Mindfulness Meditation · Liberation Through Listening
This week’s meditation session is led by Lama Aria Drolma and the theme is Liberation through Listening.
Manuscript Cover of a Perfection of Wisdom (Prajnaparamita); Tibet; 11th century; wood; courtesy of Beata and Michael McCormick
Books are often objects of veneration in Himalayan Buddhism. This elaborate book cover is for the _Prajanaparamit_a, or Perfection of Wisdom Sutras, one of the most important texts for all Mahayana Buddhist traditions. In the center sits the four-armed goddess Prajnaparamita, the personification of the book. Her bottom right hand rests in front of her heart with her palm facing outward in the gesture of no fear. The _Perfection of Wisdom Sutras _exists in many different forms, its most condensed being the Heart Sutra. By listening to the Heart Sutra‘s mantra, one can hear all the teachings the Perfection of Wisdom has to offer.
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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