Mindfulness Meditation · Change
This week’s meditation session is led by Sharon Salzberg and the theme is Change. The guided meditation begins at 18:22.
Eleven-headed, Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara; Central Tibet; early 20th century (before 1935); Pigments on cloth; 54 3/4 x 37 3/4 in. (139.1 x 95.9 cm); Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, gift of the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation; F1997.1.6
Avalokiteshvara takes on a peaceful appearance in this painting, with his eleven heads and one thousand hands extended in compassion. Teachers in the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism encircle him above, with early teachers of the lineage descending on the left side and later teachers on the right.
Sharon Salzberg, Cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, has guided meditation retreats worldwide since 1974. Her latest books are Real Life: The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom and Finding Your Way: Meditations, Thoughts, and Wisdom for Living an Authentic Life. She is a weekly columnist for On Being, a regular contributor to the Huffington Post, and the author of several other books, including the New York Times bestseller Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation, Real Change: Mindfulness to Heal Ourselves and the World, Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience, and Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness. Ms. Salzberg has been a regular participant in the Rubin’s many on-stage conversations and regards the Rubin as a supplemental office.
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