An antique 19th Century or earlier tsakli painting in mineral pigments depicting, atop a 4 tiered square stack which
represents the base of Mount Meru - one side blue and the other yellow, a 'golden' visvavajra, or 'double dorje', at its
centre the Jewel Wheel of Joy.
The dorje or vajra is the quintessential symbol of the 'diamond vehicle' or vajrayana Buddhist path. It symbolises the
impenetrable, immovable, indivisible and indestructible state of enlightenment or Buddhahood of the enlightened mind.
The vajra symbolises the male principle of skilful means, and is always held in the right, or male hand. The visvavajra
represents the indestructible reality of Buddha's vajra mind as the unshakeable throne or ground of enlightenment.
It is for this reason that the visvavajra is placed beneath images of the various deities as their base. 4 lines of text to the
reverse, beneath a Terma syllable. 12.5 x 14.5