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What is a Thangka? Tibet’s Sacred Portable Art

As a maker of appliqué thangkas and other artworks based on Tibetan appliqué, I’m often asked, “What exactly IS a thangka?” Thangka is a Tibetan term for one of Tibet’s…

Leslie Rinchen-WongmoMarch 29

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The Transformative Power of Sacred Art-Making

This article was originally published as "Teaching Western Women an Ancient Tibetan Art and Gaining Wisdom Along the Way" on Buddhistdoor Global on December 4, 2015. This Buddha has been…

Leslie Rinchen-WongmoDecember 7

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Stitching a Healing Buddha, Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo’s Latest Fabric Thangka Takes Shape

Stitch by stitch, Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo is building a sacred applique thangka of the Medicine Buddha from bits of satin and brocades. The deep blue figure is finally complete and clothed…

Leslie Rinchen-WongmoOctober 16

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Tibetan Artist’s Giant Thangka is Expression of Enormous Commitment to Tradition

Giant thangkas are usually stitched from silk and brocade, but Tashi Dhargyal is painting an enormous image of the Buddha as a way to educate the public about the precious…

Leslie Rinchen-WongmoSeptember 18

image of silk Lotus by Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo ©2000

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The Thangka without Eyes

So many of you made such wonderful comments on my latest work, "Beauty," when I posted it on Facebook and on this blog two weeks ago. I'm just putting the…

Leslie Rinchen-WongmoAugust 12

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A trailer of the documentary film, Creating Buddhas, has been posted on the Soulful Media website. Isadora filmed my final stitches to the Green Tara thangka a couple of weeks…

Leslie Rinchen-WongmoMarch 8

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What is a Thangka? Tibet’s Sacred Portable Art

The Transformative Power of Sacred Art-Making

Stitching a Healing Buddha, Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo’s Latest Fabric Thangka Takes Shape

Tibetan Artist’s Giant Thangka is Expression of Enormous Commitment to Tradition

The Thangka without Eyes

Trailer

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What is a Thangka? Tibet’s Sacred Portable Art

The Transformative Power of Sacred Art-Making

Stitching a Healing Buddha, Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo’s Latest Fabric Thangka Takes Shape

Tibetan Artist’s Giant Thangka is Expression of Enormous Commitment to Tradition

The Thangka without Eyes

Trailer

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