The Buddhist Pancharang Concept:
The Buddhist Pancharang concept consists of Blue/ Black, White, Red, Green and Yellow.
Meditating on these colours helps you tranform your feelings
Blue/Black: From anger to wisdom/ hate to compassion (depicts the element air)
White: From ignorance to knowledge (depicts water)
Red: Worldly attachment to discernment (depicts fire)
Green: From jealousy to peace
Yellow: From pride to humility (depicts earth)
The colours are also used to depict the various directions - east, west, north, south and central (white, red, green, yellow and blue/black respectively)
These colours are brought to life in the Buddhist Tangka paintings as well.
The Buddhist Pancharang concept consists of Blue/ Black, White, Red, Green and Yellow.
Meditating on these colours helps you tranform your feelings
Blue/Black: From anger to wisdom/ hate to compassion (depicts the element air)
White: From ignorance to knowledge (depicts water)
Red: Worldly attachment to discernment (depicts fire)
Green: From jealousy to peace
Yellow: From pride to humility (depicts earth)
The colours are also used to depict the various directions - east, west, north, south and central (white, red, green, yellow and blue/black respectively)
These colours are brought to life in the Buddhist Tangka paintings as well.
