Body, Mind and Meditation in Tantric Buddhism

Exhibition: Body, Mind and Meditation in Tantric Buddhism

London, UK, until 28 February 2016.

the exhibition is currently running at the Wellcome Trust near Euston Square. Lesley Croome has visited and recommends a visit. She has written a short review and within it are links to the Wellcome site:-

http://www.in-between.org.uk/experiences/tibets-secret-temple/

The exhibition has recreated the murals from a temple which was built solely for the use of Dalai Llamas on a lake just outside the Potala Palace in Lhasa.

For those working during the day there are some extended opening hours on Thursdays.

 

http://wellcomecollection.org/secrettemple

"'Tibet’s Secret Temple’ explores Tibetan Buddhist yogic and meditational practice and their connections to physical and mental wellbeing.

Inspired by an exquisite series of 17th century murals from a private meditation chamber for Tibet’s Dalai Lamas in Lhasa’s Lukhang Temple, the exhibition features over 120 objects including scroll paintings, statues, manuscripts, archival and contemporary film, together with a wide range of ethnographic and ritual artefacts. Three of the murals from the temple have been recreated, by photographer Thomas Laird, as life-sized digital artworks that form the centrepiece of the exhibition.

‘Tibet’s Secret Temple’, by bringing the mural images together with a unique set of objects, will uncover till now unseen stories behind the ancient, esoteric and once secret practices illustrated in the Lukhang murals and show their relevance to the expanding and wide-ranging contemporary interest in meditative wellbeing."