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n person
Program

Where | Dove

Arce - Yuthok Ling

Teacher | Guida

Mayan Exel

When | Quando

dal 11.12.13
settembre / september

Duration | Durata

Weekend ad Arce

Price | Costo

300 euro

Workshop Thangka drawing

Friday , Saturday and Sunday 11-13 September

We are pleased to invite people to three afternoons of creativity and silent focus, accompanied by mantra chanting and learning with and from each other.

During these afternoons, participants will draw the face of the Buddha and after that, the full Medicine Buddha and lotus seat.

(If someone has other wishes, they can confer with Mayan.)

Participants will be able to work on their drawing during the mornings of 12 and 13 September.

This course is suitable for people of all levels. Only enthusiasm to get started and to (further) discover your talents (and obstacles) is needed! It is a great chance to learn the traditional artistic process of drawing Buddhas in the Tibetan tradition. From the first steps of setting up the grid to ensure the proper proportions, up to the finest details, you will learn age old skills that form the basis of all Thangka paintings.

There are many positive effects from drawing the Buddha. It is said that once someone has drawn the Buddha, they will not fall back to a lower rebirth…

Other, ‘more real life’ benefits might be:

• It will strengthen one’s visualization and that will be helpful in meditations

• The Buddha may feel more familiar and easier to identify with

• It may deepen your focus

• It will make you work with less balanced parts of yourself

• It is a form of meditation: loosening the grip of ego and widening our mental limitations

Please bring the following materials:

• a HB pencil

• an eraser

• a ruler and triangle ruler (triangoli goniometro?)

• simple A3 print-paper 3-5 sheets and, if one wants to transfer the drawing in order to color or paint it, watercolor paper A3 size or a little bit larger, plus transferpaper

• a black fineliner marker size 0,1 or black ink with brush to go over the lines of the drawing

• Watercolor pencils or paint (watercolor or gouache) and brushes if one wants to color the drawing

What's included

1 year of Recordings
CONTENT, TEXTBOOKS, EXERCISES, LIVE STREAMING
Study Group
1 weekend r

What is NOT included

Annual membership fees for 2026* (if you are not yet a member and have not requested your membership card, which also includes liability insurance)

● Accommodations and meals

● Transfers to and from the airport

● Travel and personal insurance

● Extras

Learn & Join us

Diventa membro

For members only (2026).(Course for non-members: +35 euros)

Mayan Exel

L’insegnante:

The workshop will be guided by Mayan Exel.

After a career as a Management and change consultant, and dealing with chronic illness, Mayan has been studying and painting Thangka’s for 10+ years.

She is very lucky to call the well known Thangka painter Andy Weber and Tharphen Lingtsang, lineage holder of the Karma Gardri painting style, her teachers.

Mayan has been a student of dr. Nida for 8 years and she has turned her attention these years, more and more, towards making the Yuthok Nyinthig Iconography available in the west. For her, doing the practices and painting the Thangka simultaniously, is a powerful combination.

Mayan is not a Dharma teacher, but loves to share the sacred art of Thangka painting with others!

www.jayasiddhi.it

reserved for members 2026

MEMBERS: THEY ARE THOSE WHO ALREADY HAVE A PROFILE AND ACCOUNT CREATED THAT HAVE ALREADY TAKEN COURSES IN THE PAST EVEN IF THEY HAVE NOT RENEWED THE 2026 membership . You can renew here:

NEW MEMBER: HAS NEVER REGISTERED BEFORE NOW ( DOES NOT HAVE AN ACCOUNT)

Accommodation and meal options will be share in the platform to registered participants.

15% discount for students repeating the program**

*If you want to know more about membership, read here.

AVAILABLE FOR MEMBERS UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 3 installments (installment payments can be viewed on the active button visible to 2026 MEMBERS (who have renewed their membership)

** Scholarships are approved by consensus of the main board each year, partial or full, and are awarded to deserving members/students and volunteers

special request PLEASE WRITE TO ITALIA@SORIG.NET

Participants may cancel a course reservation up to ONE MONTH (30 days) before the course start date.

SORIG KHANG 2026 GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Cancellation requests must be sent to the school by email at italia@sorig.net within 30 days before the start of the course. The school will refund the amount received (net of bank charges), except for the membership card and administrative fees.

Once the course has started, the registration fee is non-refundable.

Cancellations made less than two weeks before the start of the course will only be refunded at 50%.

