Skanda, a bodhisattva also known as The Heavenly Marshal of Golden Armor, was instructed by Gautama Buddha to guard the Dharma, which led to him traveling to Purva-Videha east, Apara-Godaniya in the west, Jambu-dvipa in the south, and Uttara-Kuru in the north. One of the sons alongside Gautama Buddha and Maitreya in Chakravarti’s a thousand sons, Skanda vowed to protect the faith and Dharma and safeguard the 999 brothers before him. After all of them had achieved Enlightenment and became Buddhas, Skanda finally achieved Buddhahood and was named Rucika. In this painting, Skanda wears a phoenix-wing helmet, dark cloud shoes, golden armor, and a vajra in his hand. Xia used ink washes and light color to depict Skanda’s majestic and handsome facial features, with gold speckles on the armor to project extraordinary essence and spirit.
简中｜韦驮菩萨
Paintings
Xia Jing Shan
ink and color on paper
132.7X65.5
2011
題跋：三洲感應獲法金甲神韋馱尊天，南無大韋馱菩薩。現在護法韋馱菩薩就是（四王天）三十二員大將之一，在賢劫千佛中，將為最後一位成佛，名號樓至佛。辛卯年二月於慶霖雲殿，夏荊山敬題。印記：佛像肖印、福慧雙修、不空不有、萬法心生、明心見性、夏荊山、楠竹居士、夏光樺印、荊山藏畫、聖像妙法廣結善緣、聖像妙法寶鑑、南無阿彌陀佛
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