Theme: Awaken
Artwork: Lama (Teacher), Milarepa; Tibet; 18th century; stone; Rubin Museum of Art; gift of the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation;[http://therubin.org/31h];
Teacher: Rebecca Li

The Rubin Museum presents a weekly online meditation session led by a prominent meditation teacher from the New York area, with each session focusing on a specific work of art. This podcast is a recording of the live online session and includes an opening talk and 20-minute sitting session. The guided meditation begins at 21:28.

This meditation is presented in partnership with Sharon Salzberg, teachers from the NY Insight Meditation Center, the Interdependence Project, and Parabola Magazine.

To attend a Mindfulness Meditation online session in the future or learn more, please visit our website at RubinMuseum.org/meditation.

If you would like to support the Rubin Museum and this meditation series, we invite you to become a member and always attend for free.

Have a mindful day!

Mindfulness Meditation

Mindfulness Meditation with Rebecca Li 04/05/2021

Theme: Awaken
Artwork: Buddha Shakyamuni; Tibet; 14th century; gilt copper alloy; Rubin Museum of Art; C2001.10.2(HAR 65025) [http://therubin.org/31v] ;
Teacher: Sharon Salzberg

The Rubin Museum presents a weekly online meditation session led by a prominent meditation teacher from the New York area, with each session focusing on a specific work of art. This podcast is a recording of the live online session and includes an opening talk and 20-minute sitting session. The guided meditation begins at 17:25.

This meditation is presented in partnership with Sharon Salzberg, teachers from the NY Insight Meditation Center, the Interdependence Project, and Parabola Magazine.

To attend a Mindfulness Meditation online session in the future or learn more, please visit our website at RubinMuseum.org/meditation.

If you would like to support the Rubin Museum and this meditation series, we invite you to become a member and always attend for free.

Have a mindful day!

Mindfulness Meditation with Sharon Salzberg 04/26/2021

Theme: Awareness
Artwork: The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room
https://rubinmuseum.org/shrineroom
On view–till January 2022; [http://therubin.org/31-] ;
Teacher: Sharon Salzberg

The Rubin Museum presents a weekly online meditation session led by a prominent meditation teacher from the New York area, with each session focusing on a specific work of art. This podcast is a recording of the live online session and includes an opening talk and 20-minute sitting session. The guided meditation begins at 17:53.

This meditation is presented in partnership with Sharon Salzberg, teachers from the NY Insight Meditation Center, the Interdependence Project, and Parabola Magazine.

To attend a Mindfulness Meditation online session in the future or learn more, please visit our website at RubinMuseum.org/meditation.

If you would like to support the Rubin Museum and this meditation series, we invite you to become a member and always attend for free.

Have a mindful day!

Mindfulness Meditation With Sharon Salzberg 05/17/2021

Theme: Awareness
Artwork: White Tara with Long Life Deities; Tibet; 19th century; pigments on cloth; Rubin Museum of Art; gift of the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation; [http://therubin.org/321] ;
Teacher: Sharon Salzberg

The Rubin Museum presents a weekly online meditation session led by a prominent meditation teacher from the New York area, with each session focusing on a specific work of art. This podcast is a recording of the live online session and includes an opening talk and 20-minute sitting session. The guided meditation begins at 11:25.

This meditation is presented in partnership with Sharon Salzberg, teachers from the NY Insight Meditation Center, the Interdependence Project, and Parabola Magazine.

To attend a Mindfulness Meditation online session in the future or learn more, please visit our website at RubinMuseum.org/meditation.

If you would like to support the Rubin Museum and this meditation series, we invite you to become a member and always attend for free.

Have a mindful day!

Mindfulness Meditation with Tracy Cochran 04/19/2021

Mindfulness Meditation With Tracy Cochran 05/24/2021

Theme: Mandala
Artwork: Mandala of Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara; Tibet; 18th century; pigments on cloth; Rubin Museum of Art; gift of Shelley and Donald Rubin;
[http://therubin.org/32m]
Teacher: Kate Johnson

The Rubin Museum presents a weekly online meditation session led by a prominent meditation teacher from the New York area, with each session focusing on a specific work of art. This podcast is a recording of the live online session and includes an opening talk and 20-minute sitting session. The guided meditation begins at 11:22.

