Mindfulness Meditation with Lama Aria Drolma at Rubin Museum

At the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, a mindfulness meditation session themed around Lasting Happiness will be led by Lama Aria Drolma, commencing at 07:38. An ordained teacher in the Karma Kagyu tradition, Lama Aria Drolma has dedicated over ten years to monastic study and completed a three-year-and-three-month retreat at Palpung Thubten Choling Monastery in New York. She conducts retreats and workshops globally and speaks at universities. Accompanying the session is a woodblock print from the Derge Printing House in Kham, Eastern Tibet, circa 1979, illustrating the sixth and seventh deeds of Buddha Shakyamuni: Renunciation and Asceticism. This print, inspired by 19th-century artist Purbu Tsering, portrays the Buddha's hair cutting and his six years of austerities by the Nairanjana River, where the village girl Sujata offers him porridge, leading to his insight on moderation. Established in 1729, the Derge Printing House is renowned for traditional Tibetan woodblock prints. The Rubin Museum, housing nearly 4,000 artifacts over 1,500 years, offers this meditation to enhance understanding of Himalayan art and culture.