Miksang is a particular form of contemplative photography, which arose out of the teachings of Buddhist teacher Chogyam Trungpa Rimpoche, which is photographed according to its own set of rules. There are currently two schools of Miksang photography, one being the The Miksang Institute for Contemplative Photography, with noted teachers Michael Wood and Julie DuBose, with the second school being Nalanda Miksang Interntational, with noted teachers John McQuade and Miriam Hall.
Miksang photographs are shot while totally present in the moment, from flashes of perception, then forming an equivalent and recording one’s perception totally without concepts. (For those who might be unfamiliar with Buddhist terminology, “beyond concepts” means without, or beyond, thought.) It is not a visual technique, it is a practice and a process. I am not a Miksang teacher, I’ve only had two levels of training, so I can only express what I know from my own personal experience, so please remember that anything I say is only from my own understanding.
To start us off, here is a quote from Nalanda Miksang teacher, Miriam Hall, copied and pasted from the Nalanda Miksang Davis (California) Facebook Group. The link will take you to the pinned post I’ve copied from.