Being the Change: My New Year’s Resolution
We are headed for interesting times as a nation. There is little evidence that people share Community-oriented values these days. We live in collectives more than Communities. No one seems to expect civility, neither of their neighbor nor themselves just now. We fear each other, as strangers in a strange and dangerous land. We want … Continue
The Spiritual F$%k Up (Podcast)
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Meditation In The City is the Shambhala Meditation Center of New York’s very own podcast. Help spread the word and share with your friends! In this episode, senior teacher Ethan Nichtern discusses “The Spiritual F$%k Up” we think is within all of us, at this talk recorded live at our Weekly Dharma Gathering. Ethan Nichtern … Continue
Finding the Light: Newtown, Violence, Depression and Renewal
Two weeks ago today the country was shocked and saddened by the news of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary. Frighteningly, senseless violence seems to have become a common occurrence. The Buddhist tradition talks of the dark ages. Ironically, the dark ages occur when the world is most full of light. In our current times, … Continue
Meditation, Creativity & Fearlessness (podcast)
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Meditation In The City is the Shambhala Meditation Center of New York’s brand-new, very own podcast. Help spread the word and share with your friends! In this episode, bestselling author and Shambhala Buddhist teacher Susan Piver discusses the intersection of meditation, creativity, and fearlessness. This talk was recorded live at our Weekly Dharma Gathering. Susan … Continue
Material Luxury & Deep Suffering (Podcast)
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“Meditation In The City” is the Shambhala Meditation Center of New York’s very own podcast. In this episode, senior teacher Sangyum Agness Au explores life “at the crossroads of material luxury and deep suffering”. Agness Au is a Sangyum, a lifelong personal representative of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. She is a senior Shambhala Training and Warrior … Continue
Working With Depression (Podcast)
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In this episode, senior teacher Joseph Mauricio discusses meditation & depression – what it means to be “Wrapped in the fabric of spacetime”, at this talk recorded live at our Weekly Dharma Gathering. Joseph Mauricio, a senior teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist Tradition, is a student of Meditation Master Sakyong Mipham, Rinpoche. He is a … Continue
Critical Thought and Shopping
It is not ‘Big Business’ with its CEOs, Walmart, outsourcing, or misguided policies that shall ultimately destroy the world, these are all just symptoms of our fear and the ignorance that comes from it. Indeed, all of our ‘demons’ are born from these two, and continue to be maintained by them. Bertrand Russell wrote, “It … Continue
What Is Enlightenment? (Podcast)
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Meditation In The City is the Shambhala Meditation Center of New York’s brand-new, very own podcast. Help spread the word and share with your friends! In this episode, senior teacher Ethan Nichtern poses the question: “What Is Enlightenment?”, at this talk recorded live at our Weekly Dharma Gathering. Ethan Nichtern is a Shastri, a senior … Continue
How To Make Positive Change
I recently read that out of the millions of Americans who set a New Year’s resolution for themselves only 8 percent are successful at achieving them. It’s not easy to intentionally effect change in your life, yet through setting an intention and building a lifestyle around that motivation it can get easier. Setting an Intention … Continue
A Day of Service
There were three UPS trucks parked on the sidewalk, rapidly filling up with donations. Cars were double-parked, quickly loading up with supplies and people. Volunteers moved fast, urging onlookers to keep the walkways clear. I stood on the edge of this sea of activity, reached into my bag, and pulled out a hastily scribbled sign: … Continue
