Siri Singhasan e Khalsa 錫克廟. 埃斯帕諾拉. 新墨西哥州 （ Mural at Siri Singhasan e Khalsa Gurdwara, Espanola, New Mexico ）

 

Shanti Kaur Khalsa 1995年12月21日

摘自《西半球錫克正法的歷史》一書第106-107頁：

在Hacienda de Guru Ram Das的簡約的白色灰泥建築中，最初在那耳是早課薩達納的房間，那裡有一個寶藏，多年來讓許多訪客感到驚奇和開心。 有一幅空靈的壁畫，描繪了被十位錫克古魯大師所包圍的瓜達盧佩聖母瑪利亞，那兒生活的場景、金廟以及虔誠的唐·迭戈跪著看著瓜達盧佩夫人。 這件傑出的藝術作品由著名藝術家奧布萊恩. 愛德華於1975年完成，今天呈現在美國新墨西哥州埃斯帕諾拉的Siri Singhasan e Khalsa Gurdwara東牆。 他在新墨西哥州畫了另外兩幅壁畫，一幅在聖塔非的凱瑟琳印第安人學校，另一幅則在佩科斯的佩科斯修道院，還有幾幅在他的家鄉伊利諾伊州。 奧布萊恩先生對聖母瑪利亞的愛和奉獻，超越了信條和神學的限制，形成了一種純粹而普遍的形式。

奧布萊恩先生從大師古魯拉姆·達斯·阿什拉姆修道院的早期，就為錫克徒所熟知。 在與修道院人民的接觸中，他進行了許多感人的宗教討論，並受到他們奉獻和熱情充沛的生活態度的啟發。 透過自己的內心成長和自我發現的道路，他構思了一件藝術作品，將他對瓜達盧佩夫人的愛與錫克大師的生活和基本原則相結合。 他於1973年在聖達菲的工作室開始畫壁畫，並於1974年搬到修道院，這樣他就可以把時間完全投入其中。 這幅壁畫於1975年春天完成，他計劃在即將到來的秋天前往印度，親自參觀金廟和錫克大師古魯的土地。 奧布萊恩. 愛德華在壁畫完成一週後在家中去世了，這讓所有人都愛他的錫克徒深感悲痛。 Siri Singh Sahib（Yogi Bhajan）談到他的工作時說：「 這個人能夠做我永遠做不到的事情；他在繪畫中準確地講述了這個世界的歷史，並完美地預測了5000年後人類的事件。 從現在起，奧布萊恩將在人類歷史上廣為人知，後世書上將會介紹他的奉獻。 朝聖者將看到他的壁畫和繪畫中捕捉到的信仰力量。」

December 21, 1995 | Shanti Kaur Khalsa

Excerpt from page 106-107 of the book “The History of Sikh Dharma in the Western Hemisphere”:     

In the humble, white stucco building of Hacienda de Guru Ram Das, which was originally the sadhana room, there is a treasure that has surprised and delighted many visitors over the years. There is an ethereal mural depicting the Virgin Mary of Guadalupe surrounded by the ten Sikh Gurus, scenes from their lives, the Golden Temple, and the devout Don Diego on his knees beholding the Lady of Guadalupe. Completed by the celebrated artist Edward O’Brien in 1975, this outstanding work of art is today the east wall of the Siri Singhasan e Khalsa Gurdwara in Espanola, New Mexico, USA.

He had painted two other murals in New Mexico, one at the St. Katherine’s Indian School in Santa Fe, the other at the Pecos Monastery in Pecos, and several more in his home state of Illinois. The love and devotion Mr. O’Brien had for the Virgin Mary transcended the limitation of creed and theology into a pure and universal form.

Mr. O’Brien had been well known to the Sikhs since the early days of the Guru Ram Das Ashram. In his association with the people of the ashram, he had many moving religious discussions and was inspired by their devotional and energetic approach to life. Through the process of his own internal growth and path of self-discovery, he conceived a work of art that combined his love for the Lady of Guadalupe with the lives and fundamental principles of the Sikh Gurus. He started the mural in 1973 in his studio in Santa Fe and moved to the ashram in 1974 so that he could devote his time to it completely. The mural was finished in the spring of 1975, and he had planned to travel to India in the coming fall to see the Golden Temple and the land of the Sikh Gurus for himself. To the deep sorrow of the Sikhs, who all loved him, Edward O’Brien died at home one week after the mural was finished.

The Siri Singh Sahib (Yogi Bhajan) said about his work: “This man was able to do what I could never do; he accurately told the history of this world in his painting, and perfectly predicted the events of man up to 5,000 years into the future. O’Brien will be known in the history of man from this time forth and books will be written on his works. Pilgrimages will be made to see his murals and the power of his faith captured in paint.”