Fulbright in India

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

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

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

Sherabling Monastery’s 3D Mandalas and Milarepa’s Redemption from Murder

October 23, 2013 Going to Palpung Sherabling Monastery in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas was a revelation. Three ... Read More

A Look at the Art of Zigar Monastery, Chokyi Lodro, Deer Park Institute in Comparison to Their Indo-Tibetan Predecessors

October 21, 2013 At Rewalsar, visitors may circumambulate the famed Lotus Lake and see the many monasteries built around it today. It is a pilgrimage site for ... Read More

Miracle at Lotus Lake and the Secret Caves of Rewalsar

October 21, 2013 Now that I’m back in Dharamsala, with eyes fresh from seeing 10th-12th century Indo-Tibetan mandalas in monasteries of Read More

Backwards in Time for the Sake of Mandalas

 Yamantaka Sand Mandala, Namgyal Monastery, India. © 2010, Eva Lee. I've gone about it all backwards. Backwards in time, in pursuit of mandalas. It all started when I heard that a sand mandala was going to be made at Read More

Wow! The Kailash Temple of Ellora Caves, Plus Indra Sabha, Nudity, and the Dalai Lama

December 12-13, 2013 The Kailash Temple (Cave 16) is arguably the most famous one of all 34 caves at Ellora Caves. My Read More

Ellora Caves: Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain Coexistence

December 12-13, 2013 After seeing Ajanta Caves--which were amazing and beyond my imagination of what carved and decorated ancient Buddhist caves would look ... Read More

The Positive and Negative Spaces of Ajanta Caves

December 11-12, 2013 When I first heard about the paintings of Ajanta Caves, I had an updated version of Read More