ABSTRACT
Longchen Rabjam or Longchenpa (1308–1364) was a Buddhist practitioner, teacher, and spiritual leader in the Nyingma lineage in Tibet. He is a prominent figure associated with Dzogchen and is credited with both synthesizing and clarifying its essential teachings. Dzogchen’s concern with the category of experience, and in particular a kind of direct perception that points to non-reified vision, presents an intriguing problem for contemporary studies of art and culture.
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Notes on Contributor
Una Chung is an Associate Professor in the Global Studies faculty group at Sarah Lawrence College in New York. She teaches courses on contemporary literature, film, digital media and critical theory. She has published articles in Art Journal, Women’s Studies Quarterly and in the anthology Beyond Biopolitics. She is currently working on a book project entitled Visionary Spaces. She has a PhD in English Literature from the Graduate Center, CUNY, and a BA from the University of California at Berkeley.