No refunds will be made for cancellations after the course has started.

NB Scholarships are approved each year by the board of directors, either partial or full, and are awarded to deserving members/students and volunteers. REFUNDS ARE NOT IMMEDIATE AND MUST BE EVALUATED BY THE BOARD.

FOR ANY FURTHER REQUESTS, PLEASE WRITE TO ITALIA@SORIG.NET

Format

IN PRESENZA

Where | Dove

Arce - Yuthok Ling

Teacher | Guida

Mayan Exel

When | Quando

dal 11.12.13
settembre / september

Duration | Durata

Weekend ad Arce

Price | Costo

300 euro

Laboratorio di disegno di thangka

Friday , Saturday and Sunday 11-13 September

Siamo lieti di invitare tutti a partecipare a tre pomeriggi all’insegna della creatività e della concentrazione silenziosa, accompagnati dal canto dei mantra e dall’apprendimento reciproco.

Durante questi pomeriggi, i partecipanti disegneranno il volto del Buddha e, successivamente, la figura completa del Buddha della Medicina e il suo trono di loto.

(Chi avesse altri desideri, potrà consultarsi con Mayan.)

I partecipanti potranno lavorare al proprio disegno nelle mattinate del 12 e 13 settembre.

Questo corso è adatto a persone di tutti i livelli. È sufficiente l’entusiasmo di mettersi all’opera e di scoprire (ulteriormente) i propri talenti (e ostacoli)! È una grande opportunità per imparare il processo artistico tradizionale del disegno dei Buddha nella tradizione tibetana. Dai primi passi della creazione della griglia per garantire le giuste proporzioni, fino ai minimi dettagli, imparerete tecniche secolari che costituiscono la base di tutti i dipinti Thangka.

Disegnare il Buddha comporta molti effetti positivi. Si dice che, una volta che qualcuno ha disegnato il Buddha, non ricadrà più in una rinascita inferiore…

Altri benefici, più legati alla “vita quotidiana”, potrebbero essere:

• Rafforzerà la propria capacità di visualizzazione, il che sarà utile nelle meditazioni

• Il Buddha potrebbe sembrare più familiare e più facile da identificare

• Potrebbe approfondire la vostra concentrazione

• Vi farà lavorare sulle parti meno equilibrate di voi stessi

• È una forma di meditazione: allenta la morsa dell’ego e amplia i nostri limiti mentali

Si prega di portare con sé il seguente materiale:

• Si prega di portare con sé il seguente materiale:

• una matita HB

• una gomma

• un righello e un goniometro (triangoli goniometro?)

• 3-5 fogli di semplice carta da stampa in formato A3 e, se si desidera trasferire il disegno per colorarlo o dipingerlo, carta da acquerello in formato A3 o leggermente più grande, oltre a carta da ricalco

• un pennarello nero a punta fine da 0,1 o inchiostro nero con pennello per ricalcare le linee del disegno

• matite acquerellabili o colori (acquerelli o guazzo) e pennelli, se si desidera colorare il disegno

What's included

1 anno di registrazioni
CONTENUTI, LIBRI DI TESTO, ESERCIZI, DIRETTA STREAMING
Gruppo di studio
1 fine settimana r

Cosa NON è incluso

Quote associative annuali per il 2026* (se non sei ancora socio e non hai richiesto la tessera associativa, che include anche l’assicurazione di responsabilità civile)

● Alloggio e pasti

● Trasferimenti da e per l’aeroporto

● Assicurazione di viaggio e personale

● Servizi extra

Scopri di più e unisciti a noi

Diventa membro

Riservato ai soci (2026). (Corso per i non soci: +35 euro)

reserved for members 2026

MEMBERS: THEY ARE THOSE WHO ALREADY HAVE A PROFILE AND ACCOUNT CREATED THAT HAVE ALREADY TAKEN COURSES IN THE PAST EVEN IF THEY HAVE NOT RENEWED THE 2026 membership . You can renew here:

NEW MEMBER: HAS NEVER REGISTERED BEFORE NOW ( DOES NOT HAVE AN ACCOUNT)

Accommodation and meal options will be share in the platform to registered participants.

15% discount for students repeating the program**

*If you want to know more about membership, read here.

AVAILABLE FOR MEMBERS UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 3 installments (installment payments can be viewed on the active button visible to 2026 MEMBERS (who have renewed their membership)

** Scholarships are approved by consensus of the main board each year, partial or full, and are awarded to deserving members/students and volunteers

special request PLEASE WRITE TO ITALIA@SORIG.NET

Participants may cancel a course reservation up to ONE MONTH (30 days) before the course start date.

