Rubin Museum Posts Public Mindfulness Meditation Session and Podcast With Rebecca Li

The Rubin Museum posted a recorded session to its program page on February 20, 2026 titled "Mindfulness Meditation with Rebecca Li," listing leadership and a stated theme of Wisdom. The program entry reads, "This week’s meditation session is led by Lama Aria Drolma, Rebecca Li, and Tracy Cochran and the theme is Wisdom." The entry also notes, "The guided meditation begins at 33:33."

The museum’s program page presents Dr. Rebecca Li with a compact biographical summary: "Dr. Rebecca Li, a dharma heir in the lineage of Chan Master Sheng Yen, is the founder and guiding teacher of Chan Dharma Community." The entry adds that she teaches across continents, "She teaches meditation and dharma classes, gives public lectures, and leads retreats in North America and Europe", and lists her books, including Illumination: A Guide to the Buddhist Method of No-Method, which the page records as published by Shambhala Publications in 2023, and Allow Joy into Our Hearts: Chan Practice in Uncertain Times. The museum text also describes Li as "a sociology professor" who "lives with her husband in New Jersey."

The session page frames the recording as a public mindfulness practice and places Li alongside two colleagues. The program repeats the participant line, "with Lama Aria Drolma, Rebecca Li, and Tracy Cochran," making clear the session was presented as a group-led practice rather than a solo talk. Little biographical detail is supplied for Tracy Cochran on the page; Lama Aria Drolma is described at length: "Lama teaches worldwide, leading retreats, workshops, and corporate meditation programs and is a popular guest speaker at universities and organizations. She emphasizes Vajrayana Buddhism and Buddhist principles, making them relevant in our everyday lives, helping us to cultivate loving kindness and compassion, and bringing about a transformation of contentment and a genuine sense of well-being."

The Rubin Museum paired the session with a curatorial image and label. The related artwork is cataloged as "Buddha Shakyamuni; Bhutan; 19th century; Silk textile appliqué with embroidery; Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art; C2006.30.1." The program includes curatorial description noting that the textile "depicts Buddha Shakyamuni, the historic Buddha who lived 2,500 years ago" and that he is shown "in an ascetic manner to demonstrate how he renounced all attachment to the material world" with his "right hand is pointing downward, calling upon the earth as witness of his enlightenment."

Some summaries of the posting have described the release as a podcast; the Rubin Museum program page excerpt provided does not use the word podcast in its quoted lines. The museum posting ties a Wisdom-themed public mindfulness practice to a recorded session whose guided portion begins at 33:33 and situates that practice alongside the museum’s Himalayan collection, including accession C2006.30.1.