The Mandala of Vajrayogini: Tantric Goddess of Enlightened Wisdom

Join artist Dasho Karma Ura, Director of the Centre for Bhutan Studies, for the premiere of a short film made to mark the end of the recent exhibition 'Tantra: enlightenment to revolution'.
The film charts the creation of a Buddhist sand mandala commissioned by the Museum in response to the exhibition, made almost 5000 miles away in the mountains of Bhutan.
Depicting the Tantric deity Vajrayogini, the 'queen of enlightened wisdom', the mandala was intricately constructed by nuns and monks from across Bhutan, before being ritually destroyed as a metaphorical expression of the impermanence and transformation of all phenomena.
A large-scale thangka (painting on fabric) of Vajrayogini was also created during this time, which will eventually be available to view at the British Museum.
Created in partnership with the Centre for Bhutan Studies, Bhutan.
Supported by the Bagri Foundation.
Part of the public programme accompanying the special exhibition Tantra: enlightenment to revolution (24 September 2020 - 24 January 2021).
More information about the past exhibition can be found here: www.britishmuseum.org/exhibit...
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  • @anilgb
    @anilgb3 жыл бұрын

    What a profound narration by my dear friend Dasho Karma Ura, first novelist of Bhutan, a great painter, writer, specialist in democratic governance and a chronicler of our times, thoughts, philosophy

  • @sybillenova1465

    @sybillenova1465

    3 жыл бұрын

    Disappearing into INFATHOMABLE SPACE is a good idea for beings who are not wanted...like JESUS OF NAZARETH as well... .

  • @28105wsking

    @28105wsking

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sybillenova1465 Sybille, just a reminder, our whole world, our historical era, our times and issues and even we ourselves are all going to dissolve into space. At some level, we are already there and this appearance of everything is only a temporary delusion of permanence.

  • @28105wsking

    @28105wsking

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much. Altho I have had these initiations and some teachings, I was in my twenties then and just from the West, straight out of college in Boulder. There is so much I didn't understand, could not have understood just then. So I am so grateful that teachings continue to be given. Many thanks to all of you. Im 75 now! Time flies! Make it good!

  • @ugyendema2775
    @ugyendema27752 жыл бұрын

    OM AH HUNG VAJRA GURU PEMA SIDDHI HUNG. GURU RINPOCHE KHENNO. 🙏🙏🙏🙇‍♀️

  • @bozolito108
    @bozolito1083 жыл бұрын

    Westerners doing these sorts of docs usually make it too dramatic and corny, and I’ve seen many. This is just right. As a Former monk and practitioner of Vajrayogini over 25 years I say WELL DONE!

  • @cosmicsprings8690

    @cosmicsprings8690

    3 жыл бұрын

    Jock strap ..your only concern is your self glorification. Obviously you learnt very little in your self consciousness except how to play with your saucy sausage. You are about as much a monk as my budgie ✨🌼🌿🌞🌿🌼✨💜💜✨✨🕉⚛️☯️✨✨🆔✨

  • @alexdavidson7785

    @alexdavidson7785

    3 жыл бұрын

    homage

  • @hellboundtruck123

    @hellboundtruck123

    Жыл бұрын

    What are the karmic results of leaving monkhood and breaking vows?

  • @bozolito108

    @bozolito108

    Жыл бұрын

    @@hellboundtruck123 the karma is said to be very negative. There is a provision, however, to give vows back and return to lay life without fault. Doing it this way won’t break them

  • @stuartbrown7873
    @stuartbrown78733 жыл бұрын

    Thanks to all involved in creating 'Tantra: enlightenment to revolution.' Despite the pandemic, the KZread videos, book and supporting materials have made it a wonderful event.

  • @jaiwantidimri8921
    @jaiwantidimri89213 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful presentation of the Mandala

  • @_ananda_
    @_ananda_2 жыл бұрын

    Gracias por su extraordinario y precioso video, que ha completado mi escasa información sobre Vajra Yoguini la cual se encuentra en mi casa cual tesoro. 🕉 🌿💜 🌹✨🙏

  • @theresamiley8917
    @theresamiley8917 Жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of mother Kali. 💀 🙏 Om!

  • @anilgb
    @anilgb3 жыл бұрын

    Naman to vajrayogini

  • @janeaugustine6988
    @janeaugustine69883 жыл бұрын

    Profoundly beautiful and inspiring

  • @kesangwangdi9103
    @kesangwangdi91033 жыл бұрын

    Thanking Dasho Karma Ura for the fantastic peep into the Dorji Nyaljorma space and The British Museum for facilitating it.