This meditation is presented in partnership with Sharon Salzberg, teachers from the NY Insight Meditation Center, the Interdependence Project, and Parabola Magazine.

To attend a Mindfulness Meditation online session in the future or learn more, please visit our website at RubinMuseum.org/meditation.

If you would like to support the Rubin Museum and this meditation series, we invite you to become a member and always attend for free.

Have a mindful day!

Mindfulness Meditation With Kate Johnson 09/20/2021

Theme: Interdependence 
Artwork: Machik Labdron (1055-1153); Kham Province, Eastern Tibet; 19th century; Pigments on cloth; Rubin Museum of Art; 
[http://therubin.org/33a] 
Teacher: Sharon Salzberg  

The Rubin Museum presents a weekly online meditation session led by a prominent meditation teacher from the New York area, with each session focusing on a specific work of art. This podcast is a recording of the live online session and includes an opening talk and 20-minute sitting session. The guided meditation begins at 14:58.  

This meditation is presented in partnership with Sharon Salzberg, teachers from the NY Insight Meditation Center, the Interdependence Project, and Parabola Magazine.  To attend a Mindfulness Meditation online session in the future or learn more, please visit our website at RubinMuseum.org/meditation.  

If you would like to support the Rubin Museum and this meditation series, we invite you to become a member and always attend for free.  Have a mindful day!

Mindfulness Meditation with Sharon Slazberg 12/20/2021

Theme: Interdependence 
Artwork: Previous Lives (Jataka) of Buddha Shakyamuni, Tibet; 18th century, Pigments on cloth, C2007.33.1 (HAR 65816)
[http://therubin.org/33c] 
Teacher: Rebecca Li  

The Rubin Museum presents a weekly online meditation session led by a prominent meditation teacher from the New York area, with each session focusing on a specific work of art. This podcast is a recording of the live online session and includes an opening talk and 20-minute sitting session. The guided meditation begins at 19:27.  

This meditation is presented in partnership with Sharon Salzberg, teachers from the NY Insight Meditation Center, the Interdependence Project, and Parabola Magazine.  To attend a Mindfulness Meditation online session in the future or learn more, please visit our website at RubinMuseum.org/meditation.  

If you would like to support the Rubin Museum and this meditation series, we invite you to become a member and always attend for free.  Have a mindful day!

Mindfulness Meditation with Sharon Slazberg 01/10/2022

Theme: Healing 
Artwork:Tibetan Bodhiseed Prayer Beads; Tibet; 19th century; Phoenix eye bodhiseed, rudraksha, and bronze; Rubin Museum of Art, Gift of Anne Breckenridge Dorsey; 
[http://therubin.org/347] 
Teacher: Lama Aria Droma

The Rubin Museum presents a weekly online meditation session led by a prominent meditation teacher from the New York area, with each session focusing on a specific work of art. This podcast is a recording of the live online session and includes an opening talk and 20-minute sitting session. The guided meditation begins at 17:03.  

This meditation is presented in partnership with Sharon Salzberg, teachers from the NY Insight Meditation Center, the Interdependence Project, and Parabola Magazine.  To attend a Mindfulness Meditation online session in the future or learn more, please visit our website at RubinMuseum.org/meditation.  

If you would like to support the Rubin Museum and this meditation series, we invite you to become a member and always attend for free.  Have a mindful day!

Mindfulness Meditation with Lama Aria Drolma 04/18/2022

Theme: Healing 
Artwork: Protective Astrological Chart; Tibet; late 18th or early 19th century; pigments on cloth; Rubin Museum of Art, Gift of Namkha Dorjee/Bodhicitta Art; 
[http://therubin.org/348] 
Teacher: Tracy Cochran  

The Rubin Museum presents a weekly online meditation session led by a prominent meditation teacher from the New York area, with each session focusing on a specific work of art. This podcast is a recording of the live online session and includes an opening talk and 20-minute sitting session. The guided meditation begins at 12:17.  

