Netherlands
Meditations
Meditatie op de Sensaties in het Lichaam
Overview of meditations that Carmen Mensink guides during her thangka classes, each meditation for the specific subject that she is teaching. Carmen’s thangka students can listen to and download these meditations after the course if they want to continue with this practice at home.
Meditations
Meditaties op De 6 Bestaanswerelden
Overview of meditations that Carmen Mensink guides during her thangka classes, each meditation for the specific subject that she is teaching. Carmen’s thangka students can listen to and download these meditations after the course if they want to continue with this practice at home.
Meditations
Meditaties op De 12 Schakels van Afhankelijk Ontstaan
Overview of meditations that Carmen Mensink guides during her thangka classes, each meditation for the specific subject that she is teaching. Carmen’s thangka students can listen to and download these meditations after the course if they want to continue with this practice at home.
2014 News Blog Buddhist Art & Inspiration
Masterclass in Classic Realism / oil painting
This month I joined a masterclass with Cornelis le Mair, a contemporary master painter who paints according to the style of the old Dutch masters such as Willem Claeszoon Heda, Willem Kalf, and -of course- Rembrandt van Rijn.
2015 News Blog Buddhist Art & Inspiration
Collaboration with paint mill De Kat
Learn how to create your own paints at the old paint mill The Cat…
2015 News Blog Buddhist Art & Inspiration
High school project on Asia
Offering Buddha drawing classes to teenagers on high schools…
2015 News Blog Buddhist Art & Inspiration
Ven. Robina Courtin in The Netherlands
I’m assisting Ven. Robina during her visit to The Netherlands and during the teachings she offers.
2015 News Blog Buddhist Art & Inspiration
Geisha Exhibit at Museum of Ethnology
The wonderful Geisha Exhibition & Buddha Flag painting project at the Museum of Ethnology…
2018 Thangka Blog Buddhist Art & Inspiration
Visitors creating a large Mandala with Carmen Mensink during Museum Night
For the visits of HH the Dalai Lama to The Netherlands in 2009, 2014 and 2018, thangka painter Carmen Mensink was asked to create large paintings of the 8 Auspicious Symbols to welcome this special master in her country, according to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
Carmen creates a large painting for the Dalai Lama 2018
For the visits of HH the Dalai Lama to The Netherlands in 2009, 2014 and 2018, thangka painter Carmen Mensink was asked to create large paintings of the 8 Auspicious Symbols to welcome this special master in her country, according to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.