Mindfulness Meditation · Perception
This week’s meditation session is led by Tracy Cochran and the theme is Perception.
Zanabazar; Goddess of the Dawn, Marichi; Mongolia; late 17th century or early 18th century; Gilt copper alloy; 15 5/8 × 10 3/8 × 7 1/4 in.; Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art; C2005.16.26
Made in Mongolia during the late 17th or early 18th century, this sculpture of Goddess Marichi shows her on a double lotus throne in the pose of royal ease. In her right hand she holds a vajra up to her chest while grasping the branch of an ashoka tree in her left hand. As the goddess of the dawn, her light dispels the darkness of ignorance. She also represents the dawn of awakening or the moment when one realizes that they must escape samsara.
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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