Karma Sherab Gyaltso @ Kenny Ng, hails from the exotic mystical island of Borneo in South-East Asia. He grew up in a traditional Chinese family and is the elder of his three siblings. From a young age, Karma has been drawing with a natural artistic flair and passion. His drawings usually depict God and Goddess deities, Buddha and Bodhisattvas. As time progresses, the seed of Buddha grew in Karma a
nd his relationship with Buddha became much closer. In 1997, under the spiritual guidance of Tibetan Buddhism of Karma Kagyud Tradition, The Red Hat Lama late 14th Shamar Rinpoche, he (Karma) took the refuge vow in Buddhism. In May 2000, Karma offered body, speech and mind and started to use his creative artistic talents in Buddhist charity activities. With the blessings of the Triple Gem, Karma founded "Namkhyen Gyaldar Buddhist Art and Cultural Centre" to promote Buddhist Art. Karma uses mixed art media such as metallic gold and silver pens, crayons, colour pencils and water colours to create his artworks. His artworks include Tibetan Thangkas, Chinese and Tibetan Calligraphy, Mahayana Buddhist Art, Thai Buddhist Art, Japanese Buddhist art and other Buddhist Art. Since 2005, he embarked on a pilgrimage to learn more about the Buddha Dharma, Buddhist Culture and Buddhist Art. He visited and resided in other states of Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand,Taiwan, Si-Chuan, Er Mei Mountain,Tibet, China, India, Nepal and other places until nowsday to learn and research different type & cultural of Buddhist. In year 2008, with a deeper understanding of the Buddha Dharma, Karma returned to Kuching. With his strong faith in Buddhism and the inner calling to propagate the Buddha Dharma, he started to create more Buddhist Artworks with the aspiration that, through his Buddhist Artworks, the Buddha Dharma will continue to flourish to benefit all sentient beings. In May 2016, H.E The 4th Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche, the dharma son of Karma Kagyud Tradition named Karma a title as “Lo-Chenpa” which is mean a “Great Buddhist Translater” and at the same time Karma also been title as “Malaysian Thangkas Art Promoter” by The Supreme Head of Tibetan Buddhism of Karma Kagyud His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje, and changed the centre name with “Prajna Ocean Buddhist Art Centre”. Karma also provides consultancy in setting up shrines and shrine rooms.Karma’s beautiful Artworks are for sale. Some of the proceeds from the sale of Karma’s artworks will be donated to Karmapa School Project, Medical in hospital, education & Monastery in Kalimpong, India. To view Karma’s creative Artworks, visit: http://karmathangkaart.blogspot.com/p/about-artist.html
page : Prajna Ocean Thangka Art
黄文宗,藏名:噶瑪舍喇嘉措,本地砂拉越人,来自猫城之都。出生在一个普通華人傳統的家庭于1982 年。含有藝術細胞的他,从小就特别喜爱畫畫,尤其神像畫、天女仙畫、佛像及菩薩像、壁畫等宗教藝術。
與佛緣成熟之下,1997年在藏傳佛教噶瑪噶舉派紅帽法王已故第14世夏瑪巴仁波切陛下皈依了三寶,成為佛教徒。直到2000年 5 月的那一刻開始,以在家居士決心把身、口、意、禮敬三寶,供養三寶,把生命奉獻給佛教,依歸佛菩薩的加持,並成立了“仁坊佛教文物中心”。
他擅长使用金和银色鋼笔、黑白工畫紙、高級水彩、蜡筆、高等顏色筆等繪畫唐卡,藏文書法,漢式佛教藝術、敦煌佛教繪畫、泰式佛教藝術、日本佛教文化等各國佛教藝術文化。
就在2005年,黄居士開始他的“法海探索”,出游到西馬於吉隆坡、森美蘭、马六甲、柔佛、檳城、怡保、北马等一带,和沙巴,中砂、北砂等。在同期也有遨游到國外的新加坡、印度尼西亞、泰國、台灣、中国四川、峨嵋、 西藏、 东藏、印度,尼泊尔等各地參學佛法的奧妙和考察各個不同的佛教文化及生活藝術一直到今。
在2008年,他再次的開始另外一个“ 旅程”,希望把正信的佛教及教誨通過佛教藝術和美術,佛教的传统文化来弘揚佛法,正法久住於世,悲智雙運,利益六道有情眾。並在2016年由藏傳佛教噶瑪噶舉派法子尊貴的第4世蔣貢康楚仁波切命名“洛千巴”和藏傳佛教噶瑪噶舉派法脈持有者尊貴的第17世噶瑪巴大寶法王泰耶多傑陛下榮獲取名為“马来西亞唐卡藝術推介者”並為該中心命名為“慧海佛教藝術中心”。
黄居士在自己的畫廊售賣佛畫的總額的一部分將會作為捐獻給大寶法王在印度的卡林邦噶瑪巴教育中心辦學經費,醫院設施和寺廟的需要。
除此之外,黃居士還有帮人們設計他人的家庭式的佛堂裝飾和佈置。
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