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True Perception
The Path of Dharma Art
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This book is ideal for readers interested in the intersection of spirituality and creativity, especially those drawn to Buddhist philosophy and meditative practices in art. Artists, meditators, and cultural scholars seeking to deepen their understanding of art as a spiritual discipline will find this work particularly insightful.
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See morePresents teachings about the power of art to awaken and liberate. This book extends the principles of dharma art to everyday life, showing how any activity can provide an opportunity to relax and open our senses to the phenomenal world.
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An expanded edition of Trungpa's Dharma Art (1996), this book presents Trungpa's teachings about the power of art to awaken and liberate. Trungpa extends the principles of dharma art to everyday life, showing how any activity can provide an opportunity to relax and open our senses to the phenomenal world. This edition includes a revised introduction and a new essay.
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 unselfconsciousness 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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Publishers Weekly praises the book for presenting Dharma art as an approach to art as meditation, emphasising directness and unselfconscious creativity. The careful editing and selection by Leif are noted as making the book essential for those who believe the artist can be a spiritual teacher.
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ISBN: 9781590305881
Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 11 November 2008
Country: United States
Imprint: Shambhala Publications Inc
Illustration: SEVERAL HALFTONES AND LINE ART.
Contributors:
- Edited by Judith L. Lief
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 16.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 374g
Pages: 240
About the Author
Ch gyam Trungpa (1940-1987)-meditation master, teacher, and artist-founded Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, the first Buddhist-inspired university in North America; the Shambhala Training program; and an international association of meditation centers known as Shambhala International. He is the author of numerous books including Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, and The Myth of Freedom.
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