Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art
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Practice the art of attention in this weekly meditation series presented by the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art—a global museum dedicated to promoting Himalayan art and its insights. Each episode is inspired by an artwork from the Museum’s collection, led by a prominent meditation teacher, and framed around a monthly theme. The sessions are for beginners and skilled meditators alike and include an opening talk and a 20-minute guided meditation. Join us as we learn to quiet the mind, open the heart, and engage with the world more consciously.
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A steady guided sit on Green Tara, with awakening made practical and grounded.
This meditation follows Green Tara as a path into awareness, moving from Buddhist teaching into guided practice. The teacher sets out samsara, the three poisons, and the qualities of compassion and wisdom in plain language, then brings attention back to breath, posture,…
A quiet reset for noticing stress before it hardens into self criticism.
Rebecca Lee's session sits with the ordinary weight of feeling overextended, then follows that strain as it turns into irritability, self criticism, and the habit of pushing on anyway.
A patient teaching on compassion, suffering, and the work of opening the heart.
Rinpoche's talk stays close to compassion, bodhicitta, and vajra mind, circling back to suffering, attachment, anger, and the plain work of opening the heart.
A steady meditation on sympathetic joy that makes Buddhist teaching feel close at hand.
Kimberly Brown keeps the focus on sympathetic joy, using the fifth Dalai Lama as a loose organizing thread and folding in a birthday note without losing the point. She moves from Buddhist history to something lived and usable, treating mudita as practice rather than ornament.
A quiet lesson in joy that keeps envy, discernment, and practice in view.
Mindfulness Meditation with Sharon Salzberg centers on sympathetic joy, treating happiness for others as a practice rather than a mood to admire.
A calm, honest meditation on forgiveness, renewal, and stopping pain from being passed on.
This meditation centers on forgiveness, renewal, and the effort to stop pain from being handed along again. The teacher's personal story keeps it grounded, and the move from hurt toward self-compassion gives it a plain, human weight rather than anything lofty.
Jonquilyn Hill chases one listener question per episode to the experts who can answer it.
Three hosts and psychologist Dr Emily talk vulnerability, therapy, and imperfection with guests.
Fearne Cotton interviews guests like Boy George and Bryony Gordon about mental health and identity.
Dr. Joy Harden Bradford pairs therapy insight with Black TV recaps, maternal health, and history.
This episode features a guided meditation session led by teacher Lavina Shamdasani, focusing on forgiveness and renewal through self-compassion.
This episode features a guided meditation session led by teacher Kimberly Brown, inspired by a 17th-century sculpture of the Fifth Dalai Lama from the Rubin Museum's collection.
This episode features a mindfulness meditation session led by Lama Arya Doma, focusing on the theme of awakening through the inspiration of a Green Tara sculpture from the Rubin Museum.
This mindfulness meditation episode explores the theme of renewal through the artwork of Maitreya, the future Buddha of loving kindness.
This episode features Gege Yonge Tukur Rinpoche leading a compassion meditation inspired by an 18th-century Tibetan Vajra artifact.
This episode of the Mindfulness Meditation Podcast, hosted by Tashi Chodron, features teacher Tracy Cochran guiding a session on renewal, inspired by an 11th-century Ganesha sculpture.
This episode of the Mindfulness Meditation Podcast, hosted by Tashi Chodron, features Reverend Doyeon Park leading a session on compassion inspired by a 13th-century Avalokiteshvara sculpture from the Rubin Museum.
This episode of the Mindfulness Meditation Podcast, hosted by Tashi Chodron, features a guided meditation session inspired by a Thangka artwork of Avalokiteshvara, focusing on the theme of joy.
This episode features a guided meditation session inspired by a Tibetan prayer wheel, with host Tashi Chodron introducing the artifact and teacher Michel Pascal explaining the power of the Om Mani Padme Hum mantra.
This episode features a guided meditation session led by teacher Kimberly Brown, focusing on the theme of awakening inspired by a Tibetan Wheel of Life artwork from the Rubin Museum.
This episode focuses on compassion, featuring a discussion of an 18th-century Tibetan thangka and a guided meditation by teacher Michel Pascal, who shares insights on kindness reducing stress and his successful prison meditation programs.
This episode focuses on cultivating compassion through meditation, inspired by a 12th-century Tibetan sculpture of Avalokiteshvara.
A guided meditation session inspired by a Himalayan artwork, featuring an opening talk and a 20-minute meditation.
A guided meditation session inspired by a Himalayan art piece, featuring an opening talk and a 20-minute meditation led by a teacher.
A guided meditation session inspired by a Tibetan drum artwork from the Rubin Museum's collection, including an opening talk and a 15-20 minute meditation led by teacher Tracy Cochran.
A guided meditation session inspired by Himalayan art, led by a teacher at a meditation center.
A guided meditation session inspired by Himalayan art, led by a teacher at the Rubin Museum.
A guided meditation session inspired by Himalayan art, led by a teacher, with an opening talk and 20-minute meditation.
A weekly guided meditation podcast inspired by Himalayan art, featuring an opening talk and 20-minute meditation led by prominent teachers.
A guided meditation session inspired by Himalayan art, featuring an opening talk and a 20-minute meditation led by a teacher.
A guided mindfulness meditation session inspired by Himalayan art, hosted by Tashi Chodron at the Rubin Museum.
A guided meditation session inspired by Himalayan art, featuring an opening talk and a 20-minute meditation led by a teacher.