LEIDY CHURCHMAN
ASKS THEIR TEACHER
LAMA JUSTIN VON BUJDOSS
TO LEAD A DARK RETREAT
SOLD OUT
ASKS THEIR TEACHER
LAMA JUSTIN VON BUJDOSS
TO LEAD A DARK RETREAT
SOLD OUT
Thursday,
March 28, 2024
6:30pm
Doors open
7pm
Event begins
March 28, 2024
6:30pm
Doors open
7pm
Event begins
The instructions, in meditation, are simple. Sit still, breathe, observe whatever arises, acknowledge its presence, and allow it to pass. The ebb-and-flow of your breath will provide the compass that always points back to the present moment.
In the broader context of the Buddhist path for living an awakened life, the instructions are the same: pay attention, have compassion for all that is there, let go, and die.
Leidy Churchman has found these lessons to be liberating—and as a painter, they have sought to let ideas come and go, never seek out perfection, and to simply pay attention.
In the broader context of the Buddhist path for living an awakened life, the instructions are the same: pay attention, have compassion for all that is there, let go, and die.
Leidy Churchman has found these lessons to be liberating—and as a painter, they have sought to let ideas come and go, never seek out perfection, and to simply pay attention.
As a practicing Tibetan Buddhist, Leidy works with a teacher, Lama Justin von Bujdoss (Repa Dorje Odzer). One of Lama Justin's techniques, from the Tibetan Dzogchen tradition, is to spend extended periods of time in complete darkness. This can sometimes lead to spontaneous visions and near-hallucinogenic experiences, and ultimately to clarity and balance.
For this event, Leidy and Lama Justin introduce and provide some context about dark retreat, and Lama Justin leads a two periods of meditation in complete darkness.
All guests are asked to leave their phones at the coat-check.
Organized by Anthony Huberman
For this event, Leidy and Lama Justin introduce and provide some context about dark retreat, and Lama Justin leads a two periods of meditation in complete darkness.
All guests are asked to leave their phones at the coat-check.
Organized by Anthony Huberman
Leidy Churchman, Rainbow Tigle. 2024
Leidy Churchman (b. 1979) paints as a means to explore the nature of reality, working from a deep influence of Tibetan Buddhism. Intuition and meditation give rise to a wide range of subject matter, which has included the natural world, urban landscapes, political structures, and the flow of visual information in society. For Churchman, disparate subjects and painting styles provide varied channels to engage the collective mind and probe the daily complex emotions we face as we navigate this world. Their paintings delight in unbound interconnectivity and possibility, expanding our direct understanding of the discernable.
Recent solo exhibitions include Free Delivery, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne (2017); Crocodile, Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York (2019); and FOCUS, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas (2021).
Recent solo exhibitions include Free Delivery, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne (2017); Crocodile, Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York (2019); and FOCUS, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas (2021).
Lama Justin von Bujdoss is an American vajrayana Buddhist teacher and writer. He was ordained as a repa by His Eminence Gyaltsab Rinpoche and is a ngakpa in the Yuthok Nyingthig tantric Buddhist lineage. He is a co-founder of Bhumisparsha, an experimental Buddhist sangha, along with Lama Rod Owens, and of Yangti Yoga Retreat Center with Dr. Nida Chenagtsang. He is the author of Modern Tantric Buddhism: Authenticity and Embodiment in Dharma Practice (2019) and a contributor to Buddhism and Whiteness: Critical Reflections (2021). From 2016 to 2021 Lama Justin served as Executive Director of Chaplaincy and Staff Wellness for New York City Department of Correction, where he also served as Staff Chaplain. Lama Justin teaches at Pure Land Farms in Topanga, California.
