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Upcoming Shambhala Art
Intensive May. 2008
Upcoming Teachers'
Training May 2008
Shambhala
International
Shambhala Meditation
Center Los Angeles
Download 2008 Shambhala Art
Brochure.
For information
on the properties of art materials and their health issues
see Trueart.info
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Available through
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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Phone: 902.421.1550, or E-mail: Vajrapub@Shambhala.org |
Visual Dharma Sourcebook I
–Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Basic teachings of dharma art drawn from many sources. Topics include: the
nature of perception and symbolism, art and daily life, isness, openness,
meditation practice and creativity. Based on selected talks from an
assortment of seminars: the 1975 Naropa Institute course, Iconography of
Buddhist Tantra; the 1974 Karmê-Chöling Mandala of the Five Buddha
Families seminar; the Padma Jong Dance of Enlightenment seminar; the 1974
Karmê-Chöling Art in Everyday Life seminar; the 1973 Milarepa Film
Workshop and the 1976 Mudra Theatre Intensive.
1978, 98pp. |
Visual Dharma Sourcebook II
–Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
The 1978 Boulder Visual Dharma seminar: state of mind, space, sacredness and
sanity, Great Eastern Sun and basic goodness.
1978, 47pp.
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 Visual Dharma Sourcebook III
–Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Presentation of dharma art in terms of heaven, earth, and man; the mandala principle; and
the four karmas. Provocative interweaving of the vision of Shambhala and buddhadharma. Based on 1979 Dharma Art seminar, Boulder, Colorado. Also the basis of
dharma art essay in The Art of Calligraphy.
1979, 76pp. |
Dharma Art Conference Talks
–The Sakyong, Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche
Two talks given at Rocky Mountain Shambhala Centre in July, 1996.
1997, 38 pp.
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The Following are Available Through Shambhala Publications.
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Volume Seven
The Art of Calligraphy
(Excerpts); Dharma Art; Visual Dharma
(Excerpts); Selected Poems; Selected
Writings
Hardcover / Shambhala
Publications / 880 pages / 6 x 9, ISBN 1-59030-031-9
Description of The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa
The Collected Works of Chögyam
Trungpa brings together in eight
volumes the writings of one of the
first and most influential and
inspirational Tibetan teachers to
present Buddhism in the West.
Organized by theme, the collection
includes full-length books as well
as articles, seminar transcripts,
poems, plays, and interviews, many
of which have never before been
available in book form. From memoirs
of his escape from Chinese-occupied
Tibet to insightful discussions of
psychology, mind, and meditation;
from original verse and calligraphy
to the esoteric lore of tantric
Buddhism—the impressive range of
Trungpa's vision, talents, and
teachings is showcased in this
landmark series.
Volume Seven features the work of
Chögyam Trungpa as a poet,
playwright, and visual artist and
his teachings on art and the
creative process, which are among
the most innovative and provocative
aspects of his activities in the
West. While it includes material in
which Trungpa Rinpoche shares his
knowledge of the symbolism and
iconography of traditional Buddhist
arts (in Visual Dharma), this
richly varied volume primarily
focuses on his own, often radical
creative expressions. The Art of
Calligraphy is a wonderful
showcase for his calligraphy, and
Dharma Art brings together his
ideas on art, the artistic process,
and aesthetics. Tibetan poetics,
filmmaking, theater, and art and
education are among the topics of
the selected writings.
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The Art of Calligraphy
Chögyam Trungpa
- During the twenty-year period of his remarkable proclamation of Buddhist and
Shambhala teachings in the West, calligraphy was a primary means of expression for
Chögyam Trungpa. This book showcases sixty-one of his brushworks-poems, seed syllables,
and phrases as well as abstracts. Facing them are short, pertinent quotations from his
prose and poetry.
