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Tibetan Buddhist Goddess Altars: A Pop-Up Gallery of Traditional Art and Wisdom

by Tad Wise

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Staff Pick

Five intricately detailed pop-up altars (each for a different Buddhist deity) provide whimsical, aesthetically pleasing, gentle inspiration for meditative practice. Perfect for any flat surface with a little room, this easily portable book makes a delightful gift.
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Publisher Comments:

The home altar has become an increasingly popular tool for contemporary seekers, allowing them to tap their spirituality informally, at any time of the day. This charming book puts a new twist on the phenomenon by showcasing female Buddhist deities in a delightfully unusual format.

Synopsis:

The home altar has become an increasingly popular tool for contemporary seekers, allowing them to tap their spirituality informally, at any time of the day. This charming book puts a new twist on the phenomenon by showcasing female Buddhist deities in a delightfully unusual format. Designed to resemble a Tibetan temple, the book presents stunning three-dimensional renderings of traditional thangka paintings. It features doors that open from the middle of the front cover, a sturdy tab-insert closure, and elastic loops to hold each altar firmly in place. Four important goddesses appear here. White Tara pacifies illness and removes obstacles; Vanshudara increases prosperity, fertility, and happiness; Kurukulla helps attract and influence through the power of love and desire; and Vajrayogini aids in developing the enlightened union of Great Bliss and Emptiness. With the assistance of these colorful altars and an informative text about the symbolic art, visualization can blossom into multidimensional meditation.

Product Details

ISBN:
9781577315384
Subtitle:
A Pop-Up Gallery of Traditional Art and Wisdom
Publisher:
New World Library
Other:
Foster, Bruce
Illustrator:
Beer, Robert
Author:
Beer, Robert
Author:
Wise, Tad
Author:
Foster, Bruce
Subject:
Buddhism
Subject:
Buddhism - General
Subject:
Buddhism - Tibetan
Edition Description:
Pop-Up Books
Publication Date:
20060803
Binding:
book not specified
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Color illustrations throughout
Pages:
4
Dimensions:
7.75 x 6.50 in 15.00 oz
Tibetan Buddhist Goddess Altars: A Pop-Up Gallery of Traditional Art and Wisdom
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Product details 4 pages New World Library - English 9781577315384 Reviews:
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Five intricately detailed pop-up altars (each for a different Buddhist deity) provide whimsical, aesthetically pleasing, gentle inspiration for meditative practice. Perfect for any flat surface with a little room, this easily portable book makes a delightful gift.

"Synopsis" by ,
The home altar has become an increasingly popular tool for contemporary seekers, allowing them to tap their spirituality informally, at any time of the day. This charming book puts a new twist on the phenomenon by showcasing female Buddhist deities in a delightfully unusual format. Designed to resemble a Tibetan temple, the book presents stunning three-dimensional renderings of traditional thangka paintings. It features doors that open from the middle of the front cover, a sturdy tab-insert closure, and elastic loops to hold each altar firmly in place. Four important goddesses appear here. White Tara pacifies illness and removes obstacles; Vanshudara increases prosperity, fertility, and happiness; Kurukulla helps attract and influence through the power of love and desire; and Vajrayogini aids in developing the enlightened union of Great Bliss and Emptiness. With the assistance of these colorful altars and an informative text about the symbolic art, visualization can blossom into multidimensional meditation.
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