Tibetan Thangka Art:
Sacred Garden of the Medicine Buddha
Weekend Workshop with Tiffani Gyatso
SATURDAY & SUNDAY
OCTOBER 2nd & OCTOBER 3rd
9AM - 5PM
IN-PERSON AT PURE LAND FARMS
TOPANGA, CALIFORNIA
PRICE:
Weekend Workshop at Pure Land Farms: $295
Live Stream on Zoom (Saturday Only): $70
REGISTRATION
Please select one of the two options below:
This event is held in-person at Pure Land Farms.
Covid test is required to attend. Before registering, you must agree to our Covid-19 protocols.
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We welcome you back for our very first in-person program since the Covid-19 pandemic at Pure Land Farms!
Medicine Buddha (Tibetan Sangyé Menla སངས་རྒྱས་སྨན་བླ་) is the Buddha of healing, who as a bodhisattva vowed to liberate all sentient beings from illness of body, speech, and mind. Today more than ever, connecting to the Medicine Buddha generates the healing benefits that people and the environment need most. By connecting to Medicine Buddha in any form we generate merit.
In this weekend workshop with master Norbulingka trained thangka painter and teacher, we are going to connect with Medicine Buddha in an artistic way by drawing his form surrounded by the medicinal plants of his botanic healing mandala.
DAY ONE (Online Streaming Also Available):
Today we will learn how to create the proportial grid for creating the form of a seated Buddha according to traditional Tibetan thangka principles. We will learn about the symbolism of his iconography, draw his form and color him, working with awareness and compassionate intention.
DAY TWO:
Pure Land Farms is named after Tanaduk ལྟ་ན་སྡུག།, the Pure Land of the Medicine Buddha — a botanical garden filled with every healing plant, where healing of body, energy, and mind takes place spontaneously and one’s spiritual path is accelerated. Immersing ourselves in the healing atmosphere of Pure Land Farms’ magical medicinal garden, we will decorate the surroundings of our Medicine Buddha drawing by learning how to observe plants and translate them onto paper in the very recognizable Tibetan thangka style.
Throughout the weekend we will practice Medicine Buddha meditations and recite his mantra to enhance our connection to the wisdom, compassion and healing qualities of the Medicine Buddha.
You do not need to be an artist to attend this workshop, it is open to anyone who is interested in meditation and contemplative arts and is seeking greater healing for oneself and others.
ART MATERIALS
These materials will be proivited tof those who are joining the workshop in person at Pure Land Farms. For those joining the online streaming, please purchase in advance:
Water Color Paper (Example from Amazon)
Water Color Pencils (Example from Amazon)
Pencil and Pencil Sharpener, or Mechanical Pencil
Eraser
Ruler (with cm and inches)
REGISTRATION
ABOUT OUR TEACHER
Tiffani Gyatso is an artist from Brazil who focused her studies on the sacred expressions of art from different cultures. She specialized in traditional Tibetan Thangka painting, which she learned in India at the Norbulingka Institute from the years 2003-2006 and later furthered her studies at the Prince School of Traditional Arts in London where she studied sacred Geometry of the Middle East. Today she runs her own art retreat center at the Atelier YabYum at the mountains of Brazil and guides art groups to India and Nepal.
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Those who sign up for both weekend retreats will be gifted the recordings of one of Tiffani Gyatso Tibetan Thangka Art or Sacred Geometry online classes (four session classes).
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