An essay entitled "Heaven, Earth, and Man," based on one of Trungpa's
"dharma art" workshops, is also included. Here he emphasizes what he called
"art in everyday life": the cool, peaceful expression of unconditional beauty
that offers us the possibility of being able to relax enough to perceive the phenomenal
world and our own senses properly. He goes on to show how the dynamic of heaven, earth,
and man (the ancient Oriental hierarchy of the cosmos) is basic to any artistic
endeavor-whether painting, building a city, or designing an airplane-as well as to
perceiving the art that surrounds us. He also introduces the idea that "the discipine
of art-making"- the meditative relationship space along with the artist's point of
view-can be used to organize and create a decent society. |
Dharma Art
Chögyam Trungpa, Judith Lief
- "Dharma art" refers to creative works that spring from the awakened
meditative state, characterized by directness, unselfconsciousness, and nonaggression.
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche shows that dharma art provides a vehicle to appreciate the
nature of things as they are and express it without any struggle or desire to
achieve. The Dignity of the Artist. 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. Study the
Traditions. At the same time, the author stresses the need for artists to study their
craft, develop skill, and absorb knowledge and insight passed down by tradition.
And, finally, he extends the principles of dharma art to everyday life, showing how
any activity can provide an opportunity to relax and open ourselves to the phenomenal
world.
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- Artwork by the Author . Among the twenty black-and-white illustrations are
artworks by the author including photographs, paintings, calligraphies, and flower
arrangements.
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The Following Audio & Video Recordings are
Available Through
Kalapa Recordings
Phone: 902.421.3214 or E-mail: recordings@shambhala.org or click on HOW
TO ORDER |
| Art In Everyday Life Chögyam
Trungpa
Karmê-Chöling, Barnet VT, December 1974
Direct everyday experience is the source of all creativity. Viewed without
aggression, the whole world is a work of art, and delight in the play of energies around
us helps us develop a larger vision.
A023 Three talks, 3 audio-cassettes, in an album-box. |
| Discovering Elegance " The arrangements in the exhibition reveal through
their beauty, gentleness, dignity and elegance the perfection of vision that man can
attain. Highly recommended." - Landers Film
Reviews
From the 16 mm film of Chögyam Trungpa and his students demonstrating the art
of oriental design, as they prepare an environmental art exhibit held at the Los Angeles
Institute of Contemporary Art in 1981.
V006 1 VHS colour video-tape (28 minutes)
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| Visual Dharma © Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Used by kind permission of Diana J. Mukpo.
"The artist has
tremendous power to change the world." - Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
This video record of Visual Dharma, the 1978 Dharma Art seminar presented in
Boulder, Colorado by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, offers the full view on artistic
expression from a master of dharma and the arts. In this four talk video set the
Vidyadhara demonstrates ikebana, calligraphy and discusses poetry with Allen Ginsberg.
This is a unique opportunity to hear and see the founder of Shambhala Training apply
Shambhala principles to the creative arts.
Talk Titles:
1. State Of Mind 2. Space, Sacredness & Sanity 3. Great Eastern
Sun 4. Basic Goodness
V012 4 VHS colour video-tapes (55-70 minutes each)
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Additional Recommended Texts and
Audios
Hare Brain Tortoise Mind
by Guy Claxton
From Rob Lightner at www.amazon.com
-- Even though we all learned that "slow and steady wins the race"
back in grade school, most of us tackle problems with the brute force of logic.
Cognitive scientist Guy Claxton wrote Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind to show us
another way. As he says, "voices of philosophy, poetry and imagery are
relatively weak in a world that largely assumes that only science and reason
speak with true authority." Yet that very authority suggests that there are
many problems better served by slower, more intuitive thinking, rather than the
linear, logical process Claxton calls the "d-mind." Laboratory studies
of subliminal perception, problem solving, and creativity point to a cacophony
of intelligent voices murmuring just below our conscious levels of awareness yet
influencing our behavior in subtle ways we are only just beginning to
understand. Claxton argues persuasively that this unconscious intelligence is
just what we need to handle complex situations, and that our culture's misplaced
emphasis on logic and reason to the exclusion of all else is foolish, and even
hypocritical, as most scientists will readily admit to abandoning their
left-brains on occasion for bursts of nonlinear, inspired thinking. But his
prose is never preachy; in fact, he sounds as warm and wise as the Buddhist
monks he has studied with. If you're looking for a new way of thinking about
thinking, you'll find it in Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind.
