Mindfulness Meditation · Intention
This week’s meditation session is led by Tracy Cochran and the theme is Intention. The guided meditation begins at 14:30.
Durga Killing the Buffalo Demon (Durga Mahisasuramardini); Nepal; 12th-13th century; Gilt copper alloy; 11 × 13 1/8 × 7 1/2 in.; Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art; C2005.16.11
This sculpture represents the personification of female energy in full fury—skillful, composed, and deadly. The goddess Durga is the warrior form of Sri Devi, and here she is in the act of subduing the demi-god Mahisa, who has disguised himself as a mighty buffalo. Durga is the goddess of the homesteaders, the village people in conflict with the cattle ranchers who would keep the land open for grazing. The great goddess represents represents the Cosmic Law against those who would seek to undermine it.
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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