26 November 2009

Blazing Gloriously Like A Mountain of Gold:
Seating the Lotus Garden Buddha

Sculpting the Lotus Seat

An accomplished Tibetan artist, Tseten Lhagye, traveled from New York City to create the beautiful lotus seat upon which the Buddha would stand. Lama Riga, Lama Phuntsog, and karma team member Chris Jarmon worked with Tseten Lhagye for three straight days to carve and sand the petals of the lotus.

Photo Credit: Tseten Lhagye carving lotus petals ©2009 Mindrolling International
Photo Credit: Tseten Lhagye carves lotus petals from his design drawn on the concrete ©2009 Mindrolling International
Photo Credit: Tseten Lhagye, Chris Jarmon and Lama Phuntsog at work carving lotus petals ©2009 Mindrolling International
Photo Credit: Chris Jarmon, Tseten Lhagye and Lama Phuntsog carving lotus petals©2009 Mindrolling International
Photo Credit: Tseten Lhagye and Lama Phuntsog carving lotus petals
©2009 Mindrolling International
Photo Credit: Chris Jarmon, Lama Phuntsog and Tseten Lhagye at work carving the lotus seat ©2009 Mindrolling International
Photo Credit: Chris Jarmon, Lama Phuntsog and Tseten Lhagye at work carving the lotus seat ©2009 Mindrolling International
Photo Credit: The carving, now finished, will be allowed to dry for several days before being sanded ©2009 Mindrolling International
Photo Credit: Tseten Lhagye, Chris Jarmon and Lama Riga paint the pedestal
©2009 Mindrolling International
Photo Credit: Lama Phuntsog checks the lotus petals to see if they have dried
©2009 Mindrolling International

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