THE WESTERN THRESHOLDA temple between worlds

Thresholds of
the Sacred
in Buddhism

Curated and written by Patricia Mou

ONE SANCTUARY · THREE ROTUNDAS

Orient yourself.

Enter from the west. Look around each panoramic viewpoint and follow the glowing paths to the sanctuary and its three rotundas.

AN ARCHITECTURE OF ATTENTION

The temple,
reimagined.

This panoramic sanctuary brings together two pieces by Patricia Mou. The temple upon a hill shapes its atmosphere: a pearl dome, an open oculus, silver water, an earth mound, a bridge, and a glowing obsidian pillar.

In this Vajrayana interpretation, an ancient Bodhi tree shelters White Tara at the center. Three round galleries hold the eighteen works of Thresholds of the Sacred: nature and relics to the east, visionary interfaces to the north, and ritual and embodied interfaces to the south.

The architecture and shrine are original generated panoramas. Travel follows linked viewpoints; you can look around each view. The eighteen exhibition works remain separate photographic reproductions from the original post.

Take your time.

Screen: drag or use the arrow keys to look, scroll to zoom, select a glowing path to travel, and click an artwork to read. Use the temple plan to move directly between spaces.

Touch: drag to look, use the directional arrows to turn, and tap a path to change viewpoints.

Headset: choose Enter VR in a WebXR-compatible headset browser. Point and select a glowing path to travel or an artwork to read. Use the note’s page controls to read the full text, then select Close.

STEP INSIDE

Enter the sanctuary.

Open this site in a WebXR-compatible headset browser, then choose Enter VR. A connected VR headset is required.

You can also explore the complete temple on this screen.

THRESHOLDS OF THE SACRED · PATRICIA MOU

Eighteen encounters.

Selection and imagery from Patricia Mou’s original exhibition ↗.

Patricia MouThresholds of the Sacred
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Gathering moonlight…

THRESHOLDS OF THE SACRED