Ushnisha

2004-04-03T12:34:00.000-08:00

Free Screening--Hollywood Buddha
At the Director's Guild
Saturday, April 17, 2004, 6:00 PM
From the creator of "Boxing Helena," director Philippe Caland takes a closer look at meditation and life in Los Angeles. To RSVP, please call 323.650.7010.

2004-02-11T08:10:00.000-08:00

Lecture
At the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena:
Treasures of the Dalai Lamas
Friday, February 20, 2004, 7:00 PM
Terese Tse Bartholomew, Curator of Himalayan Art and Chinese Decorative Art, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
For this lecture Bartholomew discusses sculptures, thankas (rolled paintings) and ritual objects in relation to the history of the Dalai Lamas. Included is a discussion of the monumental silk appliqué thanka commissioned by the eighth Dalai Lama that is now in the collection of the Norton Simon Museum.

2004-02-07T22:40:00.000-08:00

Photography Exhibition
At the Fowler Museum on the UCLA campus:
Visions of Buddhist Life
March 7, 2004 to May 30, 2004

Don Farber's acclaimed photographs provide a spectacular view of the beauty and diversity of Buddhist communities around the world. Since 1977, Farber has taken photographs in eight Asian countries and the United States. This exhibition of forty-two images from those travels — including colorful rituals from Tibetan communities, magnificent architectural scenes, revealing portraits of spiritual leaders and ordinary practitioners, and a beautiful black-and-white series of Japanese monastic life — demonstrates a virtuosity that comes from Farber’s keen eye and intimate knowledge of Buddhism.

2004-01-11T22:56:00.000-08:00

Zen Judaism
A list of fun Yiddish sayings in Zen-speak and two books:
Zen Judiasm: For You, a Little Enlightenment and
Haikus for Jews: For You, a Little Wisdom
Hey! Get back indoors!
Whatever you were doing
could put an eye out.

2003-11-24T14:34:00.000-08:00

Website
A great zen web experience at www.do-not-zzz.com/!

2003-11-20T10:12:00.000-08:00

Art Exhibition
At the Fowler Museum on the UCLA campus:
From the Verandah: Art, Buddhism, Presence
October 5, 2003 to January 4, 2004

This simple experimental exhibition is a unique collaboration between the UCLA Fowler Museum, the UCLA Hammer Museum, and the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center. Designed to evoke Buddhist concepts of heightened awareness and mindful engagement, the simple installation features the work of artists Wolfgang Laib and Hirokazu Kosaka, and the creative contributions of Michael Rotondi, Joe Goode, and Yuval Ron.

Teacher Workshops
In conjunction with this exhibit:
December 6 and November 22, 2003, 9 am-1 pm
ARTALK: Art, Religion, and Tradition in the K-12 Classroom
K-12 teachers are invited to celebrate, explore, and experience the visual and performing arts featuring in two exhibitions: The Art of Rice: Spirit and Sustenance in Asia and From the Verandah: Art, Buddhism, Presence. Join guest scholars and artists for presentations and hands-on workshops in music, dance, meditation, and flower arranging. LAUSD salary point credit available. For an application call 310/825-7325. Registation deadline: September 29, 2003.

2003-11-20T10:08:00.000-08:00

Art Exhibition
Here is a link to the schedule at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The Circle of Bliss is an exhibition of Tibetan, Nepalese, Mongolian, Indian, and Chinese paintings, sculptures, textiles, and ritual implements that communicate the ideals and teaching of key Himalayan Buddhist tantras. The exhibit ends January 4, 2004.

Includes a temporal sand mandala created specifically for the exhibit: The public also is invited to LACMA on Sunday, January 4, at 2 pm, for the dispersion ceremony, which will begin with elaborate religious and musical rituals performed by the monks. To acknowledge that everything is impermanent, The Circle of Bliss Sand mandala will be destroyed, its vivid sands ultimately swept away into the waters of the Pacific—to carry its blessings of planetary healing throughout the world.

2003-11-19T15:47:00.000-08:00

Computer Toy
Maybe you'd be interested in this article on turning your hard drive into a prayer wheel.

Tibetan Buddhists believe that saying the mantra (prayer) Om Mani Padme Hum, invites the blessings of Chenrezig, the embodiment of compassion.

They also believe you can produce the same effect by spinning the written form of the mantra around in a prayer wheel (called "Mani wheels" by the Tibetans). The effect is said to be multiplied when more copies of the mantra are included, and spinning the Mani wheels faster increases the benefit as well.