One of 64,000 Buddhas, Buddha Samantabhadra in love coition Maithuna - ritual sex, in which a man and a woman transformed into a divine pair. It symbolizes the union of two opposite cosmic principles - male and female. In the experiment Maithuna overcome the dualism of subject and object.
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I am interested in the question - why thangke Buddha are often depicted in blue? It seems I've found Answer: dark blue color symbolizes the vastness of space nature of mind. At higher thangke spouse Samantabhadra - white, symbolizing the original purity measure the empty nature of mind. Their union - the symbol of indissoluble unity of bliss and emptiness. They symbolize freedom nagost original nature reality of any "garments."
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