My mother lived in India for many years and learnt yoga. On returning the the UK she studied and became a yoga teacher herself and this got her interested in meditation and eventually she became a follower of Tibetan Buddhism. After she retired she lived at a Buddhist training school called Manjushri in the Lake District and link to their web site follows. Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre While living at the centre she studied how to paint Tibetan Tanka paintings from a painter called Andy Weber who was her neighbour for a while, he has his own website called Andy Webber Studios A photograph of her painting of a White Tara done in her 70's follows below.
My daughter and sister own a few more that she did that I will post in due course, hope you like it.
I was a student of Muriel Holmes, in Newcastle from around 1979 till 1987 or so. Memories of her classes are wonderfully vivid and I have often wondered about her and where she is or was.
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I'd love to know more.
Lynn Ritchie
Lynn
ReplyDeleteSorry to tell you my mother passed away in December 2006 after an illness aged 78 years. She had lived in the Manjushri Centre in the Lake District just outside of Ulverston in the Lake District for many years. It is where she painted the White Tara painting. Best wishes from her son. Richard
Richard, I'm so sorry to hear of your mother's death. She was a wonderful teacher, I have many wonderful memories of her classes, her stories, her voice.
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