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Today’s post comes in response to a reader. (Thanks for the push! It was time to get writing again.) So you bought a thangka or had one commissioned while you were on pilgrimage in India, trekking in Nepal, or otherwise traveling the world. Maybe you’ve commissioned a thangka from me or from a Tibetan or [...]

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Okay, enough inspiration for now, let’s get back to something practical… Actually, I’d have to say that inspiration is one of the most practical and profitable things there is… So, well, on to something more physically tangible and directly thangka-related. Improper handling also causes great damage to these objects. The thangka form was devised to [...]

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How to Hang a Thangka

It’s Not So Obvious: a lesson in the need for explanation I recently lent my Green Tara thangka to a dharma center to decorate their hall during a teaching. It was an honor seeing the thangka on the wall behind the lama as he shared his precious wisdom. And it filled me with joy to [...]

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