Sunday March 14 2010 - 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
"All Dharmas Agree at One Point" from "The Seven Points of Mind Training"
dharma talk by Todd Anderson
$10 donation
New York Insight Meditation Center / 28 West 27th Street, 10th Floor, Buzzer 27
The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche states that Buddhism is a Science of Mind. There are many types of meditation: mindfulness, shamatha, calm-abiding, vipashyana, insight, loving-kindness, equanimity, egolesness, emptiness, deityÉ the list goes on. Likewise for Buddhist schools: Zen, Tibetan, and so on. How could all of these different types of and approaches to meditation lead to the same basic point? How could all of these methods be seen as a ÒScience of Mind?Ó In this class, we will explore how different types of meditation serve as skillful means to work with our minds, emphasizing that there is really no fundamental difference between these seemingly different paths. We will also explore how the experiential flavor of living as a LGBTQ person can add fuel to the fire of our practice life, no matter what particular practice we may be doing.
Todd Anderson is a student of The Dzogchen Ponlop, Rinpoche and currently serves Nalandabodhi New York (www.nbnewyork.org) as Co-Director of Practice, and also assists as a study curriculum facilitator and leader of the Dharma Arts group. As a music teacher, he works with students in the NYC Public Schools as well as students of all ages in his private piano studio. Fully certified in the Orff Schulwerk approach to creativity in music and movement education, he enjoys exploring with others the creative potential of our minds. He is a published author in the field of creativity in education.
Refreshments will be provided after the meeting-please join us!
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Thursday April 1 2010 - 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Zen Meditation at The Center
LGBT Center 208 West 13th Street Room 412
A dharma talk by Nosan Lawrence Grecco followed by sitting & walking meditation. Instruction provided. Beginners welcome. Discover your true nature and develop peace of mind through the practice of stillness and mindfulness meditation. Beginners and experienced meditators are welcome. A brief explanation of Zen Buddhism and a Q & A periods will be followed by sitting and walking meditation.
Discover your true nature and develop peace of mind through the practice of stillness and mindfulness meditation. Beginners and experienced meditators are welcome. A brief explanation of Zen Buddhism and a Q & A periods will be followed by sitting and walking meditation.
$5 donation.
Refreshments will be provided after the meeting-please join us!
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Sunday April 11 2010 - 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Dharma talk by Charmaine Henderson
"IMPERMANENCE"
New York Insight Meditation Center / 28 West 27th Street, 10th Floor, Buzzer 27
We see the impermanent as permanent. We want things to be permanent and they are not. How is it possible to be with the truth of change and not be caught in denial or in despair?
Charmaine Henderson has practiced vipassana meditation since 1994. She has taught insight meditation at New York Insight (NYI), Tibet House, Pratt Institute and elsewhere. Charmaine is a member of the NYI Teachers Council and serves on the NYI Steering Committee. Currently she is a participant in the third Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leaders Program.
Refreshments will be provided after the meeting-please join us!
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Sunday April 25 2010 - 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Dharma talk by Seigan Ed Glassing
"What's the Difference?"
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Sunday May 9 2010 - 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Dharma talk by Julie Myoko Teretsman
New York Insight Meditation Center / 28 West 27th Street, 10th Floor, Buzzer 27
Julie Myoko Terestman began formally studying and practicing Zen with Roshi Enkyo O’Hara at Village Zendo in 1993. In 2001 she received novice priest ordination and in 2007 she received Osho. She was named a Village Zendo Dharma Holder in summer of 2008. She is also part of the Sing Sing prison program and shopkeeper at the zendo. Myoko is a studio potter working in a studio in Jersey City. She also teaches ceramics at Greenwich House Pottery and various other places around the city and is a licensed massage therapist.
$10 donation
Refreshments will be provided after the meeting-please join us!
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