Posted on May 25, 2011
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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.
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Category: 17th Karmapa, Buddhism, Butter Sculpture, India, Kagyu Lineage, Kagyu Monlam, Tibet, tormasTags: Butter sculpture, Kagyu Monlam tormas, tormas, wax butter
Posted on April 30, 2011
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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…
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Category: 17th Karmapa, Bodhgaya, Buddhism, Butter Sculpture, Film, India, Kagyu Lineage, Kagyu Monlam, Monlam Chenmo, Ogyen Tinley Dorje, Tibet, torma photo, tormasTags: 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, butter gyens, butter sculptures, Kagyu Monlam, Torma artist nuns, wax butter
