The Secret Five Bodhisattvas harp Code: CUR348

Code: CUR348

on the Centauresse 'Hylonome' - from Ovid's Metamorphoses

Code: EX796

Qing Dynasty bird embroidery (c

Code: AN1028

The Secret Five Bodhisattvas harp Code: CUR348Japanese painting of The Secret Five Bodhisattvas (Gohimitsu Bosatsu) (c. 1200s). The Secret Five were used in a Buddhist ritual to convert negative aspects of consciousness into positive ones. At the center is Kongsatta, who represents the enlightened mind. He is surrounded by enlightened beings who convert the human frailties of desire, sensory pleasure, passion, and pride into constructive tools to use on the path to enlightenment. Code: EX1428