Karma Amitayus, From a Mandala of the Ninefold Amitayus  1189

[b]Notes from the Curator:[/b] [br]In twelfth-century Tibet a flourishing Buddhist religious life was dominated by theistic and faith-centered Tantric observance. It focused on salvation through codified recital of mantras, ritual dances and gestures, and special meditation. Strict codes also determined color, size, proportion, and formal details of the painted and sculpte...