"Baisao was an inspirational and unconventional figure in a culturally rich time period in Kyoto. A poet and Buddhist priest, he left the constrictions of temple life behind and at the age of forty-nine traveled to Kyoto, where he began to make his living by selling tea on the s…
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Visual metaphors in a number of Mahayana sutras construct a discourse in which visual perception serves as a model for knowledge and enlightenment. In the Perfection of Wisdom (Prajnaparamita) and other Mahayana literature, immediate access to reality is symbolized by vision and…
Genuine art has the power to awaken and liberate. The renowned meditation master and artist ChOgyam Trungpa called this type of art "dharma art"-any creative work that springs from an awakened state of mind, characterized by directness, unselfconsciousness, and nonaggression. Dh…