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Under the umbrella of art
According to legend, it all started more than a century ago when a Buddhist monk named Phra Intha of Wat Bo Sang brought the art of umbrella making from Burma to Chiang Mai after his long pilgrimage. The monk travelled to many places and the Thai-Burmese border where a villager gave him a beautiful rain- and sunlight-proof umbrella. He studied and then introduced that art to Bo Sang. Nowadays … Buddhist Art – Origami Buddha
Give yourself the gift of inspiration with this magnetic word kit depicting Buddhist quotes and symbolic words. From a gentle nudge at work, to invoking calm in your hectic schedule; from a moment of clarity in your stressful day to a sweet reminder of what life is about, these magnetic word kits are perfect for any mood. Buy a second one as a gift for a friend and save….
Buddha Yixing Teapot ~ Yixing teapots date back to the Sung Dynasty. Yixing teapots are highly collectible among tea enthusiasts for their unique beauty and for the special properties in the clay itself. Each yixing teapot or cup should be used for one type or flavor of tea only, as the unglazed vessel will absorb and enhance the flavor with continued use. For this reason yixing products should be…
The Hamilton Collection 6″ plates in Very Good Condition. #1 New Year’s Day, Pine & Crane, Plate #0192IK. #3 Spring Cherry Blossom, Plate #0866WC. #4 Girl’s Doll Day Festival, Peach Blossoms, Plate #7297WC. #5 Buddha’s Birthday, Lotus & Baby Buddha, Plate #2445HC. #8. Summer, Morning Story & Evening Story, Plate #0389HB. #9. Autumn Grasses & sinsins Insects, Plate #5737HB. #10. Festival of the Ful…
Posted in Dalai Lama on 01/08/2011 04:10 am by admin
Bill Viola’s Spiritual Art (Rpt)
Few video artists can boast a hallowed placed in the world’s churches and cathedrals, but Bill Viola’s spiritual vision has been widely recognised by both the artistic as well as the religious establishment. In a rare and profoundly spiritual conversation, Bill Viola talks to Rachael Kohn at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image for the Melbourne Festival of the Arts. View part of this … Quotes by the Dalai Lama about Mao
Thich Nhat Hanh’s writing is deceptive in its subtlety. He’ll go on and on with stories about tree-hugging or metaphors involving raw potatoes; he’ll tell you how to eat mindfully, even how to breathe and walk; he’ll suggest looking closely at a flower and to see the sun as your heart. As the Zen teacher Richard Baker commented, however, Nhat Hanh is “a cross between a cloud, a snail, and pi…
An updated edition of a beloved classic, the original book on happiness, with new material from His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Dr. Howard Cutler. Nearly every time you see him, he?s laughing, or at least smiling. And he makes everyone else around him feel like smiling. He?s the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet, a Nobel Prize winner, and a hugely sought-after speaker and stat…
Author Simon Weisenthal recalls his demoralizing life in a concentration camp and his envy of the dead Germans who have sunflowers marking their graves. At the time he assumed his grave would be a mass one, unmarked and forgotten. Then, one day, a dying Nazi soldier asks Weisenthal for forgiveness for his crimes against the Jews. What would you do? This important book and the provocative que…
