Ethan Nichtern & Eric Schneiderman: Season of Insanity – Showing Up in Chaos – Podcast 117

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Shastri Ethan Nichtern and special guest, NY State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, lead a discussion about the intersection of meditation, politics, and activism. How can the compassion cultivated on the meditation cushion help us to transform ourselves, our relationships, and our world?

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Ethan Nichtern is a Shastri, a senior teacher, in the Shambhala tradition. He is the senior teacher in residence for the NY Shambhala community. He is the author of The Road Home: A Contemporary Exploration of the Buddhist Path, and One City: A Declaration of Interdependence. He is also the founder of The Interdependence Project, an organization dedicated to Buddhist-inspired meditation and psychology, transformational activism, mindful arts, and meaningful media. He teaches and lectures around the world and is based in New York City. More info: www.ethannichtern.com

Eric T. Schneiderman is the current Attorney General of New York. A Democrat, Schneiderman was re-elected to a second four-year term as attorney general in 2014. Upon graduating from Harvard law school, he was brought aboard as a law clerk for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York until 1984 when he became partner for Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, LLP. From 1993 until 1999, Schneiderman was elected to district leader for the sixty-seventh assembly district. Prior to becoming attorney general, Schneiderman served as a member of the State Senate from 2003 until 2010. 

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