The 4th Yana: A webinar with Crystal Gandrud
Practice and the Urgency of Art
May 13th at 7pm et
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After twenty-five years of Tibetan Buddhist practice, Crystal Gandrud has become increasingly interested in what emerges from contemplation of the three yanas, or vehicles, of Buddhadharma: creativity itself.
Over the past several years, Crystal has been developing an idea that has become central to her work and teaching: that the ultimate flower of meditation is creative power.
“The path of meditation is creative action. You are a creative being discovering itself. In discovering yourself, you are discovering the world. The world is creative power.”
In recent public talks and conversations, she has begun referring to this unfolding as the “fourth yana” or “Artyana”: the creative flowering that arises through sustained engagement with practice, perception, imagination, humor, and lived experience.
This free webinar will explore what arises for human beings when we practice the three yanas, even a little bit, and how art may function as both practice and fruition.
This conversation is open to artists, secret artists, the creatively curious, and non-artists alike. No meditation background or artistic identity is required. Anyone interested in creativity, consciousness, contemplative practice, or the conditions of the present moment is welcome.
Topics will include:
- The relationship between the three yanas and the “fourth yana”
- Creativity as an extension of contemplative practice
- Why creative action matters now
- The role of imagination, humor, and artistic inquiry
- Art as both process and fruition
- What becomes possible when practice becomes lived expression
Webinar Details
Date: Wednesday, May 13
Time: 7:00 PM Eastern Time
Cost: Free
Hosted by: Crystal Gandrud
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