The painting uses a relief image of Maitreya at the temple in Leh.

“On difficult roads, on dangerous mountain passes, there are images of Maitreya, the Bright Future. Who took the trouble to put them? Who bothered to do this? But they stand, often giant, is if they were not created by humans. Each traveler will add his pebble to the growing mendang. Will your heart mock at this stone for the steps to the future? No, your heart will open a difficult and dangerous way. Do not mock, but, smiling in the Good, add your stone to the construction of a step to the universal Light.”

(N.K. Roerich. The Flaming Stronghold.)