Himalayan Art - A Magnificent Poem That Is Beyond Ordinary
Million Lines, One Gaze: Painter Jixianjia
Recently, we had the privilege of a detailed conversation with Teacher Jixianjia, a celebrated contemporary Tibetan artist. Now past seventy, he hails from the Amdo grassland. For almost three decades,...
Million Lines, One Gaze: Painter Jixianjia
Recently, we had the privilege of a detailed conversation with Teacher Jixianjia, a celebrated contemporary Tibetan artist. Now past seventy, he hails from the Amdo grassland. For almost three decades,...
Tsa Tsa Molds: Carrying Sacred Miniatures on th...
"Tsa Tsa" was first used in Tibet and is related to the formal introduction of stupas into Tibet. According to existing relics and historical records, the introduction of stupas into Tibet...
Tsa Tsa Molds: Carrying Sacred Miniatures on th...
"Tsa Tsa" was first used in Tibet and is related to the formal introduction of stupas into Tibet. According to existing relics and historical records, the introduction of stupas into Tibet...
Fangs and Fur of the Divine: Tigers, Snow Lions...
Today we are discussing several cat species commonly found in Himalayan and Tibetan art: tigers, lions, leopards, and cats. We not only analyze the significance of each in the images,...
Fangs and Fur of the Divine: Tigers, Snow Lions...
Today we are discussing several cat species commonly found in Himalayan and Tibetan art: tigers, lions, leopards, and cats. We not only analyze the significance of each in the images,...
The Ga'u Box: A Treasure Chest Worn Close to th...
The Gau box in Tibetan context (གའུ་) means "small box", and it is also known as a "sealed box" (གའུ་ཁ་སྦྱར་) and "sacred box" (ཟ་མ་ཏོག་). The former word describes the form...
The Ga'u Box: A Treasure Chest Worn Close to th...
The Gau box in Tibetan context (གའུ་) means "small box", and it is also known as a "sealed box" (གའུ་ཁ་སྦྱར་) and "sacred box" (ཟ་མ་ཏོག་). The former word describes the form...
Garpon La: The Last Music Master of the Potala ...
The life and legacy of Garpon Pema Thondup, the last music master of the Potala Palace court troupe, who revived Tibetan classical Gar music.
Garpon La: The Last Music Master of the Potala ...
The life and legacy of Garpon Pema Thondup, the last music master of the Potala Palace court troupe, who revived Tibetan classical Gar music.
The White Conch of Sakya: A Sacred Gift from Bu...
At first, the King of the Gods, Indra, presented a right-turning conch shellas an offering to the fully awakened and perfect Buddha, Shakyamuni.Thus, the conch shell came to be seen...
The White Conch of Sakya: A Sacred Gift from Bu...
At first, the King of the Gods, Indra, presented a right-turning conch shellas an offering to the fully awakened and perfect Buddha, Shakyamuni.Thus, the conch shell came to be seen...