FYI: High Line Plinth - Lecture on Buddhist Healing Through Ritual
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This is an FYI only and not a Meetup event.
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EVENT: High Line Plinth: Lectures & Meditations – Healing Through Ritual
EVENT SERIES: The Light That Shines Through the Universe: Lectures and Meditations - sponsored by the Rubin Museum of Art and the High Line
EVENT LOCATION:
High Line Plinth (The Spur)
499 W 30th St, NYC
EVENT DATE: Saturday, May 16, 2026 (Rain date: Sunday, May 17, 2026)
FEE: FREE - Donations Welcomed
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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS:
Featuring a lecture by Lama Justin von Bujdoss, this session explores the role of ritual practice and meditation in transforming grief, loss, and violence into resilience and collective care. Drawing connections between Buddhist traditions and contemporary social justice work, the session considers how ceremony, blessing, meditation, and performed rituals can support processes of healing.
The lecture will be followed by a guided meditation by Jungwon Kim, a Zen practitioner of the Plum Village Tradition and the facilitator for Love Circle, a Brooklyn-based BIPOC sangha.
ORGANIZERS
- - - Rubin Museum description - - -
Join us from May through October 2026 for a free monthly lecture and guided meditation series, presented in partnership with the High Line. The series is in support of Tuan Andrew Nguyen’s High Line Plinth artwork, The Light That Shines Through the Universe, located on the High Line at 30th Street and 10th Avenue.
Inspired by Nguyen’s sculpture and the cultural context that influenced its creation, each program features a lecture by a scholar, artist, or cultural leader, followed by a guided meditation led by an invited practitioner. The series is hosted by Tashi Chödrön, Rubin’sHimalayan cultural programs and communities ambassador, who has led meditation programs for over 10 years and is the host of the Museum’s Mindfulness Meditation podcast. This blend of intellectual and contemplative practice invites audiences to pause, reflect, and consider the artwork’s historical and philosophical themes through both thought and experience.
- - - High Line description - - -
As part of the public programming for Tuan Andrew Nguyen’s High Line Plinth commission, The Light That Shines Through the Universe, the High Line presents a monthly lecture and guided meditation series at the Spur. Presented in partnership with the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, the series invites visitors to engage more deeply with themes central to Nguyen’s work. Each session features a lecture by a scholar, artist, or cultural leader, followed by a guided meditation led by an invited practitioner.
The series is hosted by Tashi Chödrön, Himalayan Programs and Communities Ambassador at the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, who, in her two decades with the Rubin, has led meditation programs for over ten years and is the current host of the Rubin’s Mindfulness Meditation podcast. Through this combination of intellectual and contemplative practice, the series invites audiences to pause, reflect, and consider the artwork’s historical and philosophical themes through both thought and experience.