Mindfulness Meditation · Recognizing Abundance
This week’s meditation session is led by Kimberly Brown and the theme is Recognizing Abundance.
Yellow Jambhala; Tibet; 17th century; Clay with pigments; 25 1/4 × 19 3/4 × 11 1/4 in.; Rubin Museum of Art; Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art; C2006.64.1
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.
Kimberly Brown is a meditation teacher and author. She leads classes and retreats that emphasize the power of compassion and kindness meditation to reconnect us to ourselves and others. Her teachings provide an approachable pathway to personal and collective well-being through effective and modern techniques based on traditional practices. She studies in both the Tibetan and Insight schools of Buddhism and is a certified mindfulness instructor. Her book Navigating Grief and Loss: 25 Buddhist Practices to Keep Your Heart Open to Yourself and Others was published in 2022, and an updated edition of Steady, Calm, and Brave was released in 2023. Both are published by Prometheus Books.
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