Thangka Vajradhara Tibet XIX-XXth c.

Object literature: Vajradhara, Buddha (Tibetan: dor je chang, sang gye. English: The Vajra Holder, Enlightened One). He is considered a secret emanation of Skakyamuni Buddha. According to the Kagyu lineage, Buddhā Vajradhāra is the primordial Buddha, the Darmakhaya Buddha. He is depicted as dark blue in color, expressing the quintessence of buddhahood itself and representing the essence of the historical Buddha's realization of enlightenment, he is also considered the progenitor of the Vajrayana system of Buddhism from whom are said to have evolved the five Dhyani-Buddhas.