Tour of the Rubin Museum of Tibetan Art
with Harry Miller
We are excited to announce that this year’s tour of Rubin Museum will be hosted by Harry Miller, Dharma Teacher and Docent at the museum. This will be Shantideva Center’s final tour at the Rubin Museum before it closes its physical doors in New York this October. Harry will guide a tour of pieces from the museum’s collection and then focusing on the museum’s newest and last exhibit entitled, Reimagine. The exhibit displays works by over twenty contemporary Asian artists, who explore their spiritual roots in Hinduism and Buddhism by reinterpreting ancient beliefs and deity representations from their root cultures and adapting them to contemporary Western memes and themes from the Powerpuff Girls to an anthropomorphic rat Uber driver who ferries around Ganesh. Many of the works are stunning in their colorful, imaginative representations and engaging in their spiritually abstract explorations.
After the tour ends, please join us for lunch with Harry Miller at Cafeteria Restaurant in the neighborhood, where we can share our experiences and enjoy each other’s company. Note, the price of the tour does not include lunch.
About the Facilitator
Harry Miller has studied and practiced meditation for the better part of four decades. He studied with Master Shengyen, the renowned Chan Master, for over 30 years. He was editor of The Chan Newsletter for over 10 years, and he is a frequent contributor to Chan Magazine, and a certified Dharma Teacher at the Chan Meditation Center.
In addition, he is a board member at CMC, and a docent at the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, in NYC. He is a Dharma Teacher for the Buddhist Sangha at All Souls, NYC, where he leads a bi-weekly study group. He holds a B.A in French and English literature from Sarah Lawrence and an M.A. in Chinese Literature and an M.Phil. in Comparative Literature from Columbia University.
He is a recipient of an NEA grant for his Chinese translations, and he is the translator of the soon-to-be-published The Need to be Gentle, a book by Master Shengyen about incorporating Chan into everyday life. He recently finished giving thirty lectures on the Lotus Sutra.
