The lord Buddha Shakyamuni Turned the three serial of Dharma wheel for the sake of his disciples after setting a metaphor for how the Buddhahood is to be attained i.e. generating the buddhichitta is the first, the accumulation of merits for the three times countless aeon is the second, and the third stage is entering into the final stage of enlightenment.

The three serial of dharma wheel are subdued under the ten states of wisdom knowledge. Among the ten state of wisdom knowledge, study of grammar and logic are encounter against those who do not have faith in Buddha and dharma.

Those who are inclined towards the dharma have been told the carpentry and the study of medicine. And pervasive knowledge of philosophy (these are five major wisdom knowledge) Above these, synonymous, the art of drama, astrology, lexicography/ calligraphy and poetry are also under the category of the ten – wisdom knowledge (they are well known as well).The principle and ordinary topic, here it is mainly dealt with the different aspects of statue (image) i.e. art of drawing Thangkha and of making statue. Here the aspect of statue has two parts: drawing and making statue. First, the explanation of how the art of Applique Thangkha spread or flourished in the world; At the time of the lord Buddha Shakyamuni, there were two great kings who became a very closed friend and used to send messages to each other. One day the king Auttayana from the Dadrok city sent Wonderful silk dress adorned with five great jewel String to the king Suikchen Nyingpo, the king of Maghadha city.




In return, the king of Maghadha city planned to send a wonderful gift. So the king asked the most famous artist to draw an image of living Buddha Sakyamuni. But the power of very high looking of the Buddha, the artist was unable to copy directly from the living Buddha. So, he requested the Buddha to stand near a beautiful lake and then he made a drawing of Buddha on a piece of cloth by copying from the reflection of the Buddha in the lake. So, the king Sukchen Nyingpo sent the drawing to the king Auttayana.

This drawing became very famous. The dedicated religious sponsor (the land owner) sought permission from the living Buddha to make an Applique Thangkha of the lord Buddha like the previous one. So, the most famous carpenter Bisho ( a manifestation of the king of God) was requested to make the thangkha of Buddha with the material of five different jewels. Those applique Thangkha he made were the thangkha of eight years old Buddha (the king Siddhartha), twelve and twenty five years old Buddha Shakyamuni. The Applique thangkha, which was offered to Muteek trishing, was well known and naturally featured with lightening. This art of drawing or stitching thangkha (applique) and making statue had been good examples for the next generation. Later many thangkha or statue of the great Indian scholar Nagarjuna, made out of mud, drawing and stitching, were established by copying the previous ones. Eventually the spiritual king of Tibet (Trisong) invited the great scholar boddhasatta from the city of sah-hor. And as predicted by the scholar, the Guru Padmasambhava from the Ogyen region who was predicted to be the second Bouddha had been invited. The Guru Padmasambhava, when came into Tibet, conquered all theevil forces of mundane god and goddess. Moreover, he invited hundred and eight great Indian scholars from India. For the beauty of the country of Tibet, he established many Applique thangkha and statue such as twelve completion of Buddha for the base of Buddha’s body, three basket of teaching for the base of Buddha’s verbal sound and many trantric text have been translated into Tibetan. Hence, even Atisha seemed to be flourished in Tibet not in India.

Among the different Applique Thangkha and statue made out of mud, and the thangkha made by the manifested one, the art of Applique thangkha continuously flourished all over the Tibet. Therefore, the three great translators of tibet (kachokshang-som); The thre kings from western side of Tibet (so suhr nub –sum); The three kings of the holder of vinaya from the lower part of Tibet (dhamtsang jam-sum); and the three victorious kings of Tibet, during the times of their existence this art of Applique Thangkha had been fashionably flourished. . His Holiness the fifth Dalai Lama, at the time of newly establishment of Buddha dharma in Tibet, produced many Applique thangkha of Buddha, bodhisattva and so forth. In brief, this art of making Applique thangkhais very popular and is believed to create countless amount of merits of the one’s own life sake and for the others as well.