Venerable Lopen Namgay Dorji
The Centre Monk Body of Bhutan
Venerable Lopen Namgay Dorji will display his Mandala paintings, which are considered the best art form in Bhutan. He will also offer a live demonstration of the making of the flour dough ritual/offering cake that has intricate flower designs. In all the Vajrayana rituals/Puja, beautifully adorned offerings of flower motifs are considered an integral part, as beauty and abundance results in great merit to the patron of offerings.
(Presented in the 2014 Chulalongkorn Asian Heritage Forum: Flower Culture in Asia, 8-9 July 2014, Imperial Queen’s Park Hotel, Bangkok, organized by Institute of Thai Studies, Institute of Asian Studies, and Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University)