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A Mission of Preservation: A Conversation with Prof. Luo Wenhua of the Palace Museum
The race against time to conserve Tibetan Buddhist art
Uploaded 10 Mar 2017
Buddhism and Creative Writing, Part One
Can creative writing be considered part of our Dharma practice
Uploaded 26 Aug 2016
Finding Excellence, Part 1: Of Course They Don’t Talk About It
Revelations from the hidden world of Cham
Uploaded 22 Jul 2016
Emperors, Lamas, and Silk: the Origin of Fabric <i>Thangkas</i>
Tracing the roots of a sacred Buddhist art form
Uploaded 8 Apr 2016
Reflections on Learning to Paint like a Medieval <i>Thangka</i> Painter: Hand-grinding Gems and Minerals into Pigment
Appreciating the more-than-700-year-old tradition of the Newari people of Nepal
Uploaded 26 Feb 2016
A <i>Thangka</i> Painting Project of the Chöd Pacification of Suffering Practice
Laura Santi discusses her intriguing thangka painting
Uploaded 14 Aug 2015
Searching for Meaning in Tibetan Wrathful Imagery
Tibetan Vajrayana imagery, for the most part, illustrates fantastical literary texts by reflecting metaphor and symbolism. Notions of aesthetic achievement and the sense of beauty within this traditio
Uploaded 24 Oct 2014
Pin drop silence: a 21st-century Avalokiteshvara at the Met
The concept of a modern or contemporary Tibetan art is a relatively fresh phenomenon arising out of the second half of the 20th century. The work of artists like Tenzing Rigdol and Gonkar Gyatso recen
Uploaded 23 Jul 2014
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