Dear friends around the world, I recently commissioned a very special image of the Dharma protector Dorje Shugden in an Indian style. I like art a lot, especially spiritual art, and another style of art that I like is the old Byzantine style. Although very different from either Indian or Tibetan art, it is unique and something that really invokes something spiritual in those who see it. Just like Tibetan art, Byzantine art also has a lot of meaning behind how the figures are drawn and represented. Throughout European history Byzantine art has been a sacred form of connection with the divine, and icons have been venerated and worshipped for centuries. It is with this in mind that I would like to present you with something as equally precious and divine as before, and that is a Byzantine form of Dorje Shugden. It is simply stunning, accurate and is in keeping with the iconographic representations of the divine from Europe. I have included this image here for all of you, so you can download, print out and place on your altar or simply hang up for divine blessings. Dorje Shugden’s practice was taught to me by most holy gurus and I […]