Tashi Mannox
Seminar ~ September 25, 2022
Tapping into Our Creativity for Contemplation and Joy
A practical workshop
If you require a bursary please contact Jude:
Tapping into Our Creativity for Contemplation and Joy
With Tashi Mannox
September 25, 2022 | 6pm – 8pm BST
We are excited to continue our series of webinars with esteemed guest speakers: researchers, scholars, contemplatives and respected teachers from different traditions of practice. In the previous events in this series, we have explored the topics of preventing burnout, formulating a coherent vision for our path, and using joy to enrich our life.
For the next event, we are honoured to present this workshop with the artist and Buddhist yogi Tashi Mannox.
Relying on his own vast experience as a master of Tibetan calligraphy and a Buddhist contemplative, Tashi will explore the topic of creativity inherently present in our own mind.
- How do we access the deeper layers of creative energy?
- Is creative activity only limited to working with art, and does good art only come from an attempt to process pain?
- How do we use our creative endeavours to share our basic goodness with the world?
This exploration would be of equal benefit to those who are involved in any artistic endeavour and those who simply want to enhance their creative spark.
ABOUT THE TEACHER
Tashi Mannox was born in England in the year of the water tiger, for the past 35 years he has studied an eclectic range of artistic disciplines within both the Eastern and Western traditions in his journey as a painter and calligrapher.
Shortly after gaining a BA [Hons] degree in Fine Art, he became a Buddhist monk of the Tibetan Kagyu order and at the tender age of 22 was given the name Tsering Tashi.
For seventeen-years he apprenticed under the direction of a master of the Karma Gardri Tibetan art tradition, Sherab Palden Beru, studying the Tibetan language and traditional temple decoration which coincided with the timely building of the Temple at the Samye Ling Tibetan centre in Scotland.
During this period Tashi studied under many Tibetan Lamas, including the artistic guidance from H.E Situ Rinpoche and inspiration from the calligraphy works of Chogyam Trungpa. However the foundation of Tashi’s training is set by the high standards and clarity of his spiritual father Akong Tulku Rinpoche.
Part of Tashi’s monastic training was in 1988 to enter a closed four year Buddhist retreat, which also gave a sensitive environment to meticulously copy ancient Tibetan texts, furthering his training as a scribe in the highly disciplined, and multiple forms of Tibetan calligraphy.
In 2000 Tashi Travelled to India, where in Dharamsala he was privileged to study under a master of ancient Sanskrit: Lama Pema Lodrup, These artistic forms of Sanskrit called Lanza and Wartu, are preserved by only a handful of practitioners in the world today.
Since laying down his monastic robes in 2000, Tashi has built on his disciplined training and meditative awareness, formed through years of practicing the Tibetan Buddhist Tantras and philosophy – to produce a collection of iconographic masterpieces that reveal powerful, spiritual themes through the majestic images of Tibetan Buddhist calligraphy and iconography.
Tashi’s Website | Tashi’s Artistic Instagram
If you are a nun, monk or an ordained minister – or – if you require a partial or full scholarship for the event, Please contact Jude:
Email: retreatsccn@gmail.com
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