- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Shambhala (Nov 12 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1570621365
- ISBN-13: 978-1570621369
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 19.8 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 340 g
- Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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The late Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche (1938-1987) was the 13th incarnation of the Trungpa tulku, a revered teacher in the Tibetan tradition of Buddhism. A refugee from the Chinese invasion of Tibet, Trungpa ultimately settled in Boulder, Colo., and founded the famous Naropa Institute, the only accredited Buddhist university in North America. As a teacher, Trungpa was famous for the utterly fresh approach he took to the most ancient and profound teachings of his tradition. In this book, Judith Leif has compiled Trungpa's teachings on Dharma art from an exceptional archive of published materials and formal talks, forming for the first time a cohesive statement of his teachings on the nature of art. Trungpa's notion of Dharma art is not merely reproducing and interpreting a collection of Buddhist symbols or ideas, but it is an approach to art as meditation, an attitude of directness and unself-consciousness in creative work. Leif's inspired selection and careful editing make this an essential book for those committed to the view that the artist should be a spiritual teacher.
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"Dharma art" refers to creative works that spring from the awakened meditative state, characterized by directness, unselfconsciousness, and nonaggression. 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.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A Practical Manual, Not A Coffee Table Book,
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This review is from: Dharma Art (Paperback)
This is NOT a coffee table book meant to showcase the artist's work; this is a practical manual for *doing* art from a contemplative (i.e. meditative) perspective--that is, fresh, unpremeditated, direct from one's sense perceptions, and unmediated by concept. Written in Trungpa Rinpoche's engaging, inimitable, and often elliptical style, it offers a number of startling and surprisingly useful insights into the nature of perception and the creative process--for instance: "Before we produce anything at all, we have to have a sense of free and open space with no obstacles of any kind" (p. 111). Now, this might seem elementary, but if you look carefully, the source of every creative or artistic block is having some concept in mind beforehand--either fear, or ambition, or an idea of where one wants to go before one gets there--"starting with the wrong end of the stick," as Trungpa Rinpoche used to say. This is a manual for freeing oneself of artistic blockages and reacquainting oneself with the freshness of unbiased perception. To my knowledge, there's nothing else remotely like this out there.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Words, Words, Words...,
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This review is from: Dharma Art (Paperback)
"A picture is worth a thousand words". But if you are expecting to see the beauty of Dharma Art in pictures, be prepared for real disappointment. There are NO color pictures/photos; only a few pages of black-and-white photos and the only one that can be considered as "art" is that of a thangka painting. If you want to see beautiful Dharma art, look elsewhere.
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3.3 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews) 26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
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A Practical Manual, Not A Coffee Table Book,
By Nicole - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Dharma Art (Paperback)
This is NOT a coffee table book meant to showcase the artist's work; this is a practical manual for *doing* art from a contemplative (i.e. meditative) perspective--that is, fresh, unpremeditated, direct from one's sense perceptions, and unmediated by concept. Written in Trungpa Rinpoche's engaging, inimitable, and often elliptical style, it offers a number of startling and surprisingly useful insights into the nature of perception and the creative process--for instance: "Before we produce anything at all, we have to have a sense of free and open space with no obstacles of any kind" (p. 111). Now, this might seem elementary, but if you look carefully, the source of every creative or artistic block is having some concept in mind beforehand--either fear, or ambition, or an idea of where one wants to go before one gets there--"starting with the wrong end of the stick," as Trungpa Rinpoche used to say. This is a manual for freeing oneself of artistic blockages and reacquainting oneself with the freshness of unbiased perception. To my knowledge, there's nothing else remotely like this out there.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
how to make art,
By Bob Rosen "metroart" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Dharma Art (Paperback)
One reviewer's 1-star rating is really unfair. The book was never intended as a visual presentation of particular artworks. It's a very rich set of essays, some very challenging, about how to make art, in particular, the kind of mental and emotional attitude that one needs to develop in order to be *spontaneously* creative -- as Trungpa puts it: "There is such a thing as unconditional expression that does not come from self or other. It manifests out of nowhere like mushrooms in a meadow, like hailstones, like thunderstorms."
3 of 46 people found the following review helpful
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Words, Words, Words...,
By Tan Kwan Seng - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Dharma Art (Paperback)
"A picture is worth a thousand words". But if you are expecting to see the beauty of Dharma Art in pictures, be prepared for real disappointment. There are NO color pictures/photos; only a few pages of black-and-white photos and the only one that can be considered as "art" is that of a thangka painting. If you want to see beautiful Dharma art, look elsewhere.
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