The first traditions of Tibetan Buddhist art followed the practices of aniconic artwork, meaning that the use of Buddhist symbols and emblems to represent the Buddha and his travels and teachings without actually using a human form to represent the Buddha himself.
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Buddhism, Texts | Leo Golan | 
March 7, 2009 5:43 pm | 
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The monks laboriously created the sand mandala by memory over about 5 days, and then ritually destroyed it. Doing this illustrates everything’s impermanence.
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Buddhism | Leo Golan | February 28, 2009 7:34 am | Comments (0)
A rare opportunity to view the Buddhist arts of the mystical kingdom of Bhutan – “The Last Shangri-La”.
At the Asian Art Museum through May 10th.
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Bhutan, Buddhism, Himalaya, News | Leo Golan | February 27, 2009 4:34 pm | Comments (0)
The Dragon’s Gift offers a rare opportunity to introduce some of the most sacred Buddhist images of Bhutan to the wider international audience.
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Bhutan, Buddhism | Leo Golan | 3:45 pm | Comments (0)
Wallpainting in Punakha Dzong, Bhutan. The cosmology according to the Kalachakra-Tantra, on which the Kagyu-Astrology is based since the 3.Karmapa, is depicted here.
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Bhutan, Buddhism | Leo Golan | February 17, 2009 2:17 pm | Comments (2)
