MIKSANG: The Phenomenal World

Gallery I, MIKSANG: The Phenomenal World, Shambhala Center of Madison

Miksang Contemplative Photography is a form of photography born from the phenomenological or perception teachings of Shambhala Buddhist founder Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.  In the 1980s two Canadian photographers and Buddhist students, John McQuade and Michael Wood, developed this practice where students could use photography to explore the phenomenal world as it exists, without bias or judgment, to seek clarity, spaciousness, and purity.  Miksang is a Tibetan word meaning “good eye” that refers to an eye trained to see what it naturally already notices but often overlooks, an eye that can now notice the good in everything.  The extraordinary photographs in this exhibition were shot “as-is” without post-processing.  They are the work of the Miksang group at the Shambhala Center in Madison, which offers a path of perception and photography through a three-level training course.

Opening reception FRI, JAN 15, 6-8PM, Galleries I, II, III & Promenade Lounge