Painting a Buddhist Lotus - of the﹝Sheng Hui Lian Series﹞- Tracing the Outlines with Gold

【聖慧蓮】系列 : 第十八集 – 勾金邊 of the﹝Sheng Hui Lian Series﹞- Tracing the Outlines with Gold 這是【聖慧蓮】系列的第十八集。在這集影片中，老師將仔細地講解如何勾金邊，並且同時示範給各位同學看，以便同學們自己在家練習。 This is the eighteenth episode of the Sheng Hui Lian series. In this episode, our teacher will give you a detailed explanation of how to trace the outlines with gold. The Sheng Hui Lian is a dignified and gracious lotus from the Western Pure Land, therefore it is important to accentuate its outlines with gold to manifest its elegance. Please practice these techniques at home, and if you have any questions, feel free to contact us in the comment section. We will get back to you promptly. We are the Chen Yu-Yuan Buddhist Art Association. Our main goals are to introduce painting Buddhas as a dharma gate and to cultivate Buddhist painting teachers. We hope that this dharma gate will ensure all hearts to be purified and for a pure land to be created. To build foundation, we would start with painting the lotus to introduce some fundamental ideas of the meticulous painting style and demonstrate techniques that later on will be used for painting Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. In the 【Sheng Hui Lian】series, we will show you step by step on how to paint the sacred lotus, Sheng Hui Lian, in order for you to become familiarized with some basic painting skills. “Sheng“ means holy, sacred; “Hui“ means wisdom, and “Lian“ means lotus. The Sheng Hui Lian is the first painting for all students in the painting classes of our association. In later series, we will teach you how to paint Buddhas and Bodhisattvas using these techniques in more advanced ways. Painting Buddhas is one of the many dharma gates that will lead us to liberation. It is rare and requires practice and persistence. The painting itself can inspire others to admire and praise the Buddha’s many virtues. Furthermore, in the process of painting a Buddha (or a Bodhisattva), one can chant the Buddha’s name, contemplate on the image of the Buddha, and reflect on the Buddha. By being mindful on the above while painting, one can acquire Dharma joy and may reach meditative concentration. Our association has over forty Buddhist painting classes from northern to southern Taiwan. All of our teachers teach as volunteers and are compassionate, patient and giving. You are more than welcome to join us and learn the sacred art of Buddhist painting. Feel free to like and share. Amitabha! 我們是陳裕源老師佛畫藝術推廣協會。協會的宗旨在於推廣佛畫這個修行法門、培養佛畫教學師資，進而達到淨化人心、建立人間淨土的目標。聖慧蓮是協會所有學生學習的第一幅畫，這幅聖慧蓮包涵了畫佛菩薩所需要掌握的基本技巧。在這一系列的影片中，將會一步一步地從工具介紹開始引導您，讓您對所需要的技法有更深刻的了解，直到您能夠完成第ㄧ幅聖慧蓮的作品。 畫佛是屬於一個解脫法門，因為畫佛者能在過程中觀佛、念佛、憶佛，能從專注中而得到法喜、禪定，而佛像能夠讓更多的人瞻仰佛菩薩慈悲莊嚴的面貌，因此畫佛是一個極為特殊及難得的法門。一旦有機會接觸，希望您能夠把握因緣，不要錯過。陳裕源老師佛畫藝術推廣協會在全台灣各地有四十多個佛畫班，所有的老師皆是發心無償地教導學生，至誠歡迎您加入畫佛的行列。希望您能夠從我們的影片中，了解到佛畫的難得以及殊勝。敬請您點讚、分享。 阿彌陀佛 #BuddhistPainting #HowToPaintALotus #ShengHuiLian #Buddhism