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This week’s meditation session is led by Tracy Cochran and the theme is Aspiration.

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Painting of large figure with colorful robes seated on wooden platform with landscape in background and three smaller figures in foreground.
Maitreya; Kham Province, Eastern Tibet; 19th century; Pigments on cloth; Rubin Museum of Art; C2002.35.2 (HAR 65201)

Maitreya is the buddha of the future, said to be waiting in Tushita Heaven. Once Buddhism is forgotten in the world, he will come down to teach its fundamental laws once again. Maitreya is also a bodhisattva, meaning that he took a vow to save all sentient beings from suffering. Truly a daunting and inspiring aspiration.

Tracy Cochran has been a student and teacher of meditation and spiritual practice for decades. She is the founder of the Hudson River Sangha. In addition to offering meditation online, Tracy has taught mindfulness meditation and mindful writing at the Rubin Museum and the New York Insight Meditation Center, as well as in schools, corporations, and other venues worldwide. She is also a writer and the editorial director of Parabola, an acclaimed quarterly magazine that seeks to bring timeless spiritual wisdom to the burning questions of the day.

Published February 14, 2018
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