This week’s meditation session is led by Kimberly Brown and the theme is Aspiration.

This reliquary chamber, known as a stupa, possibly held the possessions and remains of a prominent teacher. Dating to the earliest stages of Buddhism, stupas can range in size from a few inches to several stories high. Traditionally Buddhists walk clockwise around stupas in order to receive good merit. While not a contemplative practice like meditation, this type of circumambulation expresses a practitioner’s aspiration to gain enough merit to be reborn in a position where they can fully commit to becoming enlightened.