Mindfulness Meditation · Discovering
This week’s meditation session is led by Sharon Salzberg and the theme is Discovering.
This painting depicts the great treasure revealer Terdag Lingpa (or Lama Lingpa Gyurme Dorje), who is known for discovering Buddhist teachings hidden away for centuries by Tibetan Buddhist master Padmasambhava. Despite being from a separate lineage of Buddhism (Nyingma), he had close ties to the Fifth Dalai Lama and even received monk’s ordination from him at the age of 23. Upon entering retreat, he had several visions of Buddhist saints, such as Padmasambhava and Yeshe Tsogyal, giving him teachings and directions on where to discover new terma (treasure teachings). While being part of the old tradition, Terdag Lingpa, through his ties with the Fifth Dalai Lama, was able to incorporate the best of old and new traditions to help people make discoveries for centuries.
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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