Filled Stupa | 8” Statues compassionate teachings serve to wake

compassionate teachings serve to wake us up from this trick we all play on ourselves

Few figures in the history of Buddhism in Tibet have had as far-reaching and profound an influence as the Indian scholar and adept Atiśa Dīpaṃkara (982–1054)

Khenpo Sonam Tashi

With clear instructions and insightful commentary

moving on to such areas as Flowers and Trees

Filled Stupa | 8” Statues compassionate teachings serve to wakeCrafted in Taiwan, this stupa was filled by Khenpo Ugyen Wangchuk. The stupa is essentially the earliest form of the Buddha image, built to commemorate the major events in his life and to mark the sacred places where these events occurred, and to house his relics as well as those of his spiritually advanced disciples. Shakyamuni Buddha is believed to have given the basic design for the stupa within his own lifetime. Although the original purpose of