes from the Jatakas, giving monks and teachers a visual text for explaining karma, rebirth, and the path out of suffering.
Artists compose these works with many small figures across registers and landscapes, each gesture and attribute following scriptural description. Painted in mineral colour with gold detail on cotton canvas, they hang in monasteries, study rooms, and home shrines wherever the Dharma is studied.
Wheel of Life Thangka
Canvas · 15×19.7 in
Canvas · 40×52 in
Cotton canvas · 19.69×27.56 in
Stories from our workshop and the artists behind each piece.
