This week’s meditation session is led by Geshe Lhakdor and the theme is Love.
The guided meditation begins at 18:29.
For centuries Himalayan practitioners have used meditation to quiet the mind, open the heart, calm the nervous system, and increase focus. Now Western scientists, business leaders, and the secular world have embraced meditation as a vital tool for brain health.
Whether you’re a beginner, a dabbler, or a skilled meditator seeking the company of others, join expert teachers in a 45-minute weekly program designed to fit into your lunch break. Each session is inspired by a different work of art from the Rubin Museum’s collection and includes an opening talk, a 20-minute meditation session, and a closing discussion.
RELATED ARTWORK
Maitreya is the buddha of the future who will usher in a golden age of peace and harmony. Maitreya is said to currently reside in the Tushita Heaven. It is prophesied that he will arrive on earth during an age when the teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni have been largely forgotten, and herald a new era for all sentient beings.
Maitreya is typically depicted as a bodhisattva or in buddha form. Here he appears seated in buddha form. He has the ushnisha, cranial protuberance and elongated earlobes, which are iconographically associated with the Buddha.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Geshe Lhakdor has served His Holiness the Dalai Lama as his translator and religious assistant since 1989. A distinguished Buddhist scholar, Geshe was the English translator for His Holiness from 1989 to 2005. He has co- translated and co-produced several books by the Dalai Lama. As director of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala, Geshe facilitates the Science for Monks program and shares his own expertise as a scholar of science and philosophy.
Geshe is a trustee of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility, established by His Holiness. He is also the director of the Central Archive of His Holiness and a member of the Advisory Board of the Institute of Tibetan Classics in Montreal, Canada. He is now the director of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamshala India, and head of the Science Education Project.
This program is presented in partnership with Sharon Salzberg and teachers from the New York Insight Meditation Center, the Interdependence Project, and Parabola Magazine and supported by the Frederick P. Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism.
