Mindfulness Meditation · Suffering/End of Suffering
This week’s meditation session is led by Tracy Cochran and the theme is Suffering/End of Suffering.
Mandala of Amoghapasha, Nepal; dated 1502 by inscription, Pigments on cloth, Rubin Museum of Art, Gift of Shelley and Donald Rubin, C2006.66.43
This incredibly detailed mandala from Nepal, dated to 1502, depicts Amoghapasha in the center of a palace surrounded by attending deities. The name Amoghapasha means “unfailing lasso” and references the noose he holds as part of his iconography. He holds the noose so he can grab any of his followers that might fall behind in their practice. Just like the goal of Buddhism itself, Amoghapasha seeks to end all forms of suffering through the destruction of ignorance and the realization of truth.
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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