  • @CoolGirl007
    @CoolGirl0073 жыл бұрын

    This video has healing my soul, thanks a lot British Museum

  • @gabrielacosta7956
    @gabrielacosta79565 ай бұрын

    Soo beautiful!!!! I wish I could see a painting like these

  • @thuriyamthuriyam4402
    @thuriyamthuriyam44022 жыл бұрын

    Thanks For VAJRA YOGINI Tantra is pure science

  • @johndavies3082
    @johndavies3082 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for such a wonderful offering. I didn't know that the Dudjom Tersar tradition of Chod was popular in Bhutan.

  • @johnholborn563
    @johnholborn5633 жыл бұрын

    Breathtaking! Utterly Beautiful! Thank You.

  • @michaelmallal9101
    @michaelmallal91012 жыл бұрын

    I love Vajrayogini and Red Tara. I live in a Jewish neighbourhood so get looks when wearing my 6 pointed star ring.

  • @mariamoore8349
    @mariamoore83493 жыл бұрын

    Truely amazing, thank you

  • @user-qy4um6zi1s
    @user-qy4um6zi1s3 ай бұрын

    Beautiful... thank you!❤

  • @robertbaldwin2281
    @robertbaldwin22813 жыл бұрын

    Thanks what a privilege to have shared this practice such devotion of the artists

  • @seed_of_the_woman
    @seed_of_the_woman2 жыл бұрын

    She dwells everywhere in everything and everyone. you said: she dwells nowhere. if you think this is the same, you must meet her someday. SHE doesn’t allow HER people to say such foolish things about HER. stay true. Love, david ✨ 👑

  • @lucy-annpope5650
    @lucy-annpope56502 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating. An invitation to view a beautiful, sacred ritual unknown to me. A privilege - thank you. And what amazing artists created the sand mandala!

  • @konstantinkolev4204
    @konstantinkolev42043 жыл бұрын

    Magical Experience .. Thank you , British Museum for this presentation!😍🔥

  • @user-lh9cd8nq4j

    @user-lh9cd8nq4j

    11 ай бұрын

    Thiefs Bazar...

  • @yashdixit3645
    @yashdixit36453 жыл бұрын

    Firstly ,big thanks to Bhutan for preserving this precious culture ! Respected sir , thankyou for giving such a mesmerizing lecture on Mother Vajrayogini .

  • @bseiryu
    @bseiryu3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for the presence of women - at work and side by side - with our brothers.

  • @lfeist3279
    @lfeist327910 ай бұрын

    thank for sharing about the vajra yogini

  • @sophieg218
    @sophieg2183 жыл бұрын

    What an amazing ceremony and profound message. Thank you for bringing this to our view. 🙏

  • @NL-ws5fv
    @NL-ws5fv3 жыл бұрын

    Amazing. Ever since first seeing some of your exhibit online, I've been fascinated by this culture

  • @nerilensmith4240
    @nerilensmith42403 жыл бұрын

    Om ah HUNG VAJRA GURU PEMA SIDDHI hung...keep chanting Aum.mmmm

  • @alexdavidson7785

    @alexdavidson7785

    3 жыл бұрын

    x 100,000,000

  • @alexdavidson7785

    @alexdavidson7785

    3 жыл бұрын

    🌈

  • @myhouseimports
    @myhouseimports3 жыл бұрын

    Wow> Beautiful documentary.

  • @mandalameadow
    @mandalameadow3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Absolutely fascinating and something I'll share with my students.

  • @avatarkorra2318
    @avatarkorra23183 жыл бұрын

    beautiful.. Artistic... Culturally uplifting...... Being a woman I always contemplate as to why not one female was a recognized establisher of a major world religion... I think we are too busy dancing too appease evokedness of everything🌹🙏🙏

  • @staciwashington3212
    @staciwashington32123 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Thank you. I am inspired.🌷🌹🌼🥀🌱

  • @Erkynar
    @Erkynar3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @nerilensmith4240
    @nerilensmith42403 жыл бұрын

    THE DOG IS SAYING WATCH OUT SHES COMING SOONER THEN U THINK..RIGHT NOW SHES DANCING AROUND THE WORLD..HEALING THE PEOPLE..ARE YOU READY FOR ENLIGHTENMENT???