This meditation is presented in partnership with Sharon Salzberg, teachers from the NY Insight Meditation Center, the Interdependence Project, and Parabola Magazine.  To attend a Mindfulness Meditation online session in the future or learn more, please visit our website at RubinMuseum.org/meditation.  

If you would like to support the Rubin Museum and this meditation series, we invite you to become a member and always attend for free.  Have a mindful day!

Mindfulness Meditation with Tracy Cochran 04/25/2022

Theme: Harmony 
Artwork: Maitreya, The Future Buddha; Tibet; ca. Second quarter of the 15th century; Pigments on Cloth; Rubin Museum of Art, Gift of the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation; F1998.17.2(HAR 664);
[http://therubin.org/349] 
Teacher: Lama Aria Drolma

The Rubin Museum presents a weekly online meditation session led by a prominent meditation teacher from the New York area, with each session focusing on a specific work of art. This podcast is a recording of the live online session and includes an opening talk and 20-minute sitting session. The guided meditation begins at 14:31.  

This meditation is presented in partnership with Sharon Salzberg, teachers from the NY Insight Meditation Center, the Interdependence Project, and Parabola Magazine.  To attend a Mindfulness Meditation online session in the future or learn more, please visit our website at RubinMuseum.org/meditation.  

If you would like to support the Rubin Museum and this meditation series, we invite you to become a member and always attend for free.  Have a mindful day!

Mindfulness Meditation with Lama Aria Drolma 05/02/2022

Theme: Harmony 
Artwork: Dorje Drolo, One of Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava; Central Tibet; 18th century; pigments on cloth; Rubin Museum of Art; gift of the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation; F1996.31.14 (HAR 528);
[http://therubin.org/34a] 
Teacher: Tracy Cochran

The Rubin Museum presents a weekly online meditation session led by a prominent meditation teacher from the New York area, with each session focusing on a specific work of art. This podcast is a recording of the live online session and includes an opening talk and 20-minute sitting session. The guided meditation begins at 15:57.  

This meditation is presented in partnership with Sharon Salzberg, teachers from the NY Insight Meditation Center, the Interdependence Project, and Parabola Magazine.  To attend a Mindfulness Meditation online session in the future or learn more, please visit our website at RubinMuseum.org/meditation.  

If you would like to support the Rubin Museum and this meditation series, we invite you to become a member and always attend for free.  Have a mindful day!

Mindfulness Meditation with Tracy Cochran 05/09/2022

Theme: Harmony 
Artwork: Agni, God of Fire; China; first half of the 15th century; Pigments on cloth, embroidered textile mount; Rubin Museum of Art; C2004.4.1 (HAR 65270);
[http://therubin.org/34f] 
Teacher: Rebecca Li  

The Rubin Museum presents a weekly online meditation session led by a prominent meditation teacher from the New York area, with each session focusing on a specific work of art. This podcast is a recording of the live online session and includes an opening talk and 20-minute sitting session. The guided meditation begins at 19:46.  

This meditation is presented in partnership with Sharon Salzberg, teachers from the NY Insight Meditation Center, the Interdependence Project, and Parabola Magazine.  To attend a Mindfulness Meditation online session in the future or learn more, please visit our website at RubinMuseum.org/meditation.  

If you would like to support the Rubin Museum and this meditation series, we invite you to become a member and always attend for free.  Have a mindful day!

Mindfulness Meditation with Rebecca Li 05/16/2022

Theme: Harmony 
Artwork: The Demoness of Tibet; Tibet; Early 20th century; Pigments on cloth; Rubin Museum of Art;
[http://therubin.org/34g] 
Teacher: Sharon Salzberg

The Rubin Museum presents a weekly online meditation session led by a prominent meditation teacher from the New York area, with each session focusing on a specific work of art. This podcast is a recording of the live online session and includes an opening talk and 20-minute sitting session. The guided meditation begins at 11:05.  

