Remember how my street is the city's art district? Four doors down from us is the Reyum Institute, a Rockefeller foundation contemporary art space. All forms of media find space here from contemporary Khmer food (the last exhibit from May to July 2009), wooden architecture (December 2008-February 2009) and now reflections on Khmer religious practice. It took me several takes to recognize this first painting as a reclining Buddha.
This next painting has the whole meaning of Buddhist practice at heart. It is after all "awaking" that it the purpose of all Dharma or teaching.
Meditation brings all beings to the point of awaking and an awareness of the need to rid ourselves of greed, desire and selfishness. These pieces remind us that religion is central to the lives of every Khmer.
Remember how my street is the city's art district? Four doors down from us is the Reyum Institute, a Rockefeller foundation contemporary art space. All forms of media find space here from contemporary Khmer food (the last exhibit from May to July 2009), wooden architecture (December 2008-February 2009) and now reflections on Khmer religious practice. It took me several takes to recognize this first painting as a reclining Buddha.
This next painting has the whole meaning of Buddhist practice at heart. It is after all "awaking" that it the purpose of all Dharma or teaching.
Meditation brings all beings to the point of awaking and an awareness of the need to rid ourselves of greed, desire and selfishness. These pieces remind us that religion is central to the lives of every Khmer.
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