Online: What's Vedanā got to do with it?
Apr
1
to May 13

Online: What's Vedanā got to do with it?

Mondays, April 1st – May 13th (skip April 29th), 2024 | 9:30am-11:30am ET

Vedanā refers to the immediate feeling tone of pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral that arises in every moment of contact. The Buddha emphasized the importance of being mindful of vedanā, as it is a key link in Dependent Arising and the generation of suffering or liberation.

And yet, as poet Tom Hennen wrote: “But usually [these moments] just pass, mostly unnoticed, unless they are wildly nice, like autumn ones full of red maple trees and hazy sunlight, or if they are grimly awful ones in a winter blizzard that kills the lost traveler and bunches of cattle.”

In this course we will investigate our personal experience of vedanā, the role it plays in fueling craving and aversion, and the deeply ethical implications it has for our views, biases, and motivations for harm.

Registration is open!

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In-Person and Online: Insight OUT Refuge – LGBTQI Sangha through New York Insight Meditation Center
Nov
27
6:30 PM18:30

In-Person and Online: Insight OUT Refuge – LGBTQI Sangha through New York Insight Meditation Center

I’ll be guiding Insight OUT Refuge on November 27th.

This is a practice group for LGBTQI practitioners. It is a hybrid event. Note: if you want to attend in person, please register as there is limited space. All practice groups in November will be centering on the theme silā - or ethical conduct. We'll see where we go with this (ie I haven't decided yet!) I hope to see you!

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Online: Investigating the Three Characteristics of Existence
Oct
16
to Nov 13

Online: Investigating the Three Characteristics of Existence

Mondays, Oct. 16th – Nov. 13th, 2023 | 9:30am – 11:30am ET

The Buddha’s teaching of anatta (not self) is too often misunderstood. In exploring the characteristic of not self, we begin by exploring our views of the self. The Buddha never said there is no self. However nothing we typically relate to as self (body, thoughts, memories, views, emotions, relationships, possessions, etc.) can be relied upon to last and to continue to satisfy. We will investigate the various levels of selfing and its relationship to clinging.

We’ve all experienced impermanence (anicca) first hand in our lives, and would not intellectually challenge that things change. However deeply practicing and investigating anicca has implications for how we choose to live our lives

The Buddha said “I teach one thing and one thing only, Dukkha and the end of Dukkha.”  After laying the groundwork through investigation of Anatta and Anicca, we are ready to explore the three kinds of Dukkha.

Find out more and register.

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Online: Investigating the Three Characteristics of Existence
Jul
12
to Aug 9

Online: Investigating the Three Characteristics of Existence

Mondays, July 12th – August 9th, 2021 | 9:30am – 11:30am ET

The Buddha’s teaching of anatta (not self) is too often misunderstood. In exploring the characteristic of not self, we begin by exploring our views of the self. The Buddha never said there is no self. However nothing we typically relate to as self (body, thoughts, memories, views, emotions, relationships, possessions, etc.) can be relied upon to last and to continue to satisfy. We will investigate the various levels of selfing and its relationship to clinging.

We’ve all experienced impermanence (anicca) first hand in our lives, and would not intellectually challenge that things change. However deeply practicing and investigating anicca has implications for how we choose to live our lives

The Buddha said “I teach one thing and one thing only, Dukkha and the end of Dukkha.”  After laying the groundwork through investigation of Anatta and Anicca, we are ready to explore the three kinds of Dukkha.

Find out more and register.

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Ongoing Interpersonal Mindfulness Practice Group - Mondays 7:30 am - 9:00 am
Dec
7
to Jul 5

Ongoing Interpersonal Mindfulness Practice Group - Mondays 7:30 am - 9:00 am

If you are familiar with the Insight Dialogue Guidelines - either through participating in an Interpersonal Mindfulness Course or attending Insight Dialogue retreats or practice groups, you are welcome to attend these weekly drop-in groups.

We open with about 20 minutes of practice, check-in, review one of the guidelines, and go into breakout rooms to practice with the guidelines and contemplations.

If you are interested, email me and I will provide you with more information about how to join the meetings.

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