Ritualized Landscapes: Performative Iconography
A Look at large Buddhist rituals in Tibetan China
A Look at large Buddhist rituals in Tibetan China
Shamanic healers and tantric rituals
Visions of hell inspired by a near-death experience
Discovering remarkable examples of Buddhist…
A closer look at martial behavior in Vajrayana…
Art as a channel to higher states of consciousness
Why a devotional approach to the preservation of sacred…
I was listening to my favorite podcast as I drove home from a retreat last month. In a reversal of roles, On Being host Krista Tippett was
A member of the Bhutanese Royal Family, Princess Ashi Kesang Choden T. Wangchuck is executive director of Bhutan’s Thangka Conservation Center and a scholar of
Art for art’s sake has never been an overriding motivation in Tibetan culture or Tibetan Buddhism. For example, we can understand thangka painting, the sacred art of
Visually, there are two forms of language: one that has to be learned and one that communicates directly with the other-than-conscious part of our mind.
“Sacred art is created in order to awaken our experience of the true reality. It should not remain unattended on a wall or shelf. We