Miksang is a Tibetan word that translates as "Good Eye".
The Miksang Society
offers a number of programs,
courses and events that present a form of
contemplative photography.
This school of contemplative photography brings
together the art of photography,
the discipline of meditation and the
Dharma Art teachings of the
meditation master and scholar Chögyam Trungpa.
In general, meditation refers to the state of being awake:
the realization of unselfconscious awareness
which allows us to connect with the full reality of our being.
Meditation also refers to practices of
synchronizing mind and body
which enable us to cultivate that state of being.
In contemplative photography we work with
the synchronization of eye and mind.
When eye and mind are in the same place, the moment by moment vividness of
the visual world manifests and is appreciated fully. This manifestation is
spontaneous—a "flash of perception"--the ordinary magic of the phenomenal
world. When one connects with pure perception there is no struggle in making a
heartfelt and brilliant photographic image that one can share with others.
These moments of pure perception and appreciation happen all the time,
but we often ignore and devalue them.
However, it is worthwhile to recognize and
cultivate these moments because
they recollect the inherent openness and
goodness of our being.
The Miksang Society
offers a number of programs,
courses and events that present a form of
contemplative photography.
This school of contemplative photography brings
together the art of photography,
the discipline of meditation and the
Dharma Art teachings of the
meditation master and scholar Chögyam Trungpa.
In general, meditation refers to the state of being awake:
the realization of unselfconscious awareness
which allows us to connect with the full reality of our being.
Meditation also refers to practices of
synchronizing mind and body
which enable us to cultivate that state of being.
In contemplative photography we work with
the synchronization of eye and mind.
When eye and mind are in the same place, the moment by moment vividness of
the visual world manifests and is appreciated fully. This manifestation is
spontaneous—a "flash of perception"--the ordinary magic of the phenomenal
world. When one connects with pure perception there is no struggle in making a
heartfelt and brilliant photographic image that one can share with others.
These moments of pure perception and appreciation happen all the time,
but we often ignore and devalue them.
However, it is worthwhile to recognize and
cultivate these moments because
they recollect the inherent openness and
goodness of our being.