Art, Imagery & Symbols
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TIBETAN AMULETS by Tadeusz Skorupski, preface by Per Kvaerne 126 pp., with over 200 drawings. #TIAMTA - $ 25.00 This book provides a systematic study of the Tibetan charms and amulets, mantras and cakras that have afforded their wearers protection for centuries, and which remain a living tradition today. Drawing from indigenous works of the 19th century, the author illustrates and explains 109 amulets and their accompanying mantras, as well as 102 cakras, primarily associated with the Nyingma-pa and Bon traditions. The author also employs the amulets and cakras to reveal details of the myriad gods, demons and other supernatural beings--many incorporated into Buddhism from earlier belief systems--that comprise the Tibetan pantheon. More ... | |
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TIBETAN CALLIGRAPHY: How to Write the Alphabet and More by Sanje Elliott, foreword by Sarah Harding 104 pp. #TICAHO - $ 14.95 "The written word contains much magic. Ancient spiritual traditions have always recognized the power of the word, both as utterance and as symbol. In studying the Buddhist teachings, one has many ways of relating to the media of its transmission. Not the least of these methods is developing simply beautiful writing. More ... | |
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TIBETAN SYMBOLS AND DESIGNS COLORING BOOK design by Stephanie Odeh 24 pp., 8.5"x11". #TISYDE - $ 7.95 This book contains twenty-two works of Tibetan art from the Newark Museum that are rendered in line drawings for children or adults to color. As a helpful guide, the front and back panels of the book show all 22 original works of art in full color. Most of the line drawings have been simplified for young artists, but older people can use the original artwork to add more of the detail and subtlety of the original works. More ... | |
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TOOLS FOR PEACE PERSONAL MANDALA WORKBOOK by Lama Chodak Gyatso Nubpa, ed. by Jamie Price 10" x 11.5" spiralbound. 150 pp. #TOFOPE - $ 39.95 This colorful and engaging workbook offers practical step-by-step methods, contemplations, queries, and activities to transform negative emotions and increase our capacities for peace and well-being. All you need is a pencil and willingness to consider the thoughtful, evocative questions. A great way to integrate Buddhist ideas--for Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike. Color throughout. More ... | |
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A TREASURY OF DRAWINGS OF BUDDHAS, DEITIES AND LAMAS OF TIBET (The Nyingma Icons) by Keith Dowman, foreword by Dudjom Rinpoche 103 pp., 94 b/w illustrations. #TRDRBU - $ 12.95 A true treasury of images--Buddhas, lamas, deities, dakinis, dharma protectors and guardians--each with short songs of homage. More ... | |
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TRUE PERCEPTION: The Path of Dharma Art by Chogyam Trungpa, ed. by Judith Lief 224 pp. #TRPEPA - list price $ 16.95 Our Price $13.56 (you save 20%) An expanded edition of Chogyam Trungpa’s Dharma Art (1996), this book presents Trungpa’s teachings about the power of art to awaken and liberate. Trungpa extends the principles of dharma art to everyday life, showing how any activity can provide an opportunity to relax and open our senses to the phenomenal world. This edition includes a revised introduction and a new essay. More ... | |
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WORLDS OF TRANSFORMATION: Tibetan Art of Wisdom and Compassion by Marylin Rhie & Robert Thurman 480 pp., 9" x 12", 319 illustrations, 285 in color, 2 maps. #WOTRP - $ 65.00 If you liked the Wisdom and Compassion art book, you will love this massive edition of Tibetan Buddhist paintings. Hundreds of sublime Tibetan thangka paintings from the premier New York collection of Shelley and Donald Rubin span the 12th through 20th centuries and the spectrum of Tibetan artistic schools. There is an analysis of each painting's iconography and religious meaning, style, regional lineage, and sources. David Jackson discusses the paintings of the Kagyupa order in the Rubin Collection. | |