To step inside a mandala: The Vairocana teachings in the Rubin Museum's Mandala Lab with Tim McHenry
Free public talk at The Buddhist Society and online Wedneday 27th September at 6:30pm
www.thebuddhistsociety.org
About the talk
The Buddha famously forbade his followers from turning his teachings into verses to be mechanically memorized. Contemporary neuroscience confirms that we most effectively acquire memories when they are embodied. So rather than scriptures, the Mandala Lab, on view at Union Square, Canary Wharf as an offering of the Rubin Museum of Art from New York, presents a metaphor of the Vairocana mandala teachings through sound, smell, sight and touch. Through gongs you can dip into water to transform anger into mirror-like wisdom; through a synchronizing pulsating light sculpture you can experience the green of collaborative growth. Curator Tim McHenry describes the process of translating these teachings to reach a broader audience. You can find out more about the Mandala Lab here: rubinmuseum.or...
Tim McHenry
Since the Rubin Museum of Art’s inception in New York City twenty years ago author, curator and Museum impresario Tim McHenry has been providing visitors with whatHuffington Posthas called “some of the most original and inspired programs on the arts and consciousness in New York City.” The integration of neuroscience with contemplative practice in the ground-breaking series Brainwave has given rise to such museum experiences of ‘serious play’ such as the Dream-over, the Memory Palace, and The Game of Life. The Mandala Lab installation is the most complete representation of his beliefs in integrating science, Buddhist wisdom traditions and artistic innovation to emphasize empathetic experiential engagement as a means of heightening self-awareness and wellbeing.
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