'ö-Dzin Tridral 🏴 reviewed Dharma art by Chögyam Trungpa (Dharma ocean series)
An artist must meditate
5 stars
Art should be uplifting and improve the world for everyone. To be an artist one must be willing to move beyond one's neuroses. The only way to do this is to meditate. Without meditating our minds are a mesh of self-referencing thought. With meditation we discover the clear space of mind-without-thought and the possibility of taking action that is not neurotically patterned.
Art is everywhere in our lives. It's not simply what gets bought and hung on a wall, or placed in a part. It's the entirety of our lives - the way we eat, dress, fold our clothes, everything. We can live our lives as art and appreciate our world as art.
This attitude benefits us, and benefits everyone else too.
This is an inspiring book for any artist who wishes to understand meditation and any meditator who might find that they are an artist.
“Art involves relating with …
Art should be uplifting and improve the world for everyone. To be an artist one must be willing to move beyond one's neuroses. The only way to do this is to meditate. Without meditating our minds are a mesh of self-referencing thought. With meditation we discover the clear space of mind-without-thought and the possibility of taking action that is not neurotically patterned.
Art is everywhere in our lives. It's not simply what gets bought and hung on a wall, or placed in a part. It's the entirety of our lives - the way we eat, dress, fold our clothes, everything. We can live our lives as art and appreciate our world as art.
This attitude benefits us, and benefits everyone else too.
This is an inspiring book for any artist who wishes to understand meditation and any meditator who might find that they are an artist.
“Art involves relating with oneself and one’s phenomenal world gracefully. In this case, the word gracefully has the sense of nonaggression, gentleness, and upliftedness; that is, a basic attitude of cheerfulness. It is important in becoming artists to make sure that we do not pollute this world; moreover, as artists we can actually beautify the world. Inspired in this way by our contact with dharma art, there is less room for neurosis. That is the actual project of dharma art, which is both necessary and important.” — Dharma art by Chögyam Trungpa (Page 104)