Tibetan Thangkas: The Art of Visualization
A talk by Ven. Khenpo Tenzin Norgay Rinpoche 

Organized in conjunction with "Ugo Rondinone: I ♥︎ John Giorno" for the chapter John Giorno and Tibetan Buddhism at 205 Hudson Gallery, Hunter College Art Galleries

With works by John Giorno and Ugo Rondinone and thangkas selected from the collection of the Rubin Museum of Art

Saturday, October 14, 2017
3pm

205 Hudson Gallery
Hunter College Art Galleries
205 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10013

Entrance on the south side of Canal between Hudson and Watts

Iconic figures represented in Tibetan thangkas, or painted scrolls, mirror aspects of our own enlightened nature. Depicted in their sacred environment, or mandala, both figure and ground act as supports for a devotee’s meditation practices. With Khenpo Norgay Rinpoche’s guidance, we will enter into the mandala of thangkas on display at the gallery.

Ven. Khenpo Tenzin Norgay Rinpoche completed the nine-year program of study at the Ngagyur Nyingma Institute, an advanced Buddhist studies and research center at Namdroling Monastery in southern India, and taught at the Institute for three years. Formally enthroned as “Khenpo” by His Holiness Penor Rinpoche in 1998, he was assigned to teach at the Buddhist college of the Palyul monastery in Tibet, where he served on the faculty for two years.

Since 2005, Khen Rinpoche has been the resident lama at the Nyingma Palyul Dharma Center (NPDC) in New York City. NPDC serves as a locus for students of the Palyul tradition in the metropolitan area, and welcomes visitors from around the world to participate in all its activities.  The center hosts public talks, formal teachings, and empowerments from the Palyul tradition, as well as a variety of cultural events at venues throughout the city.

For more information about Khenpo Norgay Rinpoche or the Palyul tradition and retreats please visit:
www.palyulnyc.org
www.palyul.org
www.retreat.palyul.org