Satisfied Buddhist - Domo Geshe Rinpoche

A group of older ladies wearing little mink shoulder wraps, little hats and quite a good amount of makeup visited a Tibetan butter sculpture. They asked the monks, "What are you going to do with the butter sculpture once it is finished? Will it be available for sale?" "No, ladies, this butter sculpture will be scraped off into a lump and thrown away." "Well, that is terrible, it should be preserved!" The monks, in their poor English, explained about how nothing lasts. Butter sculpture and also sand mandala making teach also teach impermanence in everything by this exhibit of Buddhist offerings. The ladies still did not understand. ~Domo Geshe Rinpoche~~~ "Un grupo de señoras más viejas que llevan pequeños abrigos de hombro de visón, pequeños sombreros y completamente una cantidad buena del maquillaje visitó una escultura de mantequilla tibetana. ¿Ellos preguntaron a los monjes, "Qué vas a hacer con la escultura de mantequilla una vez que es termi...

One of my students told me a story about a group of Tibetan monks who came to New York City to make a big butter sculpture. Day after day, the monks shaped and assembled a quite impressive display of flowers, different animals, and deities out of colored butters all fastened onto large boards, which then were going to be brought in a tall assembly. It is quite complicated and requires a great deal of experience in order to make a butter sculpture. watch here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJmj4jqQBxQ Every day, many people came to watch the monks making butter sculpture, a very interesting process. Some of the monks had their hands immersed in water with ice cubes for long periods making this sculpture underwater. In addition, they had to keep the room at a very cold temperature, and it was wintertime, otherwise, the butter would melt. People would come to watch them mold and create the designs and ask questions, "Are your hands cold?" This was the important question t...