Mindfulness Meditation · Liberation Through Listening
This week’s meditation session is led by Tracy Cochran and the theme is Liberation through Listening. The guided meditation begins at 14:20.
Yama Dharmaraja with Consort Yami; Tibet; 18th century; Pigment on cloth; 31 1/2 x 23 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (80 x 59.1 x 5.7 cm); Rubin Museum of Art; Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, Gift of Shelley and Donald Rubin; C2006.66.409
Yama Dharmaraja stands fiercely on top of his vehicle, a black bull, holding a skull cup and bone staff. His consort clings to his left side, wearing an animal skin draped across her back. Though Yama Dharmaraja appears to have the same form as Yama, the god of death, his name Dharmaraja means “king of law.” As a powerful protector deity, he takes the form of Yama so that he, like the Buddha’s teachings, liberate beings from suffering.
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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