Inner Sanctuaries and the Temples of Tibet
Tiffani Gyatso
6 September 2024
Buddhist artist Tiffani Gyatso shares her insights on inner and outer manifestations of sacred wisdom during a pilgrimage to Tibet
Geometry of Life
Tiffani Gyatso is an artist from Brazil who has focused her field of study on the sacred expressions of art from different cultures. She specializes in traditional Tibetan thangka painting, which she learned in India at the Norbulingka Institute from 2003–06, before furthering her studies at the Prince School of Traditional Arts in London, where she studied Sacred Geometry of the Middle East. Today she runs her own art retreat center at the Atelier YabYum in the mountains of Brazil and guides art groups to India and Nepal.
Geometry of Life is published bimonthly.
Creative Happiness: A Journey through Suffering and Joy
Tiffani Gyatso
5 July 2024
Tiffani Gyatso ponders growth and maturity on the Buddhist path amid the inevitability of suffering and impermanence
The Secret of All Demons
Tiffani Gyatso
13 March 2024
Buddhist artist Tiffani Gyatso offers a meditation on the tantric path of inner spiritual practice
Atoms of a Thought: Emotional Intelligence in the AI Era
Tiffani Gyatso
5 January 2024
Tiffani Gyatso ponder the implications of digital technology and AI and our deeper relationship with the natural world
To Live Is to Die: Into an Ayurvedic Retreat
Tiffani Gyatso
4 December 2023
BDG columnist Tiffani Gyatso shares her reflections on emotional healing and rebirth
The Horse, the Rider, and Onions . . .
Tiffani Gyatso
8 September 2023
Buddhist artist Tiffani Gyatso delves into the Buddhist teaching of self and non-self, examining what it means to strip away the layers of delusion that hide our true nature
The Lotus-Born One
Tiffani Gyatso
12 July 2023
Symbolism and liberation on the tantric path: the legend of Padmasambhava
Natural Radiance and the Outer and Inner Sun
Tiffani Gyatso
17 April 2023
Disconnecting from technology and reconnecting with our true selves and the natural rhythms of the universe
Riding on the Back of Freedom: The Meaning of the Garuda
Tiffani Gyatso
13 March 2023
The wisdom of creativity: sacred imagery and the Garuda
Life Is Not Useful
Tiffani Gyatso
9 January 2023
A Buddhist perspective on living mindfully, living sustainably, and living in touch with nature
The Eyes of Liberation: Understanding Arya Tara
Tiffani Gyatso
18 November 2022
Perceiving the path to liberation embodied in the wisdom of the sacred feminine
The Meaning of Mandalas
Tiffani Gyatso
21 September 2022
A meditation on creation and creativity expressed in the mandala of primordial wisdom