Responding to numerous requests from the Chinese community, His Holiness Guru Choktrul will hold a calligraphy exhibition at Sunzen Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada. The exhibition, titled "Fantasy," warmly invites everyone to attend and offer their insights.
In 1987, His Holiness traveled to Taiwan to preside over the cremation ceremony of the high monk Jampal Lodoe Rinpoche and has since been residing in Taiwan for the past 36 years, occasionally traveling to mainland China and Europe to propagate Buddhist teachings and give aid to countless disciples who chanced upon him.
His Holiness has a wide range of interests, including calligraphy, painting, sculpture, tea tasting, and collecting unique stones, and has a particular fondness for Chinese calligraphy. In his youth, His Holiness was closely associated with Master Fang Xingren, a disciple of Yu Youren, a giant in the world of Chinese calligraphy.
Although His Holiness does not read Chinese, he greatly appreciates the "meaning" and "charm" of Chinese characters.
Years of meditation and realization of the primordial purity of mind in the Great Perfection have given His Holiness a deep understanding and unique perspective on the five qualities of calligraphy: "divine, sublime, easy, crafty, and fine." In addition, His Holiness incorporated the art of Tibetan calligraphy into his own unique style, resulting in an expression of free reining and powerful strokes, while not straying away from the blessings of compassion, wisdom and strength of the Buddhadharma. His Holiness's unparalleled strength of meditative equipoise allows his every brush stroke to be infused with his limitless aspirations. If one connects with His Holiness's work in serenity, it will be as though one can see the entire universe in a sesame seed, and three thousand realms in one stroke, a symphony of charm, aged elegance, dashingness, and a heart to heart connection in the midst of wayward grandeur.
Producer: Jin Huang
ADDRESS:
Sunzen Art Gallery, 420 Howe St., Vancouver
HOURS:
TUE - FRI: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
SAT: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
SUN - MON: CLOSED
Free Admission
梦幻：白玉秋竹法王书法展
应众多国内外海外华侨同胞的请求，秋竹老师将于今年9月在 Sunzen Art Gallery 温哥华三生缘举办“梦幻”书法展，恭请各位贵宾莅临指教。
秋竹老师1987年到宝岛台湾主持荼毘大典，之此因缘一直旅居于台，至今三十六年，间或行脚世界各地，弘扬正法，随缘教化无数弟子。
秋竹老师兴趣广泛，在书法、绘画、雕刻、品茗、奇石收藏等领域都有涉猎，尤其对中国传统艺术——书法情有独钟。早年，他与书界泰斗于右任先生的弟子方行仁大师交往甚密，亦师亦友，在大师的指点下了诣书法之道，虽不识中文，却十分欣赏汉字的“意蕴”和书法“气韵”。
多年的禅定和对本心清净的证悟，对书艺“神、妙、逸、能、佳”五品有着更深层次的理解和独到的眼光，加上身为中国藏族同胞，结合了中国藏文字书写艺术，一番造化，独创“秋式风格”，运笔遒劲。挥洒自如间不离慈悲、智慧和力量，远超他人的禅定力在每一笔中灌注了秋竹的无尽愿力；颇具观赏性，驻足停留时，读者静心感应，芥子纳须弥，一划三千界，神妙异常，在神韵、古雅、潇洒、雄肆中印心、开阐宣流。
出品人：乌金胖
展览地址：
Sunzen Art Gallery（温哥华三生缘）, 420 Howe St., Vancouver
开放时间：
周二 - 周五: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
周六: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
周日、周一闭馆
免费入场。