The head of the Contemporary museum of calligraphy got the consent of the President of the Russian Association of Karma Kagyu Buddhist School Alexander Koibagarov to include the Holy mantra into the exhibit of the III International Exhibition of Calligraphy to be held from September 10 to 12, 2010 in Velikiy Novgorod.
The Holy mantra
According to the ancient Indian religious tradition (sutra) the mantra is a combination of fundamental universe sounds, a magic verbal formula of communication with Gods expressed in the form of a rhyme or an incantation.
The mantra that will be shown to Novgorod citizens is called “Karmapa Chenno”. In Russian it means “the activity of all Buddhas, act through me”. This is one of the most famous holy mantras in Tibet. Since the VIIIth century all rupestrian mantras make part of the Tibetan calligraphic tradition. They decorate all holy places, accesses to monasteries, temples and stupas.
The President of the Russian Association
of Karma Kagyu Buddhist School Alexander Koibagarov
“Karmapa Chenno” was created in July 2009 by the famous German craftsman Sven Plamper. A year ago the mantra was brought from Stuttgart to Moscow to be exhibited in the Ecocenter “Sokolniki” as a part of the II International Exhibition of Calligraphy. Velikiy Novgorod will be the second city to display this unique masterpiece of the contemporary calligraphy.
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