Mindfulness Meditation · Healing
This week’s meditation session is led by Lama Aria Drolma and the theme is Healing. The guided meditation begins at 17:03.
Tibetan Bodhiseed Prayer Beads; Tibet; 19th century; Phoenix eye bodhiseed, rudraksha and bronze; 34 1/4 × 2 × 1/2 in.; Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, Gift of Anne Breckenridge Dorsey; C2012.6.6
This Tibetan prayer beads strand (trengwa) exemplifies the simple but traditional structure of prayer beads used by Tibetan Buddhists. The 108 beads are usually divided into 4 groups of 27 by 3 additional separator beads, typically of a different material, and a bead that connects the ends of a strand, usually a little larger and topped by a stupa-shaped attachment, called a guru bead. The symbolism of the guru bead varies in different traditions but generally signifies the ultimate truth, or Dharmakaya, understood as a formless dimension of the Buddha’s enlightened body.
Lama Aria Drolma is an ordained Buddhist teacher in the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, who has completed over a decade of monastic study and meditation training. She is a graduate of the traditional Tibetan Buddhist retreat program spanning three years and three months, an advanced cloistered meditation training program at Palpung Thubten Choling Monastery, New York.
Lama Aria Drolma teaches worldwide, leading retreats, workshops, and corporate meditation programs and is a popular guest speaker at universities and organizations. She emphasizes Vajrayana Buddhism and Buddhist principles, making them relevant in our everyday lives, helping us to cultivate loving kindness and compassion, and bringing about a transformation of contentment and a genuine sense of well-being.
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