
The Art of Awakening
A User's Guide to Tibetan Buddhist Art and Practice
Shambhala Publications Inc (Publisher)
Published on 11. April 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
496 pages
978-1-61180-387-7 (ISBN)
Description
A presentation on the Tibetan Buddhist path to enlightenment, through the lens of an artist's eye and experience.
The sacred arts play an essential, intrinsic role in Tibetan Buddhist practice. Here, one of the great practitioners and master artists of our time presents a guide to the Tibetan Buddhist path, from preliminary practices through enlightenment, from the artist's perspective. With profound wisdom, he shows how visual representations of the sacred in paintings, sculptures, mandalas, and stupas can be an essential support to practice throughout the path. This work, based on the author's landmark Tibetan text, The Path to Liberation, includes basic Buddhist teachings and practices, clearly pointing out the relevance of these for both the sacred artist and the practitioner, along with an overview of the history and iconography of Buddhist art.
The sacred arts play an essential, intrinsic role in Tibetan Buddhist practice. Here, one of the great practitioners and master artists of our time presents a guide to the Tibetan Buddhist path, from preliminary practices through enlightenment, from the artist's perspective. With profound wisdom, he shows how visual representations of the sacred in paintings, sculptures, mandalas, and stupas can be an essential support to practice throughout the path. This work, based on the author's landmark Tibetan text, The Path to Liberation, includes basic Buddhist teachings and practices, clearly pointing out the relevance of these for both the sacred artist and the practitioner, along with an overview of the history and iconography of Buddhist art.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Boston
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
120 B&W IMAGES
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
741 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61180-387-7 (9781611803877)
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Konchog Lhadrepa | Charlotte Davis
The Art of Awakening
A User's Guide to Tibetan Buddhist Art and Practice
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04/2017
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