Mindfulness Meditation · Renewal
This week’s meditation session is led by Tracy Cochran and the theme is Renewal. The guided meditation begins at 20:18.
Tara in Her Pure Realm, Khadiravana; Tibet; 19th century; Pigments on cloth; 60 × 32 1/2 × 1/8 in.; Rubin Museum of Art; Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art; C2002.48.1
The female deity Tara is popular in all Tibetan Buddhist traditions. This painting depicts the realm of Tara where she is seated in her palace and surrounded by her 21 emanations arrayed around her. The famous Praises to Tara address each Tara by her name, emphasizing their individual qualities and requesting blessings. The figures on lotuses directly below the central figure are devotees who aspire to be reborn in her realm. Any practitioner would easily identify with these figures while reciting the praises to the goddesses.
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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