Tibetan Art Symbols with Geshe Lobsang Tsultrim
Tuesdays 8/21 6:30pm-8:30pm
Join us as Geshe Tsultrim, a highly-skilled artist, leads us on an exploration of Tibetan Art Symbols. Tibetan Buddhist art is created using Buddhist symbolism to represent certain aspects of the dharma. Buddhist figures and sacred objects tend to be esoteric and symbolic in meaning. Mudras are symbolic hand gestures that describe the action of the figures. Many images function as mandalas.
Buddhist art often makes use of the “Eight Auspicious Symbols.” These symbols are:
1. Lotus flower – representing purity and enlightenment.
2. Endless knot, or, the mandala – representing eternal harmony.
3. Pair of goldenfish – representing conjugal happiness and freedom.
4. Victory banner – representing a victorious battle.
5. Wheel of the Dharma – representing knowledge.
6. Treasure vase – representing inexhaustible treasure and wealth.
7. Parasol – representing the crown, and protection from the elements.
8. Conch shell – representing the thoughts of the Buddha.
at Diamond Light Meditation Center
2791 24th Street, Room 14 (upstairs)
Sacramento CA 95818
parking lot in back, ADA accessible
suggested donation: $10-$20 per class, no one turned away for lack of funds
Geshe Lobsang Tsultrim is part of the Gaden Shartse Monastery in south India. “Geshe” is a monastic degree similar to a PhD that is earned after decades of intensive study and passing the highest-level exams. Geshe Tsultrim is an expert on Buddhist philosophy and a skilled artist, specializing in traditional Tibetan art.
In 2001, Gaden Shartse sent Geshe Tsultrim to the US to continue his studies and to work at the Gaden Shartse Thubten Dhargye Ling Center in Long Beach, CA. Geshe-la returned to south India to complete his next level of studies at Gyudmed Tantric University. In 2015, Geshe Tsultrim returned to the US to resume teaching traditional Buddhist philosophy as well as travelling and teaching internationally in the Americas and Europe.