The throne is made of hand-carved teak - there is a single gold throne, in Lhasa - and the one built for Boston has carved into it the eight “auspicious symbols” of Buddhism.
Tags: Buddhist Symbols, Dalai Lama, News, Video
Buddhism, News, Travel | Leo Golan | 
April 26, 2009 1:40 pm | 
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There are thousands of towns Lopon Teschu Rinpoche visited in the West, and this was the first mayor who wanted to build a stupa. So there must be what we call a very strong karmic connection.
Tags: Buddhist Symbols, Kagyu, Stupa, Travel
Buddhism, Travel | Leo Golan | March 20, 2009 5:05 pm | Comments (2)
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 | Comments (1)
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.
Tags: Bhutan, Buddhism, Buddhist Art, Buddhist Symbols
Bhutan, Buddhism, Himalaya, News | Leo Golan | February 27, 2009 4:34 pm | Comments (0)
