{"product_id":"rahula-thangka-painting-2","title":"Rahula Thangka | Wrathful Dharma Protector Thangka Painting | Tibetan Buddhist Guardian Deity Artwork","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis powerful hand-painted Thangka depicts \u003cstrong\u003eRahula\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of the most important wrathful Dharma Protectors in Tibetan Buddhism. Revered especially within the Nyingma tradition, Rahula is regarded as a fierce guardian of the Buddhist teachings, protector of practitioners, and remover of obstacles that hinder spiritual progress. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRahula is traditionally portrayed with a wrathful red body, multiple faces, blazing wisdom fire, and a serpent-like lower form, symbolizing his mastery over negative forces, ignorance, and karmic obscurations. Surrounded by flames of transcendent wisdom, he embodies the enlightened power that transforms harmful energies into spiritual awakening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis fearsome appearance is not an expression of anger but of enlightened compassion, manifesting in a wrathful form to subdue ignorance, protect the Dharma, and safeguard practitioners from spiritual and worldly obstacles. 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