This week’s meditation session is led by Kimberly Brown and the theme is Recognizing Abundance.

Yellow Jambhala is a popular worldly deity associated with wealth and abundance. He sits on a conch shell, a symbol of wealth and purity in the Himalayas, while holding a bundle of spiky fruit in his right hand and a jewel-spitting mongoose in his left hand. The jewel-spitting mongoose is a reference to a Central Asian tradition of using mongoose skins as purses for precious stones. His body is yellow, which symbolizes his power to bestow wealth on his followers. Practitioners initially worship him for financial help and eventually recognize abundance in their own lives without the need of material wealth.