White Tārā in Tibetan?

Christine wrote in to ask about a Tibetan version of the White Tārā mantra. I had left this off the White Tārā page and so I got to work and did some uchen calligraphy of the mantra. I have also added some of the other variants of the Tārā mantra that ask for help with specific problems or hindrances. Thanks Christine!

Calligraphy Requests

I often get requests for calligraphy of names or words. Here is "Devi Tārā" in the Tibetan dbu-can script which I did for Sandra.

Milarepa & White Tārā

Added the Milarepa mantra in Uchen and Siddhaṃ, and the Long-Life mantra for Sangharakshita on the White Tārā page. Also some time back I added my notes on White Tārā and her iconographic relationship to the Five Buddha Mandala and the Siddhaṃ version of taṃ.

Excellent Tibetan Mantra Calligraphy

Tashi Mannox recently dropped me a line, and I am very happy to direct people to his mantra calligraphy website: www.tashimannox.co.uk. His work is of a very high standard as you can see (right). He is fluent in many styles of Tibetan script, and also designs seals.

He also designs tattoos and has a second website devoted to this: Inkessential.

Title: Mani Mantra, Chinese Ink on paper. Size: 71x54cm
(this work is for sale, contact Tashi via his website)

Indian scripts in Tibet

The Indian Scripts in Tibet website is very useful and attractive. I hadn't realized that there is a difference between Lansta and Ranjana for instance - although it is subtle. Plus several scripts such as Vartu, Smar-script, and Zhang-zhung, which I have not heard of before. Some wonderful examples of Lantsa calligraphy, especially of the Vajrasattva mantra.

Tibetan stuff

One blog leads to another... found Jinajik today which lead to...

It's a bit peripheral to Visible Mantra but Early Tibet blog, by Sam Van Schaik, is quite interesting, and has an essay in multiple parts on the Avalokiteśvara mantra.

It has a link to Reading Tibetan Manuscripts which is by the same person and is much more on-topic. A bit of a gold mine for people interested in Tibetan orthography. Which lead to...

In texts, through thoughts, with pleasure which looks intriguing, especially if you like Buddhist logic and epistemology.

What was I looking for again?

Outstanding Tibetan Calligraphy

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Originally uploaded by Nathanael.Archer

I stumbled on this amazing collection of Tibetan calligraphy some time back. What I'm trying to do is present the basics, but Nathanael gives you some idea of what where you can take this art if you want to. Innovative and creative, combining calligraphy and stamps or seals.