Tokdhan Rimpoche from Eastern Tibet had given oral Transmission of whole Kanjur "Three Baskets" collection, original Buddhist texts, twice or thrice in India.. For Gelek Rimpoche's annual summer retreat for a hundred or so of us students, he visited to transmit Prajnaparamita Sutra, Chanting one-volume short version for several days in succession: "Gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha!" Highest Perfect Wisdom Sutra: "All Gone All Gone All overgone all Gone stay-high Now Old Mind so ah~" we'd rowed across nearby lake to swim, he sat and watched, Yankee Springs State Park, Michigan, August 27, 1993
1993, printed 1995
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 2 × 30 cm (13/16 × 11 13/16 in.) sheet: 27.8 × 35.3 cm (10 15/16 × 13 7/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Gary Davis
Accession Number
2013.145.35
About the Artist
Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997), born in Newark, New Jersey, emerged as a multifaceted figure in American culture, best known as a Beat Generation poet but also a prolific visual artist whose photographs, drawings, and prints captured the raw energy of his era. His early life offers little documentation on artistic training, though he attended Columbia University in the 1940s, where he formed connectio...