THANGKA TALKS 02: VAJRASATTVA and his ritual implements Vajra & Bell explained by Carmen Mensink

This Thangka Talk on Vajrasattva (Dorje Sempa in Tibetan), the Buddha of Purification, is a small part of the 1-hour lecture that Carmen Mensink offers during her Vajrasattva Buddha drawing courses. To see which classes are scheduled go to https://www.tibetan-buddhist-art.com/...

This video has subtitles in English, Dutch and Italian (see settings below right)

Tibetan Buddhist Art introduces Thangka Talks with Carmen Mensink: a series of super short lectures explaining the symbolism in Tibetan art. 

The talks can be about the different Buddhas and their symbolism (male Buddhas such as the Medicine Buddha and female Buddhas like Green Tara and White Tara), mudras (hand gestures), ritual implements, Tibetan mandalas, mantras, and Tibetan symbols (such as the Lotus flower and the rest of the Eight Auspicious Symbols).

This short lecture is about Buddha Vajrasattva (Tib.: Dorje Sempa) who represents the purification of the mind, which is essential for anyone who wants to make progress on the spiritual path.
The Vajrasattva practice is very powerful for clearing the negative ‘blueprints’ in our minds and our impure actions that result from it. In all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism, the Vajrasattva meditation practice is one of the ‘preliminary practices.’”

Carmen teaches the art of Thangka Buddha drawing and Buddhist painting in the Tibetan tradition as well as Buddhist meditation and philosophy, at museums, universities, and spiritual centers around the world. 
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More about the artist:
Carmen Mensink lives in Amsterdam and teaches this meditative and ancient Buddha art in Europe, Asia and the United States; in museums, universities, art schools and Buddhist centers. She also gives lectures on Tibetan Art and teaches buddhist meditation and philosophy.

Soon after her graduation from the Academy of Arts, Carmen started practicing Buddhism and began her twelve years of training in the art of Tibetan Buddhist Thangka (scroll paintings of Buddhas and mandalas). 

Carmen’s work has been displayed at different exhibitions in The Netherlands and Australia.
She is also being asked to work on related Tibetan art forms, including 30 feet/ 9 meter long floor paintings of the '8 Auspicious Symbols' to welcome the Dalai Lama in the Netherlands in 2009, 2014 and 2018: https://www.tibetan-buddhist-art.com/...

Painting these enlightened objects is like a meditation, and for Carmen it’s the ideal combination of practicing Art and Buddhism at the same time.

Through the dedication and joy she expresses in her teachings and that she passes onto her students Carmen inspires people on their own spiritual path.
Besides this she hopes to make a small contribution to pass on this beautiful tradition in the right way. The destruction of a lot of monasteries and old Tibetan traditions makes it even more important to keep this wonderful thangka tradition pure and alive. 

For more information on thangka painting and Carmen Mensink’s teachings, please visit her website http://www.tibetan-buddhist-art.com/

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