SORIG KHANG 2026 GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Cancellation requests must be sent to the school by email at italia@sorig.net within 30 days before the start of the course. The school will refund the amount received (net of bank charges), except for the membership card and administrative fees.

Once the course has started, the registration fee is non-refundable.

Cancellations made less than two weeks before the start of the course will only be refunded at 50%.

No refunds will be made for cancellations after the course has started.

NB Scholarships are approved each year by the board of directors, either partial or full, and are awarded to deserving members/students and volunteers. REFUNDS ARE NOT IMMEDIATE AND MUST BE EVALUATED BY THE BOARD.

FOR ANY FURTHER REQUESTS, PLEASE WRITE TO ITALIA@SORIG.NET

Mayan Exel

L’insegnante:

Il seminario sarà tenuto da Mayan Exel.

Dopo una carriera come consulente di gestione e cambiamento, e dopo aver affrontato una malattia cronica, Mayan studia e dipinge thangka da oltre 10 anni.

Ha la grande fortuna di poter annoverare tra i suoi maestri il famoso pittore di thangka Andy Weber e Tharphen Lingtsang, detentore del lignaggio dello stile pittorico Karma Gardri.

Mayan è allieva della dott.ssa Nida da 8 anni e in questi anni ha rivolto la sua attenzione, sempre più, alla diffusione dell’iconografia dello *Yuthok Nyinthig* in Occidente. Per lei, praticare e dipingere i *thangka* contemporaneamente è una combinazione potente.

Mayan non è un’insegnante di Dharma, ma ama condividere con gli altri l’arte sacra della pittura dei *thangka*!

www.jayasiddhi.it

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Songtsen Gampo is the forefather of Buddhism in Tibet. Two generations before King Trisong Detsen invited Shantarakshita and Padmasambhava to Tibet, King Songtsen Gampo cultivated the nation for its transformation, clearing pathways for the dharma to enter and ultimately permeate Tibetan culture. Without Songsten Gampo there would be no Tibetan alphabet, Lhasa would have no Jokang, and the supreme demoness of Central Tibet might still be roaming the earth unfettered.

Songtsen Gampo reigned from 617 to 650. His Yarlung dynasty was based in Central Tibet during an imperialist period in Tibetan history. Bön was the dominant religion, and Buddhism was only seminally present. No Tibetan translations of the Buddhist scriptures existed, partially because there was no written form of Tibetan, so Songsten Gampo instructed his minister Thonmi Sambota to travel to India, study Sanskrit, and develop a Tibetan script. He then commissioned the translation of several thousand texts.

His celebrated successes in battle expanded the Tibetan empire deep into Nepal and China, and it was during these battles that he gained an appreciation of the neighbouring cultures. As a reminder of the great empire that Songtsen Gampo ruled, a large pillar still stands before the Potala palace in Lhasa, erected during his reign, on which is inscribed the agreement between the Tibetan and Chinese rulers to respect each other’s borders. He studied Chinese, became skilled in the art of leadership, and most importantly, he adopted sacred codes of conduct from Buddhist scripture. Under his rule, sacred practices began to replace the shamanistic practices of the Bönpos.

Songtsen Gampo’s two queens can be credited for a great part of his cultural awareness. Bhirkuti, from Kathmandu, brought the traditions of Himalayan Buddhism. Princess Wengchin, daughter of the Tang emperor, brought a treasure trove of ancient Chinese wisdom. She travelled across the steppes to her husband with a collection of Chinese classic literature and texts on sacred astrology, geomancy, and medicine.

Many obstacles lay in Princess Wengchin’s path as she headed to Yarlung. She had a vision of a gargantuan demoness who lay sprawled across the Himalayas, so large that one limb lay in Paro, Bhutan and another lay in Western Tibet. When she arrived in Yarlung, she shared her vision with her new husband. Recognizing the value of the treasures that his bride brought to him, as well as the importance of her vision, King Songsten Gampo commissioned thirteen demoness-subjugating temples across the land, built over the demoness’s vital organs, ankles, wrists, and torso, forever binding her from wreaking havoc. The Lhasa Jokang was built over her heart centre, and Wengchin’s Buddha statue was placed inside, where it still resides. Other such temples are Trenduk Lhakhang in Tsetang and Paro Kyichu in Bhutan.

