Tag: wax butter

Wax Butter Color Palette

Posted on May 25, 2011 by

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This clip shows the color palette used by one of the torma artists working in Bodhgaya on the Kagyu Monlam tormas.

Category: 17th Karmapa, Buddhism, Butter Sculpture, India, Kagyu Lineage, Kagyu Monlam, Tibet, tormasTags: , , ,

Amchok Metok Gyens and the Nuns who Made Them

Posted on April 30, 2011 by

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Amchok Metok is the name of a particularly beautiful decoration that looks like a flower and is used on the large butter sculptures that grace the shrine during the International Kagyu Monlam. Metok means flower and Amchok perhaps refers to the region of Tibet where this type of flower… Continue Reading “Amchok Metok Gyens and the Nuns who Made Them”

Category: 17th Karmapa, Bodhgaya, Buddhism, Butter Sculpture, Film, India, Kagyu Lineage, Kagyu Monlam, Monlam Chenmo, Ogyen Tinley Dorje, Tibet, torma photo, tormasTags: , , , , ,

Links

  Kagyu Monlam Website
  Kagyu Office Website

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