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“Today we may not be able to meet the original Buddha in person. We need the closest thing. If someone has great faith, understands emptiness, and has trained their mind very well, the image of the Buddha can be as powerful as the Buddha. Just to see that picture can alleviate lifetimes of suffering and give someone the possibility of meeting a Buddha in the future. The seed planted by seeing the picture in that way is unstoppable. The action brings the result.”
— Jampay Dorje
Buddha Weekly is happy to present the new practice calendar for 2018, the Year of the Earth Dog. Featuring both Western and Lunar calendar dates, the calendar includes Dakini Tsog, Daka Tsog, Puja dates, and special celebration dates. (Please add your own practice dates.)
May all beings benefit.
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Lord Manjushri holds aloft the flaming sword of wisdom. He sits above Arya Nagarjuna who receives the Perfection of Wisdom teachings from a Queen-like
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Luminescent White Tara appears in the sky on lotus and moon throne above Holy Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
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The unparalleled virtue of Lama Tsongkapa, King of the Dharma (1357-1419), ripens into a vision of the Buddha of Wisdom Manjushri, riding a snow lion.
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Compassionate Green Tara, the Saviour, crowned by her Guru Amitabha Buddha, is always ready to leap to the aid of any who call on her name.
Her mantra is Om Tare Tuttare Ture Svaha.
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Avalokiteshvara (Chenrezig) Buddha of Compassion, sits high above above a golden edged rock formation and a stupa, which symbolize the story of Master Dharmarakshita, who gave of himself so selflessly that he created the merit to
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The pristine Buddha of purification, Vajrasattva, rests suspended in mid-air between Adi Buddha Samantabhadra and a gleaming pyramid of
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Dharmakaya Samantabhadra-Samantabhadri arise in the sublime form of a United Father and Mother, symbolising the union of lucid wisdom
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Lord Vajradhra, the One Who Holds the Diamond. Below him, the dragon, his disciple, just transported from the terrors of painful cyclic suffering, arises in a pure form to make offerings to the teacher who enabled the
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Black Manjushri in peaceful form wields a wisdom sword, here representing the spiritual wisdoms derived from learning, contemplation and meditation. Wisdom
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Master Yogi Saraha sits in a posture of royal ease on a vajra rock formation holding an arrow poised for flight.
The arrow suggests the penetrating clarity of a fully awake mind. He is one of the best known of the 84 great Mahasiddhas.
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Lord Tsongkapa (1357-1419), a fully Enlightened Buddha, and also historical founder of the Gelugpa. He is depicted meditating at the unfindable point where the sea and the horizon meet, which symbolizes the Middle Way and his complete mastery over the joining of compassion and wisdom for the sake of all living beings.
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Ben Christian | Jampay Dorje
Jampay Dorje (Ben Christian) is an artist seeking to offer others the many realisations that can be reached through classical Buddhist practices. His goals are to paint
the higher states of mind that can be experienced through combining meditation, retreat, and a good relationship with your Guru; and to inspire in others the wish to reach those states of mind. Through his art he aims to convey what it is like to meet the Deity through your Teacher’s unspoken instruction and profound blessing.
Retreat is fundamental to Jampa Dorje’s process. When he first became inspired to create art he went into retreat to ask for blessings to be able to express the teachings he was receiving at the time. At the end of that retreat images and techniques started pouring into him. Before that, he says,
he “could barely paint at all.” Once it became clear to him that the digital process supported his goal of sharing dharma with as many people as possible Jampay Dorje began to devote
more of his life to “digital” Thangka art in between retreats. He works primarily in Photoshop and uses ArtRage
for linework. It takes him about a month (or between 100 and 200 hours) to produce a work. He rarely takes general commissions; focusing instead on subject matter that is rare or has not been illustrated before. He also undertakes works as
requested by his teachers.
Jampay Dorje lives in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia. He divides his time between art; undertaking his own meditation retreats; supporting others’ retreats by running a retreat centre; and teaching.
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Special Thanks
Illustrations Jampay Dorje
Design Kam Wai Yu
Dedicated to H.E. Venerable Zasep Tulku Rinpoche
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