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Workshops - Norbulingka

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Academy of Tibetan Culture. Sacred Legends and Traditions. Monastic Life Beneath the Himalayas. Exploring the Ancient Empire. Secrets of the Kangra Valley. Come learn with us! For those wishing to try their hand at Tibetan arts, Norbulingka offers customized workshops for visiting individuals and groups. At the end of each workshop, guests will have a beautiful product (or many! To take home with them, which they themselves created, as well as a certificate recognizing their study at Norbulingka. 1-5 Day...

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Humans of Norbulingka - Norbulingka

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Academy of Tibetan Culture. Sacred Legends and Traditions. Monastic Life Beneath the Himalayas. Exploring the Ancient Empire. Secrets of the Kangra Valley. By sharing our stories with you, our goal is to give a glimpse into the lives of some of Norbulingka's employees in hopes that people will gain a deeper understanding of Tibetan culture as a whole, and the values, dreams, and struggles of Tibetan people in exile. Click on our pictures to read our stories.

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Statue-making - Norbulingka

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Academy of Tibetan Culture. Sacred Legends and Traditions. Monastic Life Beneath the Himalayas. Exploring the Ancient Empire. Secrets of the Kangra Valley. For the faces, a cold gold paint is used, which has a matte look, and reflects light in a different way than gilding, similar to how skin does.The statue is then transferred to our thangka painting section, where thangka artists add the finishing touches to the. Face, giving personality to the statue. Pemba Dorjee, Late Master.

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Sacred Legends and Traditions - Norbulingka

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Academy of Tibetan Culture. Sacred Legends and Traditions. Monastic Life Beneath the Himalayas. Exploring the Ancient Empire. Secrets of the Kangra Valley. Sacred legends and traditions. A train ride journey to the magical town of palampur. Our last stop is Dongyu Gatsaling Nunnery, a unique institution founded by Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, the second Westerner to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun in 1964. After spending twelve years in a remote cave in meditation, she emerged with the dream to start...

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The Arts - Norbulingka

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Academy of Tibetan Culture. Sacred Legends and Traditions. Monastic Life Beneath the Himalayas. Exploring the Ancient Empire. Secrets of the Kangra Valley. A note on buddhist art. By founder, kim yeshi. Until the mid 20th century the organization and government of Tibet was dominated by. Its religious outlook. This meant that over time the country had produced a remarkable number. Of highly accomplished scholars and mystics, a corpus of tens of thousands of volumes of. Practitioner's level of realization.

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Wood Painting - Norbulingka

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Academy of Tibetan Culture. Sacred Legends and Traditions. Monastic Life Beneath the Himalayas. Exploring the Ancient Empire. Secrets of the Kangra Valley. At Norbulingka, artists have revived a traditional Tibetan method of relief painting called kyumbur, which is used to add texture to both thangka frescoes and household items. Paintings that utilize kyumbur seem to pop off their flat surfaces and come to life. Nyima Gyalpo, Wood Painting Master. Norbulingka is a community with a sustainable business m...

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Tailoring - Norbulingka

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Academy of Tibetan Culture. Sacred Legends and Traditions. Monastic Life Beneath the Himalayas. Exploring the Ancient Empire. Secrets of the Kangra Valley. Appliqué is a special type of embroidery which makes use of many individual pieces. Appliqué is a teamwork process, with each tailor performing a different part of the work. The master creates a stencil of the design on tracing paper and perforates the outline with small holes. For each individual piece, the stencil is then placed on. Our collections ...

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Thangka Appliqué - Norbulingka

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Academy of Tibetan Culture. Sacred Legends and Traditions. Monastic Life Beneath the Himalayas. Exploring the Ancient Empire. Secrets of the Kangra Valley. Norbulingka’s thangka painting master Temba Chophël, who studied for a brief time under the 13th Dalai Lama’s master tailor, was skilled in the arts of both sewing and painting. He had the innovative idea to combine knowledge of iconography with. View Thangka Applique Collection. Loyak Tashi, Thangka Applique Master. Norbulingka is about keeping alive...

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HHDL Biography - Norbulingka

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Academy of Tibetan Culture. Sacred Legends and Traditions. Monastic Life Beneath the Himalayas. Exploring the Ancient Empire. Secrets of the Kangra Valley. That past is like looking for footprints in the sand, which have long ago been blown away. Norbulingka is about keeping alive centuries old Tibetan traditions in content, form, and process by providing apprenticeships in traditional Tibetan art forms and making Tibetan experience accessible for contemporary lifestyle.

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Woodcarving - Norbulingka

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Academy of Tibetan Culture. Sacred Legends and Traditions. Monastic Life Beneath the Himalayas. Exploring the Ancient Empire. Secrets of the Kangra Valley. Although woodcarving is not a religious art, because Tibetan culture is so linked with Buddhism, many of the popular motifs do have a religious significance. Among the most common symbols to be carved are the Tashi Targye, or Eight Auspicious Symbols. These are also the first designs that any beginning student learns to make. Choe Phuntsok, Late Master.