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; 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 taught meditation and spiritual practice for many years. She is a speaker and author whose most recent book, Presence: The Art of Being At Home in Yourself, was published by Shambhala Publications in 2024. Tracy is the founder and leading teacher of the Hudson River Sangha and has taught mindfulness and mindful writing at New York Insight, the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, and many other venues. In addition to serving as the editorial director of the acclaimed spiritual quarterly Parabola, her writings have appeared in The New York Times, New York Magazine, Psychology Today, The Best Spiritual Writing series, Parabola, and many other publications and anthologies. For more about Tracy, please visit tracycochran.org and parabola.org.
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