Mindfulness Meditation · Intentionality
This week’s meditation session is led by Sharon Salzberg and the theme is Intentionality. The guided meditation begins at 15:40.
Yaksha General Anila; China; First half of the 15th century; Pigments on cloth; embroidered textile mount; 18 3/8 × 6 3/8 × 3/8 in.; Rubin Museum of Art; Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art; C2004.4.2
A painting of a medicine buddha inspires this meditation. Along with the symbols of the lotus and the mandala, the medicine buddha guides practitioners on the path to enlightenment with the intention to move beyond suffering through meditation.
Sharon Salzberg, Cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, has guided meditation retreats worldwide since 1974. Her latest books are Real Life: The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom and Finding Your Way: Meditations, Thoughts, and Wisdom for Living an Authentic Life. She is a weekly columnist for On Being, a regular contributor to the Huffington Post, and the author of several other books, including the New York Times bestseller Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation, Real Change: Mindfulness to Heal Ourselves and the World, Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience, and Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness. Ms. Salzberg has been a regular participant in the Rubin’s many on-stage conversations and regards the Rubin as a supplemental office.
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