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AWAKEN
A Tibetan Buddhist Journey Toward Enlightenment

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts | April 27–August 18, 2019
The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco | January 17–May 03, 2020


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This New Year, the Asian Art Museum invites visitors to slow down, look hard, and “wake up” from the ordinary world. Awaken: A Tibetan Buddhist Journey Toward Enlightenment, on view Jan. 17 – May 3, 2020, showcases how integral artistic endeavor is to Tibetan Buddhist spiritual practices, underscoring art’s power to focus and refine our awareness. By immersing visitors in fantastic Buddhist landscapes of Tibetan Buddhism and introducing the enlightened beings that appear there, Awaken provides a taste of what awareness might be—if only we would wake up.


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