  • @1ACL
    @1ACL3 жыл бұрын

    This is great!!!

  • @silberlinie
    @silberlinie3 жыл бұрын

    What an impressive mummery. This surpasses any African voodoo ceremony.

  • @crystalcitykid
    @crystalcitykid3 жыл бұрын

    The Vajrayogini in the mandala looks like Naropa's dakini as practiced, for example, in the Sakya tradition. As far as I'm aware the main traditions practiced in Bhutan are Nyingma and Drukpa Kagyu. What is the lineage and history of the deity and mandala represented here? If anyone knows anything about this, please share. Thanks.

  • @fuckbankers
    @fuckbankers2 жыл бұрын

    Mesmerising

  • @BillSikes.
    @BillSikes.3 жыл бұрын

    Om Mani Padme Hum 🙏🙏🙏

  • @sybillenova1465
    @sybillenova14653 жыл бұрын

    EARTH WIND AND FIRE also is the name of an American band.

  • @sangeetaahuja8616
    @sangeetaahuja86163 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for bringing such amazing events Dr. Imma Ramos and to The British Museum

  • @davidjohnzenocollins
    @davidjohnzenocollins3 жыл бұрын

    Believe it or not, the world is running out of sand. Peak sand, you might call it. I wonder where they get their colored sand and if they will be able to get it in the future. Also, what intense patience it would take to sprinkle a few grains at a time onto the mandala!

  • @dhantamang867
    @dhantamang867 Жыл бұрын

    Very Good

  • @hotmeish
    @hotmeish3 жыл бұрын

    ❤❤❤

  • @yehudahhachassid6191
    @yehudahhachassid6191 Жыл бұрын

    Vajra Buddhist Culture is ancient and mysterious.Tuchi Che !

  • @HebaruSan
    @HebaruSan3 жыл бұрын

    How do the individual contributors know what it should look like? Do they work from a reference image?

  • @muttlee9195
    @muttlee91952 жыл бұрын

    🙏🕉🙏

  • @ArpanX.
    @ArpanX.3 жыл бұрын

    In Hinduism vajra yogani is one of the 64 yoganis.

  • @longlichuan
    @longlichuan10 ай бұрын

    頂禮金刚瑜伽母!

  • @scotttran7601
    @scotttran76012 жыл бұрын

    🌈🔥😇💐💐💐🙏❤️

  • @brianfernandez3138
    @brianfernandez31383 жыл бұрын

    Is it possible for me to get one

  • @allieallieoxen3
    @allieallieoxen3 Жыл бұрын

    Is there a link to video of the whole chö ceremony?

  • @sugarfree1894
    @sugarfree18943 жыл бұрын

    arises, stays for a while, departs

  • @sybillenova1465
    @sybillenova14653 жыл бұрын

    The hexagram interestingly enough is also the sign of KING DAVID and KING SOLOMON and the symbol of ISRAEL. There is hardly any resesearch sofar on the subjectmatter of that connection..neither historical nor other...not even in regards to the other (vilified) Tibetan symbol of the SWASTIKA and Germany under Hitler using this symbol turning l e f t while at the same time vilifying Jews with the VAJRAYOGINI symbol...a lot of research needed.

  • @Rapture_Ready_Rabbit
    @Rapture_Ready_Rabbit11 ай бұрын

    ??????? TIME HAS RUN OUT !! John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Don't ignore this message... REPENT NOW !! TRUST that God raised Him from the dead !! By FAITH accept JESUS's blood alone as payment for your sins unto Salvation, to escape what's about to happen !!

  • @Jasmine_breeze
    @Jasmine_breeze7 ай бұрын

    Great, does the museum also intend to return works of religious art taken from former colonies? Artefacts in this museum does not belong to Britain, because it was taken by force from "weaker" nations. Personally, it turns me off when I see a smiling, nice lady who doesn't care at all about how her study materials were obtained. Where did all this come from,? Why does Great Britain have so many foreign monuments and why are these things not available in the countries you took them from? Where do the exhibits in your residences and museums come from? You couldn't create it Why then do you own the fruits of other people's labor, other people's religious artifacts?

  • @krishnaghimire390
    @krishnaghimire39011 ай бұрын

    made by British museums lol already out… Stealer turned into teachers😂😂

  • @silberlinie
    @silberlinie3 жыл бұрын

    How can you take people for a ride like that? And steal their lives.