Mindfulness Meditation · The Path
This week’s meditation session is led by Tracy Cochran and the theme is The Path.
Mandala of Chakrasamvara and Vajrayogini; Ngor Ewam Choden Monastery, Tsang Province, Central Tibet; ca. 1505-1514; Pigments on cloth; Rubin Museum of Art C2001.9.1
This 15th-century mandala from Tibet depicts Chakrasamvara in union with his consort Vajrayogini. A representation of a cosmic palace, the mandala is used by practitioners as a means to lay a path for their meditation. Throughout the meditation, the practitioners visually builds the palace as they begin to move through it. They visualize themselves as Chakrasamvara in union with his consort, changing their physiology into that of an enlightened being.
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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