ABOUT THE MEDITATION
This week’s meditation session is led by Sharon Salzberg and the theme is: Reawaken.
The guided meditation begins at 12:39.
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 forty-five-minute weekly program designed to fit into your lunch break. Each session will be inspired by a different work of art from the Rubin Museum’s collection and will include an opening talk, a twenty-minute meditation session, and a closing discussion.
RELATED ARTWORK
Pratisara is one of the five Pancha Raksha deities. These Five Protector Goddesses are the personifications of five early Buddhist sutras. The oldest of the texts dates from the fourth century of the Common Era. They also each embody a Buddhist mantra.
Each of the five deities bestows protection from the turbulence of this world. They are associated with preventing and surviving natural disasters, curing snakebite, and averting pestilence and epidemics. They also promote sustenance and happiness.
Pratisara is specifically associated with protecting pregnant women. She has many forms. There are many traditions associated with her throughout the Himalayas and Central Asia, and extending as far east as Japan. As we behold this resplendent sculpture may we find inner strength to overcome the challenges of this world.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sharon Salzberg, cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, has guided meditation retreats worldwide since 1974. Her latest book is Real Change: Mindfulness to Heal Ourselves and the World. Sharon is also the author of several publications including the New York Times bestseller Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation, Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience, Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness, and Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection. While running her own podcast, The Metta Hour, and interviewing 100+ influential voices in meditation and mindfulness movements, Sharon has regularly contributed to many onstage conversations at the Rubin.
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.
