We are happy to publish Life and Thangka by Tiffani H. Rezende with hope that this book will inspire all those who have interest in Tibetan culture and wishes to study it.
This book describes very vividly how he author came into contact with sacred art of Thangka painting at a workshop at Gandan monastery in Ulaan Bator, Mongolia and how she subsequently studied Thangka painting at the Norbulingka Institute, Dharamsala.
We are sure that our readers will find it inspiring and absorbing.
This is a sacred art, a path which can take you to enlightenment.
When a Mongolian lama whispered these words to her, she realized she was meant to follow this path.
Life and Thangka Searching for Truth Through Sacred Art, Tiffani H. Rezende, Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Paperback, 2006, 81 Pages, $5.00
Contents
Acknowledgement iv
Publisher's Note vii
I A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THANGKA PAINTING
History 1
Meaning 1
II. SEARCHING AND DISCOVERING
Motivation 3
Life 5
Finding Thangka 8
India 11
III LIFE AND THANGKA
First Day in Class 13
More Imagination 15
Chinelos Havaianas 16
Very Good, Do It Again! 17
Golden Heart 19
In Space with a Vajra and a Bell 23
Rats, Scorpions and Karma 25
The Wheel of Life 28
Signs on My Head 32
I am God 36
Winter Mummy 37
Preceptions 37
Tea with Gen-la, the Acceptance Ceremony 39
Brush and Paint, Sitting in Front of a Thangka 41
The Master Also Starts Learning 43
Mind and Life Conference with H. H. the Dalai Lama 44
Conditioned Consciousness 47
The West and the East 52
God's Laughter 57
Perfection 58
Spying into the Future 61
IV INSPIRATIONS
Loneliness 67
Contemplation 69
Reality of expression 69
How long will it last? 71
Nameless God 74
I, feast for the Beasts 75
The Trip of the Butterfly 77
Royal Flowers 79
