Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art

As the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art remains closed, we have reached out to our event community to generate content to get us through this global dilemma with their gifts of wisdom, mindfulness, creativity, and meditation so that the Jacques Marchais Museum can spread these peaceful, calming practices among it's community and across the globe, hopefully helping to hasten the end of the crisis currently at hand. In June 2019 the former Executive Director of the Tibetan Museum sat down with Tibetan Scholar and author of the Museum's well researched, and partial public catalog "Treasures of Tibetan Art", Nima Dorjee, to discuss his life, the Museum's extensive collection of Himalayan artifacts, and how he came to find out about the Jacques Marchais and eventually be asked to be an author of it's only extant catalog of treasures. Born in Tibet before the Chinese Cultural Revolution, Nima Dorjee Ragnubs was schooled in Lhasa and India after being tasked with writing a history of Tibet once he was exiled from his native land in the late 1950s. Thanks for keeping up with The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art on YouTube. Please consider keeping our little museum in mind during this global crisis, and spread the word about our current virtual programming as we hope it might hold helpful ideas to get us through the current changes our world is currently facing. Of course, if possible, consider becoming a member or making a donation to help us get through these troubling times keeping the Tibetan Museum alive while our doors must be closed to the public. For more info on becoming a member or to make a donation, visit: www.tibetanmuseum.org

We hope you keep The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art in mind during this tumultuous time, as we are still closed to the public, unless we have an outdoor garden event that allows for safe congress. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube page, and consider becoming a member of the Museum in order to be the first to know when these events will be offered or the Museum will be opening for regular hours again. This week's blast offering is a selection of live music performed by Staten Island's own Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble in our inspirational Museum space in June of 2019. We certainly hope you thoroughly enjoy this posting. The entire concert can also be found at our YouTube page in the EVENTS playlist, as well as at the Musical Chairs webpage. Once again, anything you can spare, financially, to keep our quiet mountain retreat strong, and paying our bills, during these times would be greatly appreciated. Visit: mcensemble.org for programs and information on Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble For more info about the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art or to make a donation, visit: tibetanmuseum.org

As we continue to traverse these trying times, and the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art remains closed, we have been reaching out to our event community to generate content to get us through this rough patch with their gifts of mindfulness, creativity, and meditation, all being aspects for which the Jacques Marchais Museum exists to stand as a beacon in our community and across the globe. This past June Mindfulness Practitioner Leslee Penny, and a handful of the Museum's staff, braved the pandemic to record Leslee's practice of Sound Healing Meditation, within the Museum space, as a gift to you and The Jacques Marchais. In this video you will experience the power of resonance and its meditational and healing capabilities. Leslee Penny is a certified mindfulness practitioner as well as certified in Singing Bowl Healing therapy. Through her initial guided meditation techniques, and final vibrational Sound Meditation using Tibetan Singing Bowls, and gongs, she will transport you to a place of tranquility where your cells can renew in a bath of healing vibration. Thank you for your interest in The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art. Please consider keeping our little museum in mind, during these troubling times, and spread the word about our current virtual programming. Of course, if possible, consider becoming a member or making a donation to help us get through these troubling times and keep the Tibetan Museum supported while our doors are closed to the public. For more info on becoming a member or to make a donation, visit: www.tibetanmuseum.org

In 2018 The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art welcomed The Venerable Khenpo Karma Namgyel Rinpoche to give the Medicine Buddha Teaching and Empowerment. Over a three day period Lama Karma performed The Buddha of Compassion Teaching, The Fire Ceremony, and The Medicine Buddha Empowerment. This is the second part of Lama Karma's Buddha of Compassion Teaching. Lama Karma was born in Bhutan of a Nyingma/Drukpa Kagyu family. He joined a Drukpa Kagyu monastery in Bhutan at age 7 and stayed until he was 21. In 1987, he went to Nepal to study with Khenpo Rigdzin Dorje. In 1996 he came to the United States and now lives in Longmont, Colorado as the founder and resident teacher of The Drukpa Mila Center, as well as a second sangha in Salem, Oregon. Lama Karma's visit was made possible by funding from The NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and NYC Council Members.

During this trying time, as the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art remains closed, we have reached out to our event community to generate content to get us all over this rough patch through mindfulness, creativity, and meditation, these all being aspects of our lives for which the Jacques Marchais Museum exists to keep alive in our community and across the globe. In this video you will be guided by Donna, again, in her latest Yoga Nidra guided relaxation created especially for the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art. Be sure to view the short intro to Yoga Nidra, that Donna had recorded, if you would like to know more about what it is before experiencing the practice. Look for the "What Is Yoga Nidra?" video at the Jacques Marchais OFFSITE MEDITATIONS playlist, at the Museum's official YouTube page. Thank you for your interest in The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art. Please consider spreading the word about our current virtual programming, as well as subscribing to our official YouTube channel for quick access to our video archive, and receive notifications of the latest video updates. Of course, if possible, consider a donation to help us get through these problematic times and keep the Tibetan Museum supported while our doors are closed to the public. For more info or to make a donation, visit: www.tibetanmuseum.org

In 2018, thanks to a generous sponsor, The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art welcomed The Venerable Khenpo Karma Namgyel Rinpoche to give the Medicine Buddha Teaching and Empowerment. Over a three day period Lama Karma performed The Buddha of Compassion Teaching, The Fire Ceremony, and The Medicine Buddha Empowerment. This video is an edited version of the first part of Lama Karma's Buddha of Compassion Teaching, part 2 of this inspirational teaching can also be found here at the Jacques Marchais YouTube page. Lama Karma was born in Bhutan of a Nyingma/Drukpa Kagyu family. He joined a Drukpa Kagyu monastery in Bhutan at age 7 and stayed until he was 21. In 1987, he went to Nepal to study with Khenpo Rigdzin Dorje. In 1996 he came to the United States and now lives in Longmont, Colorado as the founder and resident teacher of The Drukpa Mila Center, as well as a second sangha in Salem, Oregon. For more information about Lama Karma's teaching, and The Drukpa Mila Center, visit: http://drukpamilacenter.weebly.com/about.html