Mindfulness Meditation · Intentionality
This week’s meditation session is led by Tracy Cochran and the theme is Intentionality. The guided meditation begins at 17:00.
Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyeltsen (1182-1251); Tibet; 16th century; Gilt copper alloy with pigments; 6 7/8 × 4 5/8 × 4 1/2 in.; Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art; C2005.16.37
Kunga Gyaltsen (1182–1251), the first Tibetan to be formally honored with the title of Pandita, is shown here wearing the traditional scholar’s cap of the Sakya tradition, which he designed. In an act of grief over the death of his teacher, he took the traditional Indian scholar’s cap, then rounded its peaked top and lengthened its earflaps to the shoulder.
A teacher guides their students in the path of knowledge, just as in meditation the teacher guides with the help of an intention. It is both personal and given. How does the intention of the teacher differ from that of the student? How are they similar?
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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