Paperback
- 259 pages 1 Harper edition (November 18, 1999)
Harperperennial Library; ISBN:
0060955414 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.65 x 8.11 x 5.34
Enlightened by Design
by Helen Berliner
This book shows how to use our homes to realign ourselves with the
basic forces ofnature: heaven and earth, the four directions, and the elemental energies
that arise from them. Based on Tibetan Buddhist teachings on energy mandalas and the
practice of space awareness, it includes playful quotes, provocative illustrations, and
practical exercises for discovering the inspiration and delight hidden in our homes. And
it explains the role of wakefulness in contemplative arts and design.
Berliner proceeds from living room to bedroom to kitchen to home office,
illustrating with rigorous practicality how we can join space, color, function, harmony,
and our senses to create functional, welcoming rooms. She draws on traditional geomantic
systems from Celtic wisdom to feng-shui to show that home design and ecology are one and
the same, and that intuition and our senses are our most effective decorating tools.
Working with wakefulness and natural patterns of energy, we can create enlightened
environments--and in this case enlightenment begins at home!
Binding: Paperback Pages: 160 pp., illus. Size: 8" by
9" Shambhala
Publications 1-57062-334-1
Cognition and the Visual Arts
by Robert L. Solso
From The Publisher:
An experienced and prolific writer, Robert Solso has a gift for simplifying sometimes
difficult concepts in science. Here he brings a refreshing new approach to the psychology
of art, synthesizing research from a vast collection of data on how humans perceive,
process, and store information and applying it to the viewing and interpretation of art.
In this first systematic study of the connection between the new cognitive psychology and
its importance to art, Solso reflects on the long relationship between humankind and art,
observing that "mind and art are one." A major theme of this book, in fact, is
that the clearest view of the mind comes when we create or experience art, a reverse of
the usual view of art and cognition. The illustrations cover a wide range of examples,
including African, Asian, and prehistoric art, but focusing primarily on Western art. The
treatment of cognition applies a blend of the standard information-processing model, brain
function, and neural networks.
Format: Paperback, 1st
ed., 294pp. ISBN: 0262691868 Publisher: The MIT Press Pub. Date: January 1994
Zen and the Art of The Controlled
Accident
audio tapes by Alan Watts
In ZEN AND THE ART OF THE CONTROLLED ACCIDENT, Alan Watts speaks on the
spontaneous, completely natural life as understood by the Zen masters, who developed to a
high degree the ability to act in the state of "mooshin" or "no mind,"
without expectation or deliberation. With charm and erudition, Watts discusses this and
other subtle concepts central to Zen creativity. He also recounts how Zen spread from
China to Japan and to the West.
Out of appreciation born of stillness and the delight in seeing how nature takes
its course came the entire cult of Zen art. Zen's creativity springs from this fresh look
at the beauty of the commonplace and simple, and gave rise to new forms in ceramics,
calligraphy, poetry, the tea ceremony and gardens. In all of these, Watts explains, the
art of the controlled accident is at work, expressing the perfect harmony of man and
nature, order and randomness, skill and chance. From mastery of this balance comes the
ability to find and convey what is the most spiritual through what is most ordinary.
In these informal talks, Watts also reads and discusses Zen poetry, including
the work of the great Haiku poet, Basho, and tells stories of Zen masters, including
teachers Vanca and Hakuin, and the great painter, Sengei.
140 minutes. 2 tapes Order #MYS-76909 From
- Mystic Fire Video
- P.O. Box 422
- New York, NY 10012-0008 Phone: 800-292-9001
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