Mindfulness Meditation · Discovering
This week’s meditation session is led by Tracy Cochran and the theme is Discovering.
Jikme Lingpa (1729-1798); Tibet; 18th - 19th century; Metal alloy; 8 3/4 × 7 1/2 × 4 3/8 in.; Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art; C2002.29.2
This sculpture depicts Jigme Lingpa, a treasure revealer in the terma tradition. He is considered to be a reincarnation of both the eighth-century monk Vimalamitra and the Tibetan King Tri Songdetsen. The sacred text he discovered appeared as a vision of a _dakini _during a meditation retreat. The _dakini _ordered him to swallow the text whole so that he could protect them. He then kept these teachings secret for seven years before sharing them with his students. By discovering this text, he combined two seperate dzogchen lineages held by Vimalamitra and Tri Songdetsen.
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.
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