Mindfulness Meditation · Hopes and Anxieties
This week’s meditation session is led by Tracy Cochran and the theme is Hopes and Anxieties. The guided meditation begins at 20:00.
Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Bardo; Tibet; 18th century; Pigments on cloth; Object size: 46 5/8 x 34 in. (estimated)Image size: 45 1/4 x 32 5/8 in.Framed size: 57 3/4 x 44 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.; Rubin Museum of Art; Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, Gift of Shelley and Donald Rubin; C2006.66.17
This artwork is a visual representation of the Tibetan tradition of “Liberation upon Hearing in the Intermediate State.” Esoteric tantric teachings explain that at the moment of death, one’s consciousness encounters the possibility of achieving an enlightened state. However, if not recognized, terrifying visions brought on by one’s own negative karma flood the consciousness and prevent a good rebirth.
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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