Take a mindful pause on the High Line (highlinenyc). On Saturday, July 11, join Tashi Chödrön, the Rubin’s Himalayan Programs and Communities Ambassador and host of the Museum’s Mindfulness Meditation podcast, for "Buddhism Along the Silk Road," a free lecture and guided meditation presented by the Rubin in partnership with the High Line. This week's upcoming program is part of West Side Fest (westsidefestnyc) and "The Light That Shines Through the Universe: Lectures and Meditations," a series that invites visitors to engage more deeply with themes central to Tuan Andrew Nguyen’s (tuan.andrew.nguyen) High Line Plinth artwork on the High Line Spur. This session features a lecture by Jin Xu, Jane and Leopold Swergold Associate Professor of Chinese Art History at Columbia University, exploring the Bamiyan Buddha within the broader history of Buddhist transmission across East, Central, and South Asia. The lecture will be followed by a guided meditation led by Jessica Angima, a Kenyan-A...