Dharma Art

Author : Chögyam Trungpa
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1148 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dharma Art written by Chögyam Trungpa and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 1996 with total page 1148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dharma art" refers to the creative works that spring from the meditative state of directness, unselfconsciousness and nonagression. This book examines Trungpa's teachings and emphasises the importance of craft, and the development of the skills and knowle

Author : Chogyam Trungpa
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780834821286
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book True Perception written by Chogyam Trungpa and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2008-11-11 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genuine art has the power to awaken and liberate. The renowned meditation master and artist Chögyam Trungpa called this type of art "dharma art"—any creative work that springs from an awakened state of mind, characterized by directness, unselfconsciousness, and nonaggression. Dharma art provides a vehicle to appreciate the nature of things as they are and express it without any struggle or desire to achieve. A work of dharma art brings out the goodness and dignity of the situation it reflects—dignity that comes from the artist’s interest in the details of life and sense of appreciation for experience. Trungpa shows how the principles of dharma art extend to everyday life: any activity can provide an opportunity to relax and open our senses to the phenomenal world. An expanded edition of Trungpa's Dharma Art (1996), this book includes a new introduction and essay.

Author : Gurcharan Das
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780199779604
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Difficulty of Being Good written by Gurcharan Das and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-10-04 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why should we be good? How should we be good? And how might we more deeply understand the moral and ethical failings--splashed across today's headlines--that have not only destroyed individual lives but caused widespread calamity as well, bringing communities, nations, and indeed the global economy to the brink of collapse? In The Difficulty of Being Good, Gurcharan Das seeks answers to these questions in an unlikely source: the 2,000 year-old Sanskrit epic, Mahabharata. A sprawling, witty, ironic, and delightful poem, the Mahabharata is obsessed with the elusive notion of dharma--in essence, doing the right thing. When a hero does something wrong in a Greek epic, he wastes little time on self-reflection; when a hero falters in the Mahabharata, the action stops and everyone weighs in with a different and often contradictory take on dharma. Each major character in the epic embodies a significant moral failing or virtue, and their struggles mirror with uncanny precision our own familiar emotions of anxiety, courage, despair, remorse, envy, compassion, vengefulness, and duty. Das explores the Mahabharata from many perspectives and compares the successes and failures of the poem's characters to those of contemporary individuals, many of them highly visible players in the world of economics, business, and politics. In every case, he finds striking parallels that carry lessons for everyone faced with ethical and moral dilemmas in today's complex world. Written with the flair and seemingly effortless erudition that have made Gurcharan Das a bestselling author around the world--and enlivened by Das's forthright discussion of his own personal search for a more meaningful life--The Difficulty of Being Good shines the light of an ancient poem on the most challenging moral ambiguities of modern life.

Author : Ratnaguna
Publisher : Windhorse Publications
ISBN 13 : 1909314765
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Art of Reflection written by Ratnaguna and published by Windhorse Publications. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on his own experience, and on Buddhist teachings, Western philosophy, psychology and literature, Ratnaguna provides a practical guide to reflection in its many forms. This is a book about reflection as a spiritual practice, about its importance, and about "e;what we think and how we think about it."e;

Author : John M. Rosenfield
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691163979
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Preserving the Dharma written by John M. Rosenfield and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this beautifully illustrated book, eminent art historian John Rosenfield explores the life and art of the Japanese Buddhist monk Hozan Tankai (1629–1716). Through a close examination of sculptures, paintings, ritual implements, and primary documents, the book demonstrates how the Shingon prelate's artistic activities were central to his important place in the world of late-seventeenth-century Japanese Buddhism. At the same time, the book shows the richness of early modern Japanese Buddhist art, which has often been neglected and undervalued. Tankai was firmly committed to the spiritual disciplines of mountain Buddhism—seclusion, severe asceticism, meditation, and ritual. But in the 1680s, after being appointed head of a small, run-down temple on the slopes of Mount Ikoma, near Nara, he revealed that he was also a gifted artist and administrator. He embarked on an ambitious campaign of constructing temple halls and commissioning icons, and the Ikoma temple, soon renamed Hōzanji, became a vibrant center of popular Buddhism, as it remains today. He was a remarkably productive artist, and by the end of his life more than 150 works were associated with him. A major reconsideration of a key artistic and religious figure, Preserving the Dharma brings much-needed attention to an overlooked period of Japanese Buddhist art.

Author : Chögyam Trungpa
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Visual Dharma written by Chögyam Trungpa and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 1975 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visual Dharma presents the tantric iconography of Tibetan Buddhism. People have heard of the existence of tantra and have even encountered its visual expressions, but tantra has remained only vaguely understood. By giving the straight-forward facts of the development and inspiration of Tibetan art, its methods and its social context, Visual Dharma dissipates the fog surrounding the tantric tradtion and leads to a perception of its genuine mystery. The symbolism of tantra is drawn from the wisdom of the awakened state of mind. The figures of its iconography are not deities in the ordinary sense, but aspects of transmuted ego.

Author : Rodney Alan Greenblat
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462918379
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dharma Delight written by Rodney Alan Greenblat and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Dharma Delight, abstract artist and Zen practitioner Rodney Greenblat uses lighthearted narrative and vivid pop art paintings to celebrate the joys of living life from the inside out. Part graphic guide, part personal testimony, part art book, Dharma Delight illustrates how seeking the path of compassion and acceptance can be as zany and exuberant as it is profound. It is a happy exploration of Buddhist Enlightenment—what it is, where to seek it—and how to recognize the perfection in ourselves. A great option for Zen beginners and experienced practitioners alike, sutras (teachings), Bodhisattvas (enlightened beings) and jataka tales (parables) are presented in a way that's simple, upbeat and fun to read. The original paintings—some new, some already known on the New York art scene and elsewhere—are an imaginative and affirming mind's-eye view of Buddhist teaching. Together, the words and illustrations are a warm and cheerful invitation to newcomers and a cool splash of refreshment to any traveler on the road to enlightenment.

Author : Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
ISBN 13 : 1410344266
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Study Guide for Vikram Chandra's "Dharma (Art of the Short Story)" written by Gale, Cengage Learning and published by Gale, Cengage Learning . This book was released on with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jinah Kim
Publisher : Brill Hotei
ISBN 13 : 9789004416413
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dharma and Puṇya written by Jinah Kim and published by Brill Hotei. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dharma and Puṇya explores the centrality of ritual practices and the agency of people in creating and amplifying the efficacy of Buddhist art. It presents paintings, illuminated texts, statues, and ritual implements from the Newar tradition in the Kathmandu Valley.

Author : Stephen Addiss
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 159030747X
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Zen Art Book written by Stephen Addiss and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2009 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When a Zen master puts brush to paper, the resulting image is an expression of the quality of his or her mind. It is thus a teaching, intended to compassionately stop us in our tracks and to compel us to consider ultimate truth. Here, forty masterpieces of painting and calligraphy by renowned masters such as Hakuin Ekaku (1685–1768) and Gibon Sengai (1750–1837) are reproduced along with commentary that illuminates both the art and its teaching. The authors’ essays provide an excellent introduction to both the aesthetic and didactic aspects of this art that can be profound, perplexing, serious, humorous, and breathtakingly beautiful—often all within the same simple piece."--Publisher description.