The Art of Awakening: A User's Guide to Tibetan Buddhist Art and Practice

Have been wanting to find a book about traditional Tibetan painting from the artists point of view. This it it. If you are seriously interested in beginning thangka painting this book will explain what you must do. Very detailed explanation from a master. Sets out the proper way to go about it, the proper motivation needed to use painting as a path to enlightenment.

This book is a dream for anyone interested in dharma art. It is packed with valuable information about the symbolism in Buddhist art as well as the way to practice while creating it. It also provides an interesting section about the attitude the artist, purchaser if the art and commissioner of the art shoukd have toward the art and artist. As a budding dharma artist, I learned so much reading it, and have shared (and will continue to share in bits) information in it with a dharma coloring group I meet with about once a month. Vajrayana students will find the information in it very valuable as well. I am grateful to the author for the translations of parts of the Tsering Art School Manual (written in Tibetan) offered here, and to the artist for providing this information to students. It is absolutely lovely.

This is a must book for all Thangka painters. I want to be perfectly honest though, I really wish the illustrations were bigger. I was disappointed to see how small the book actually is, it's hard to see the intricate lines and grids in the back. No doubt the love, passion and expertise of the writers and artists in creating this book is totally apparent, but the format, and size of the book is too small. The book and subject matter would be better suited by making it larger, much like a textbook or guidebook.

This book is the first book explaining thangka painting in a usable meaningful way. There are lots of useful tips and explanations of methods and reasons for them. A must for a thangka painter!

Useful for a range of practitioners.

This book will be a classic of Tibetan Buddhist literature. It is the first work that I have found that clearly integrates Buddhist insight and its relationship with artistic expression.

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No pensé que me fuera a llegar, y si, en medio de todo esto ha venido muy bien

Una biblia paraCreo que tiene una muy buena base quién lo han escrito los que disfrutamos con este tema, mucha información .Espero poder profundizar como choón.