Two of my friends, Lili Ng and Thierry Janssens came out with a creative idea to summarise the Lamrim - in mind map form and offered it up to me in April 2010. This mind map is a overview of one of Buddhism's holiest texts, and the book upon which we base our lineage.
They used Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand: A Concise Discourse on the Path to Enlightment by Pabongka Rinpoche as the source text and summarised the whole Lamrim with the corresponding parts, major headings, main gists, page numbers, and there were even drawings of the wheel of life on the lower right corner of the mind map.
Thierry did a great job with the mind map module and Lili did the drawing/layout/handwriting of the mind map. It was beautifully framed and currently I had it displayed in Kechara House 2. Thierry and Lili are such a fantastic creative team!!!!! I am so amazed with this mind map. I love it. I love it.
Both Lili and Thierry attended the Lamrim classes held weekly at Kechara House which Liaison Ngeow taught.
Lili is also a regular volunteer at Kechara Saraswati Arts (http://www.kechara.com/ksa ), where she has recently been working on the restoration of my personal statue of my root guru His Holiness Kyabje Zong Rinpoche (http://kechara.com/ksa/gossip_view.php?a=0&p=45) Lili is very talented. Extremely talented.
This was the letter that came with the mind map http://kechara.com/upload/editor/image/house/articles/190410_lamrimmindmap/190410_lamrimmindmap-2b.jpg
To download a copy or see the mind map online, click here: http://kechara.com/upload/editor/image/house/articles/190410_lamrimmindmap/lamrim-mindmap1b.jpg
(above) Please click on the mind map concieved/compiled up by Thierry and artistically placed and painstakingly written beautifully by Lili. It is a FANTASTIC WORK OF ART that has tremendous meaning. Click on it and see it clearly. Or go to Kechara House and read it carefully.
They did this with so much research, care, and great love. It is so fantastic. It blew my mind away to recieve such a beautiful gift with so much meaning. I am still amazed with it. I wanted to blog it weeks back when I first recieved it but was ill and I didn't just want it put up without much thought. So here it is.
Everyone, take a really good look at it.
It came framed and with such a beautiful letter. My Dear Lili and dear Thierry, thank you so much for your great gift which I APPRECIATE SO VERY MUCH!!!!
The framed mind map with e-division's cynthia standing next to it to give you a size perspective.
Thierry.....thank you for your sharing in the form of the mind map.
Lili, you are a great and talented artist!
What a beautiful letter from Lili and Thierry. Please click on letter to get larger size to read.
Tsem Tulku
