Union of Wisdom & Compassion Acrylic on canvas 30" x 40"
The father-mother union is a manifestation of the Buddha’s highest spiritual essence, of enlightenment as the union of wisdom and compassion. More than metaphorical, to the devout Tibetan this image is concrete evidence to the existence of great spiritual attainment. The female represents transcendent wisdom: the direct awareness of reality as the Buddha experienced it and taught it. The male represents compassion for all beings, which is the natural expression of such wisdom. Wisdom knows the ultimate nature of reality, its absolute freedom and total relativity. To Buddhists, the “root of all evil,” is our desperate clinging to self-image and self-satisfaction. Wisdom comes through experiencing the perfect ‘transparency” of the self, which leads to utter freedom from self-concern. Such transparency of self gives a clear view of others; such freedom from self-concern makes room for concern for others. Wisdom is the bliss of seeing through the delusion of self-occupation to reveal the underlying dimension of freedom. Compassion is the expression of such bliss to others.
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SKU: Father/Mother Original
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