Mindfulness Meditation · Ritual
This week’s meditation session is led by Tracy Cochran and the theme is Ritual. The guided meditation begins at 20:30.
Wheel of Life; Tibet or Mongolia; 19th century; Pigments on cloth; Object size: 61 1/2 x 39 1/4 in. (est.)Image size: 45 1/2 x 30 5/8 in. Framed size: 73 1/8 x 46 1/8 x 2 1/2 in.; Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, Gift of Shelley and Donald Rubin; C2006.66.131
The Wheel of Life usually appears at the entrance of Buddhist temples for didactic purposes. The presence of a Goddess of Learning and Arts (Saraswati) presiding over the gods’ realm suggests that this painting may have been produced for monks as well as the general public. The cycle of life and death and the rituals depicted therein can lead to enlightenment.
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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