Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Wheel of Life

སྲིད་པ་འཁོར་ལོ་བྲིས་ཐང་དང་ལྡེབས་རིས། 生死轮绘画和壁画
(item no. 20316)
Lineages Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Private
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Object/Concept

Interpretation / Description

The Twelve Links begin at the 6:30 position with a blind man walking with a stick.

The Twelve Links of Dependent Arising:
Ignorance – a blind person with a walking stick (6:30 position)
Dispositions – a potter & a potter's wheel
Consciousness – a man picking fruit
Name and form – two people in a boat
Six senses – a house with six windows
Contact – a couple embracing
Feeling – an arrow in the eye
Thirst – a man receiving drinking cup
Grasping – a monkey with a fruit
Becoming – a couple
Birth – a woman giving birth
Old age and death – corpse being carried

Related Items
Thematic Sets
Wheel of Life Main Page
Wheel of Life: Positive & Negative Actions
Wheel of Life: Five Sections
Collection: Christie's, Painting (March, 1999; NY)