This meditation is presented in partnership with Sharon Salzberg, teachers from the NY Insight Meditation Center, the Interdependence Project, and Parabola Magazine.  To attend a Mindfulness Meditation online session in the future or learn more, please visit our website at RubinMuseum.org/meditation.  

If you would like to support the Rubin Museum and this meditation series, we invite you to become a member and always attend for free.  Have a mindful day!

Mindfulness Meditation with Sharon Slazberg 05/23/2022

Theme: Transformation 
Artwork: Wheel of Life; Tibet; 19th century; pigments on cloth; Rubin Museum of Art; Gift of Shelley and Donald Rubin;
[http://therubin.org/34l] 
Teacher: Rebecca Li  

The Rubin Museum presents a weekly online meditation session led by a prominent meditation teacher from the New York area, with each session focusing on a specific work of art. This podcast is a recording of the live online session and includes an opening talk and 20-minute sitting session. The guided meditation begins at 19:18.  

This meditation is presented in partnership with Sharon Salzberg, teachers from the NY Insight Meditation Center, the Interdependence Project, and Parabola Magazine.  To attend a Mindfulness Meditation online session in the future or learn more, please visit our website at RubinMuseum.org/meditation.  

If you would like to support the Rubin Museum and this meditation series, we invite you to become a member and always attend for free.  Have a mindful day!

Mindfulness Meditation with Rebecca Li 06/06/2022

Theme: Transformation 
Artwork: Butter Lamp; 18th century; Metal, silver; Rubin Museum of Art; Gift of Ralph Redford; 
[http://therubin.org/34m] 
Teacher: Tracy Cochran

The Rubin Museum presents a weekly online meditation session led by a prominent meditation teacher from the New York area, with each session focusing on a specific work of art. This podcast is a recording of the live online session and includes an opening talk and 20-minute sitting session. The guided meditation begins at 17:03.  

This meditation is presented in partnership with Sharon Salzberg, teachers from the NY Insight Meditation Center, the Interdependence Project, and Parabola Magazine.  To attend a Mindfulness Meditation online session in the future or learn more, please visit our website at RubinMuseum.org/meditation.  

If you would like to support the Rubin Museum and this meditation series, we invite you to become a member and always attend for free.  Have a mindful day!

Mindfulness Meditation with Tracy Cochran 06/13/2022

Theme: Transformation 
Artwork: Five-prong Bell & Dorje Set; Probable Urga or Dolonor (Mongolia); ca. late 19th century; silver, metal (Li, five metal compound); Rubin Museum of Art, Gift of Phillip J. Rudko;
[http://therubin.org/34r] 
Teacher: Sharon Salzberg

The Rubin Museum presents a weekly online meditation session led by a prominent meditation teacher from the New York area, with each session focusing on a specific work of art. This podcast is a recording of the live online session and includes an opening talk and 20-minute sitting session. The guided meditation begins at 19:16.  

This meditation is presented in partnership with Sharon Salzberg, teachers from the NY Insight Meditation Center, the Interdependence Project, and Parabola Magazine.  To attend a Mindfulness Meditation online session in the future or learn more, please visit our website at RubinMuseum.org/meditation.  

If you would like to support the Rubin Museum and this meditation series, we invite you to become a member and always attend for free.  Have a mindful day!

Mindfulness Meditation with Sharon Slazberg 06/27/2022

Theme: Kindness 
Artwork: Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara Nepal; 13th-14th century; Gilt copper alloy with semiprecious stone inlay; Rubin Museum of Art; 
[http://therubin.org/351] 
Teacher: Lama Aria Drolma  

The Rubin Museum presents a weekly online meditation session led by a prominent meditation teacher from the New York area, with each session focusing on a specific work of art. This podcast is a recording of the live online session and includes an opening talk and 20-minute sitting session. The guided meditation begins at 13:08. 

