Dharma Crafts Workshop: Creating Buddha Images

In this workshop, Lama Karma Wangdu will show us how to cast Buddha images in plaster to take home for our spiritual practice, or to donate

By Columbus Karma Thegsum Chöling

Date and time

Location

Columbus Karma Thegsum Chöling

645 W. Rich St. Columbus, OH 43215

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event.

About this event

Event lasts 3 hours
Free venue parking

RESCHEDULED DATE!

IN-PERSON Only

The creation of Buddha images (kupar, in Tibetan) has been a religious activity for Buddhist practitioners for centuries.

It is said that the creation of Buddha images (particularly those created using a tikse, a compositional framework based on harmonious mathematical proportions) cultivates immense virtue, as these images can plant the seed of awakening in all who encounter them.

In this workshop, Lama Karma Wangdu will show us how to cast Buddha images in plaster to take home for our own spiritual practice, or to donate to KTC’s bookstore.

Lama Kathy will explain the history and traditions behind image creation

This three-hour experience will bring you closer to the practice of the buddhadharma and your spiritual center, while making an image you can take with you and use at home.

The $5 base donation requested for the class will help us with material purchases. Donations over the cost of materials will benefit KTC’s Operations Fund.

Attendance is limited to 15, so we have enough materials and workstations for everyone to make one image. Thanks in advance for your understanding!

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE FINANCIAL MEANS to attend, please contact the organizer at kmwesley@me.com and you will be registered at no cost.

Can't attend but want to help KTC's Operations Fund? Hop over to our KTC donations page at this link: https://www.columbusktc.org/donate/

Organized by

Columbus Karma Thegsum Chöling

Columbus Karma Thegsum Chöling is a Meditation Center in Columbus Ohio. Founded in 1977, the center is affiliated with Karma Triyana Dharmachakra monastery in Woodstock, NY.

Columbus KTC provides a full range of meditation instructions benefitting all ages and backgrounds, using techniques from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition as well as from the secular Mindfulness Meditation tradition.

For the last 40 years, KTC has specialized in offering FREE meditation instruction to the public; over the years, literally thousands of people in Central Ohio have learned to meditate for free at Columbus KTC. Our meditation instructors also have visited schools, prisons and social service agencies and taugh meditation to school children, bankers, nurses and social workers.

KTC offers free meditation instruction to the public most Sundays at 10 AM online; check our website for the Zoom link to our class.

KTC's meditation center in Columbus' Franklinton neighborhood was lost to an arson fire in 2016. Our new center is expected to open to the public in spring 2022.

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Aug 9 · 10:00 AM EDT