King Songtsen Gampo is considered a human emanation of Avalokiteshvara, and he was the grandfather of King Trisong Detsen. Songtsen Gampo meditated for several years in a cave that is now at the core of Potala palace, and is revered for his great patronage of Buddhism.

Through his enlightened leadership, the path was cleared for the dharma to be propagated throughout the provinces, and for Buddhism to flourish.

Terma (Tibetan: གཏེར་མ་, Wylie: gter ma; "hidden treasure") are various forms of hidden teachings that are key to Vajrayana or Tibetan Buddhist and Bon religious traditions. The belief is that these teachings were originally esoterically hidden by various adepts such as Padmasambhava and dakini such as Yeshe Tsogyal (consorts) during the 8th century, for future discovery at auspicious times by other adepts, who are known as tertöns. As such, terma represent a tradition of continuous revelation in Vajrayana or Tibetan Buddhism. Termas are a part of tantric literature.
1. Terma Tradition

Tradition holds that terma may be a physical object such as a text or ritual implement that is buried in the ground (or earth), hidden in a rock or crystal, secreted in a herb, or a tree, hidden in a lake (or water), or hidden in the sky (space). Though a literal understanding of terma is "hidden treasure", and sometimes refers to objects that are hidden away, the teachings associated should be understood as being 'concealed within the mind of the guru', that is, the true place of concealment is in the tertön's nature or essence of mind. If the concealed or encoded teaching or object is a text, it is often written in dakini script, a non-human type of code or writing that only a tertön can decipher.
In this way, one may see the tradition of terma and tertön as analogous to that of inspiration and providing a legitimate cultural forum to ensure continuation of tantric tradition, and ensuring Tibetan Buddhism's and Bön's continued relevancy in an evolving world.

The terma tradition is particularly prevalent in, and significant to, the Nyingma lineage. Two of the most famous tertön in the 20th century, Jigdral Yeshe Dorje (2nd Dudjom Rinpoche) and Dilgo Khyentse, were Nyingmapa. Tertön are also prevalent in Bön traditions and a few tertön have been Kagyupa.

Padmasambhava and his principal consorts and disciples secreted away and hid religious texts, ritual objects and relics etc., to secure and protect Buddhism during the time of decline under Langdarma. Some of these terma have been rediscovered and special terma lineages established throughout Tibet as a result. Out of this activity developed, especially within the Nyingma tradition, two ways of dharma transmission: the so-called "long oral transmission" from teacher to student in unbroken disciplic lineages, and the "short transmission" of terma. The foremost revealers of these terma were the Five Terton Kings and the Eight Lingpas. In the 19th century, some of the most famous were the Khenkong Choksum referring to Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, Jamgon Kongtrul and Orgyen Chokgyur Lingpa.

Terma have been relayed by nāga and the dakini - of the underworld and the heavens, respectively - and have also been hidden by teachers such as the great translator Longchenpa. Sometimes terma are discovered by a master and reconcealed for a later tertön to find. (Encyclopedia: From Scholars for Scholars)

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Arce - Yuthok Ling

Mayan Exel

dal 11.12.13 settembre / september

Weekend ad Arce

300 euro

SORIG ARTS

Workshop Thangka drawing

Friday , Saturday and Sunday 11-13 September

What's included

1 year of RecordingsCONTENT, TEXTBOOKS, EXERCISES, LIVE STREAMINGStudy Group1 weekend r

What is NOT included

Learn & Join us

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Do you want to know avout accommodation and food? Please email us at italia@sorig.net

Mayan Exel

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IN PRESENZA

Arce - Yuthok Ling

Mayan Exel

dal 11.12.13 settembre / september

Weekend ad Arce

300 euro

SORIG ARTS

Laboratorio di disegno di thangka

Friday , Saturday and Sunday 11-13 September

What's included

1 anno di registrazioniCONTENUTI, LIBRI DI TESTO, ESERCIZI, DIRETTA STREAMINGGruppo di studio1 fine settimana r

Cosa NON è incluso

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dal 11.12.13
settembre / september

1 year of Recordings
CONTENT, TEXTBOOKS, EXERCISES, LIVE STREAMING
Study Group
1 weekend r

dal 11.12.13
settembre / september

1 anno di registrazioni
CONTENUTI, LIBRI DI TESTO, ESERCIZI, DIRETTA STREAMING
Gruppo di studio
1 fine settimana r