Explore Tibetan Art and the Brain at the Museum of Natural History
As part of the ongoing series “Brain: The Inside Story Programs,” the American Museum of Natural History is taking this week to explore an interesting study of the link between the science of the brain and the Tibetan creative mind. Through Sunday, experience meditation, watch monastic dances, see the making of a sand mandala, and learn about the latest research on Tibetan meditation and its impact on the brain. Abbot Khen Rinpoche Geshe Kachen Lobzang Tsetan, abbot of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, along with monks from Drepang Loseling Monastery, will demonstrate Tibetan arts, including the creation of a “Medicine Buddha” sand mandala. In addition, there is a panel discussion tonight on the training of Tibetan monks, recent brain research on long-term meditators in the Tibetan tradition, and the practice of meditation in the West. Panelists will include Abbot Khen Rinpoche Geshe Kachen Lobzang Tsetan, neuroscientist Richard J. Davidson, and psychiatrist and Tibetologist Joseph Loizzo, director of the Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science, and the panel will be moderated by physician-scientist Bennett M. Shapiro, director of the Mind and Life Institute. This week-long program also coincides with the opening of Body and Spirit: Tibetan Medical Paintings, a new exhibition that features 64 Tibetan medical paintings, which provide a unique and rich illustrated history of early medical knowledge and procedures in Tibet.
Living in America: Brain and the Tibetan Creative Mind
Tuesday, January 25th through Sunday, January 30th, 2011, FREE (with museum admission)
American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th
Tibetan Meditation, Brain, and The Arts
Thursday, January 27th, 2011, 6:30 pm (sand mandala), 7:30 pm (panel discussion), $18-$20
American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th
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