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Tracy Cochran

Mindfulness Meditation

Wednesday, April 26, 2017
1:00 PM–1:45 PM
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A meditation session led by Tracy Cochran.If you missed this program, check out the podcast, now live in the Rubin Media Center.

For centuries Himalayan practitioners have used meditation to quiet the mind, open the heart, calm the nervous system, and increase focus. Now Western scientists, business leaders, and the secular world have embraced meditation as a vital tool for brain health.

Whether you’re a beginner, a dabbler, or a skilled meditator seeking the company of others, join expert teachers in a forty-five-minute weekly program designed to fit into your lunch break. Each session will be inspired by a different work of art from the Rubin Museum’s collection and will include an opening talk, a twenty-minute sitting session, and a closing discussion. Chairs will be provided.

Presented in partnership with Sharon Salzberg and the New York Insight Meditation Center. This program is supported in part by the Hemera Foundation.

RELATED ARTWORK
Maitreya, The Future Buddha; Tibet; 15th century (c. 1420-1450); Pigments on cloth; Rubin Museum of Art; Gift of Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation; F1998.17.2 (HAR 664).
 

Theme: Mantra

Maitreya, the Buddha of the future, sits on a throne with both feet placed firmly on the ground. Waiting in Tushita heaven, he will come down to teach once the lessons of Buddha Shakyamuni have been forgotten. The legend of Maitreya speaks to the universal doctrines that Buddhism expounds and how they ultimately are meant for all times and all people. His mantra “Om Maitri Maha Maitri Maitri Ye Sva Ha” invokes his presence and forges a connection between himself and followers.

 

About the Speaker

Tracy Cochran is editorial director of Parabola, a quarterly magazine that for forty years has drawn on the world’s cultural and wisdom traditions to explore the questions that all humans share. She has been a student of meditation and spiritual practices for decades and teaches mindfulness meditation and mindful writing at New York Insight Meditation Center and throughout the greater New York area. In addition to Parabola, her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Psychology Today, O Magazine, New York Magazine, the Boston Review, and many other publications and anthologies. For more information please visit tracycochran.org.

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Note: Late comers may not be admitted past 1:10 p.m., so as to not disrupt the session.

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