Mindfulness Meditation · Ritual
This week’s meditation session is led by Tracy Cochran and the theme is Ritual. The guided meditation begins at 19:00.
Ushnisavijaya and Celebration of Old Age (Jyatha Janko); Nepal; 19th century; Pigments on cloth; 35 1/8 × 24 3/8 in. (estimated); Rubin Museum of Art; Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, gift of the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation; F1997.17.24
This painting depicts the birthday celebration practiced by Hindus and Buddhists in the Kathmandu Valley for an elder who reaches the age of 77 years, 7 months, 7 days, 7 hours, and 7 minutes. To commemorate this day, Buddhists commission the construction of reliquary mound known as a stupa. In the day’s festivities, the elder mounts a chariot and rides through the city, stopping to perform a religious service in front of a sacred stupa.
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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