Fulbright Blog

Eva Lee: Fulbright Artist in India, Mandala Research

Welcome! I am an artist and experimental filmmaker. This blog is about my travels in India on a Fulbright research project entitled, “Indo-Tibetan Mandalas: Blueprints for Discovering the Nature of Mind and Reality.” It documents the entire ... Read More

Tenzing Rigdol at Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet

I loved seeing Tenzing Rigdol's current art installation, Biography of a Thought, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Read More

Fulbright NY Whitney Museum Gathering

Starting out the day with a smile is such a great thing. I was just catching up on email and came across this newsletter update by the Fulbright NY alumni group. What a great gathering of fellows at the Whitney Museum to see the Edward Hopper show. ... Read More

Hemis Monastery Lhakhang Nyingma

Hemis-Monastery-Kishore-Thukral Here it is! Hemis Monastery Lhakhang Nyingma, Newly Completed Video Documentary

See the rare interior of Lhakhang Nyingma, oldest temple at Hemis Monastery, dating back to its 17th century founding in the high Western Himalayan ... Read More

Circling Back Around: Artist Talk on Dual Brains at Buddhist Association of the U.S.

I feel like I've circled back around again to my Fulbright research, “Indo-Tibetan Mandalas: Blueprints for Discovering the Nature of Mind and Reality," with my latest project, Dual Brains. Only the blueprint I'm interested in today is the one ... Read More

Fulbright Documentary Series at Columbia University and Library of Tibetan Works & Archives

Eva Lee documentaries in Tibetan Library Archives Multimedia Losar Tashi Delek! Happy Lunar New Year to all who celebrate! I'm pleased to announce that five of my documentaries are now part of the Read More

The Sand in Sand Mandalas

Yamantaka Mandala Many readers have asked me about the sand used in creating sand mandalas. What is it? Where does it come from? Is it store-bought? If not, how is ... Read More

Dale Borglum & Robert Thurman on Death and Deathlessness

This past weekend, I attended a retreat on death. Yes, I did. You may think, what a bummer, why would anyone want to do that? I chuckle thinking about the statement, "none of us are going to get out of this alive!" It's the subtext in ... Read More

New Video Documentaries: Interior Views of Indo-Tibetan Temples at Tabo, Lamayuru, Lhalung and Mangyu Monasteries

Tabo Monastery Tsug Lhakhang, Spiti, India At long last, I have completed four short video documentaries of the interiors of Indo-Tibetan monasteries that flourished during the 10th to 12th centuries. I feel so very honored to ... Read More

Ajanta Caves called “The Greatest Ancient Picture Gallery” by William Dalrymple

A statue of the Buddha in one of the Ajanta Caves, India Excerpt from "The Greatest Picture Gallery" Read this captivating article  by the excellent writer and historian William Dalrymple here at Read More