This meditation is presented in partnership with Sharon Salzberg, teachers from the NY Insight Meditation Center, the Interdependence Project, and Parabola Magazine.  To attend a Mindfulness Meditation online session in the future or learn more, please visit our website at RubinMuseum.org/meditation.  

If you would like to support the Rubin Museum and this meditation series, we invite you to become a member and always attend for free.  Have a mindful day!

Mindfulness Meditation with Lama Aria Drolma 08-15-2022

Mindfulness Meditation with Lama Aria Drolma 08/15/2022

Artist Uma Bista uses her camera to capture powerful visual stories that address gender inequality. Her photograph project “Stay Home Sisters” explores menstrual taboos in Nepal and highlights narratives of resistance and the agency of young women.
 
This poem, written and recited by Uma Bista, accompanies her artwork in the “Reimagine: Himalayan Art Now” exhibition at the Rubin Museum. It is about the story of a woman who endured a twelve-day confinement during her first menstruation.
Read a transcript of the poem

Uma Bista - Poem

Do you feel like you’re running out of time? Which way is it going? Are you able to stop time? If so, how? Many objects in the Rubin’s collection of Himalayan art reflect the Buddhist concept of time, including the interconnected nature of the past and future. About Time aims to reframe our perspective on time and its impact on our lives. 

Performance artist, electronic music pioneer, and filmmaker Laurie Anderson invited a group of her favorite writers, thinkers, and poets to tackle the big questions about time. In this episode, Laurie spends time with the Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi—president and CEO of The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at MIT. One of the leading arguments for AI is that it will save us all time. What will we do with the extra time? Does that freed up time have a moral value? So many questions, too little time. This conversation took place on stage at the Rubin in 2024.

About the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art
The Rubin is a global museum dedicated to presenting Himalayan art and its insights through exhibitions, participatory experiences, a dynamic digital platform, and partnerships. Inspired and informed by Himalayan art, the Rubin invites people to contemplate the human experience and deepen connections with the world around them in order to expand awareness, enhance well-being, and cultivate compassion.

Listen to the full About Time series: https://rubinmuseum.org/about-time

Laurie Anderson: About Time with Venerable Tenzin Priyadarsh

Do you feel like you’re running out of time? Which way is it going? Are you able to stop time? If so, how? Many objects in the Rubin’s collection of Himalayan art reflect the Buddhist concept of time, including the interconnected nature of the past and future. About Time aims to reframe our perspective on time and its impact on our lives. 

Performance artist, electronic music pioneer, and filmmaker Laurie Anderson invited a group of her favorite writers, thinkers, and poets to tackle the big questions about time. In the episode, Laurie Anderson and novelist and artist Tom McCarthy have a wide-ranging dialogue about everything from Sigmund Freud to Super Mario to unravel whether time is just a construct of our minds and what the role trauma and memory play in maintaining it. This conversation took place on stage at the Rubin in 2024.

About the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art
The Rubin is a global museum dedicated to presenting Himalayan art and its insights through exhibitions, participatory experiences, a dynamic digital platform, and partnerships. Inspired and informed by Himalayan art, the Rubin invites people to contemplate the human experience and deepen connections with the world around them in order to expand awareness, enhance well-being, and cultivate compassion.

Listen to the full About Time series: rubinmuseum.org/about-time

Laurie Anderson: About Time with Tom McCarthy

Do you feel like you’re running out of time? Which way is it going? Are you able to stop time? If so, how? Many objects in the Rubin’s collection of Himalayan art reflect the Buddhist concept of time, including the interconnected nature of the past and future. About Time aims to reframe our perspective on time and its impact on our lives. 

Performance artist, electronic music pioneer, and filmmaker Laurie Anderson invited a group of her favorite writers, thinkers, and poets to tackle the big questions about time. In this episode, Laurie has a freewheeling conversation with poet Jane Hirschfield, who is known as one of American poetry’s central spokespersons for the biosphere. Her poems display that exquisite ability to observe the monumentality of existence in the smallest facets of nature and our nature. This conversation took place on stage at the Rubin in 2024.

