About Yeshi DorjeeThe Tibetan monk artists who designed and constructed Neighborhood Congregational Church's Prayer Wheel
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Yeshi has a long and warm association with the church, but this is his first time visiting. Born in Bhutan to Tibetan parents, Yeshi is a U.S. citizen. He was ordained as a novice monk in 1970 and received full ordination from His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 1980. He completed his final examinations in 1996 in Lama Tsongka-pa’s Great Exposition of the Stages of the Path of Tantra and Buddhist Sacred Art and received his Ngagrampa degree from Gyudmed Tantric University in south India.
His work has been published and displayed at the Smithsonian Museum as well as in countless collections around the world, including Neighborhood Congregational Church. His 41 line drawings of the Buddha’s life are displayed and preserved in the office of H.H. the Dalai Lama and used as the model for any monastery seeking to paint the life of the Buddha. Yeshi has completed several terms teaching Tibetan art at the University of California Santa Barbara. He is also pioneering techniques to render Tibetan art using modern digital techniques.
Yeshi skillfully designed NCC’s sacred prayer wheel using the parameters of ancient Tibetan geometry. It was made specifically for Neighborhood Congregational Church in 2000. Tenpa Dorjee, owner of the Laguna Beach retail shop Tibet Handicraft, lovingly made the introduction to Yeshi and gifted the prayer wheel to NCC in appreciation of its support for his remote village in central India.
Yeshi is currently traveling around the world teaching classes in Tibetan art and working on commissioned works of thangkas as well as traditional Tibetan butter sculptures. We are honored to have him in our midst for four days.
His work has been published and displayed at the Smithsonian Museum as well as in countless collections around the world, including Neighborhood Congregational Church. His 41 line drawings of the Buddha’s life are displayed and preserved in the office of H.H. the Dalai Lama and used as the model for any monastery seeking to paint the life of the Buddha. Yeshi has completed several terms teaching Tibetan art at the University of California Santa Barbara. He is also pioneering techniques to render Tibetan art using modern digital techniques.
Yeshi skillfully designed NCC’s sacred prayer wheel using the parameters of ancient Tibetan geometry. It was made specifically for Neighborhood Congregational Church in 2000. Tenpa Dorjee, owner of the Laguna Beach retail shop Tibet Handicraft, lovingly made the introduction to Yeshi and gifted the prayer wheel to NCC in appreciation of its support for his remote village in central India.
Yeshi is currently traveling around the world teaching classes in Tibetan art and working on commissioned works of thangkas as well as traditional Tibetan butter sculptures. We are honored to have him in our midst for four days.
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