About the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art
The Rubin is a global museum dedicated to presenting Himalayan art and its insights through exhibitions, participatory experiences, a dynamic digital platform, and partnerships. Inspired and informed by Himalayan art, the Rubin invites people to contemplate the human experience and deepen connections with the world around them in order to expand awareness, enhance well-being, and cultivate compassion.

Listen to the full About Time series: rubinmuseum.org/about-time

Laurie Anderson: About Time with Jane Hirshfield

Do you feel like you’re running out of time? Which way is it going? Are you able to stop time? If so, how? Many objects in the Rubin’s collection of Himalayan art reflect the Buddhist concept of time, including the interconnected nature of the past and future. About Time aims to reframe our perspective on time and its impact on our lives. 

Performance artist, electronic music pioneer, and filmmaker Laurie Anderson invited a group of her favorite writers, thinkers, and poets to tackle the big questions about time. In a lively discussion that covers everything from déjà vu to Dune, Laurie and novelist Benjamín Labatut explore the concept of what is real and what is not. This conversation took place on stage at the Rubin in 2024.

About the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art
The Rubin is a global museum dedicated to presenting Himalayan art and its insights through exhibitions, participatory experiences, a dynamic digital platform, and partnerships. Inspired and informed by Himalayan art, the Rubin invites people to contemplate the human experience and deepen connections with the world around them in order to expand awareness, enhance well-being, and cultivate compassion.

Listen to the full About Time series: rubinmuseum.org/about-time

Laurie Anderson: About Time with Benjamín Labatut

This isn’t your average book club. Beginning with this special two-part program and opening reception, the Tibetan Book of the Dead Book Club will draw comparisons between the ancient text and modern-day perspectives on mortality.

Break open the Tibetan Book of the Dead with Buddhist scholar Ramon Prats and professor Terry Williams to take on a goliath of a topic: teenage suicide. Committing suicide while in a state of mental distress has serious karmic implications in Buddhist practice and suicide is the third-leading cause of death for fifteen- to twenty-four-year-olds in the United States. Terry Williams, author of the book Teenage Suicide Notes, evaluates the states of mind of the young people in rural and urban contexts and across lines of race, class, gender, and sexual orientation who have committed suicide or contemplated doing harm to themselves. Can Tibetan Buddhist traditions offer a helpful perspective?

Find out more about this program:
http://rubinmuseum.org/events/event/teenage-suicide-06-14-2017

Teenage Suicide: Terry Williams + Ramon N. Prats

Vajrayogini (Mantra), Audio: Lama Ugen Rongdrol Palden, Lama Rapjee Wangchuk, and Lama Jigmey Tenzin of Namdroling Nyingmapa Monastery, Arlikumari, Karnataka, India and Palyul Retreat Center, McDonough, NY, Audio Installation, Rubin Museum of Art

Vajrayogini Mantra

Vajrakilaya is a wrathful figure that represents the enlightened activity within the Eight Pronouncement Tantra.

Track 2: Vajrakilaya

Is destiny hereditary? Can the ancient concept of karma help us understand genetics? Vedanta Society’s Swami Sarvapriyananda meets with leading neuroscientist and popular science blogger Kevin Mitchell to trace human diversity and individual differences to their deepest level. In his new book Innate Dr. Mitchell argues it all lies in the wiring of our brains. Will Swami Sarvapriyananda argue otherwise?

More about the Karma series:
http://rubinmuseum.org/karma

Swami Sarvapriyananda + Kevin Mitchell: Genetics Is Karma

Take a journey through Himalayan art and history guided by Masterworks exhibition curator Karl Debreczeny. Hear how political and religious relationships shaped the exchange of artistic methods and styles. Learn to identify visual elements from different artistic traditions, and meet key regional figures to understand the development of this art through time.

Stop 1: 501 -  Introduction to Masterworks with Curator Karl Debreczeny

The Rubin is a global museum dedicated to presenting Himalayan art and its insights.

Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art

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