June 21st, 2020 from 10:00-11:30am ET
Gina Sharpe returns to lead a short series of online sits, sharing her observations about how the conditions of COVID-19 has demanded from us both fierce love and fierce change
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Monday, June 22nd, 2020 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm, ET
For this online gathering in the month of Pride, La Sarmiento will share their journey from assimilation to liberation through the teachings and practices of the Buddha. Through guided meditation, mindful movement, chanting, small and large group sharing, and song, may we know and trust our rainbow-infused buddhanature and share it with the world for the liberation of all beings! This Insight Out LGBTQI Sangha evening sit is open to all.
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020 | 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Friday, June 26th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Saturday, June 27th, 2020 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ET
Experience an afternoon immersion with renowned bestselling author, and spiritual elder, Lama Surya Das. Learn experiential tools for dealing with distraction and interruption, a way to work with desire and aversion, of wanting and not wanting, and a means of dealing with the difficult emotions and life situations we are all currently experiencing.
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Sunday, June 28th, 2020 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ET
Contemplative practices and expressive practices enhance one another; in concert they quiet the mind, calm the heart, give rise to insight and happiness, and release our wildness. In this half-day online retreat, we will practice both silent meditation and robust creative self-expression.
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2020 | 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
Find out moreWednesdays, July 1st - August 5th, 2020 from 9:30am – 12:00pm ET
New York Insight is offering an online course for white practitioners to create a space to examine our privilege, blind spots, and racial conditioning in the context of Dharma teachings and practice.
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Fridays, July 3rd - July 24th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Thursday, July 9th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
Please join us for an informal online evening of sangha and community.
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Fridays, July 10th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Saturday, July 11, 2020 from 9:30am – 5:00pm
Practicing with other MBSR alumni and those currently taking the course, you will have a day to focus on mindfulness, what it looks in your life now, and build some momentum to continue these practices for time to come.
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Sunday, July 12th, 2020 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
This daylong will be a way to explore and cultivate the Buddha's teachings on the four brahma-viharas: loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. Imbued with the virtues of these four states, we are better able to embrace ourselves, our current situation and the entire world.
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Tuesday, July 14th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
Buddhist teacher Bhante Suddhaso will give an online talk about the joy that comes through cultivating faith in Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha and how that joy serves as a basis for deepening Samadhi and Vipassana.
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Fridays, July 17th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Saturday July 18th, 2020 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET
The Buddha’s happiness is sometimes known as “true happiness” because it’s a happiness that’s true, reliable, and always there. In this three-hour online class, we’ll learn about this quality of true happiness, what it is, and how we can come to know it.
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Sunday, July 19th, 2020 from 10:00am-1:00pm ET
This comprehensive online three-hour workshop will provide fundamental instruction in insight meditation. Emphasis is placed on the practices of sitting and walking meditation and developing mindfulness in daily life.
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Tuesday, July 21st, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Fridays, July 24th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Friday, July 24th, 2020 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm
In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s new online Monthly Sangha Potluck.
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Saturday, July 25th, 2020 from 2:00pm - 5:00pm ET
The Buddha taught the first foundation of mindfulness – awareness of body and breath – as a cornerstone to enlightenment. With body centered practices, during this online half day retreat, we will open our focus and rest in awareness itself.
Find out moreMondays, July 27th - August 31st from 6:30pm – 9:00pm ET
New York Insight is offering an online course for white practitioners to create a space to examine our privilege, blind spots, and racial conditioning in the context of Dharma teachings and practice.
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Tuesday, July 28th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Monday, August 3rd, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
In this four-part online class series we will explore the essence of the Buddha's teachings on interdependence as found in the Heart Sutra.
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Fridays, August 7th - August 28th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Saturday, August 8th, 2020 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET
Join us for a creative, mindfulness workshop to cultivate resilience, calm, focus, and openness. Through creative exploration and compassion-based practices, we will inspire inclusivity, equality, and right action.
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Monday, August 10th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
In this four-part online class series we will explore the essence of the Buddha's teachings on interdependence as found in the Heart Sutra.
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Friday, August 14th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Friday, August 14th, 2020 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm
In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s new online Monthly Sangha “Potluck”. Looking forward to virtually sharing this community meal with you in gratitude and appreciation.
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Saturday, August 15th, 2020 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET
According to Chinese medicine, the element of fire illuminates, warms, expands, spreads, proliferates, and burns aways impurities. Join us us for an online program exploring how cultivating a healthy expression of the "fire" element can make us feel more joyful, dynamic, spontaneous, and alive.
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Sunday, August 16th, 2020 from 2:00pm - 5:00pm ET
Join psychotherapist and meditation teacher Jenny Hannah for an online workshop for meditation instructors, counselors, and therapists exploring a foundational understanding of types of trauma, how to respond skillfully and prevent retraumatization, and examine assumptions surrounding mindfulness meditation.
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Mondays, August 17th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
In this four-part online class series we will explore the essence of the Buddha's teachings on interdependence as found in the Heart Sutra.
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
Join Sebene Selassie and Sharon Salzberg as they come together for an online discussion on the themes of each of their forthcoming books, "You Belong" and "Real Change".
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Friday, August 21st, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Saturday, August 22nd, 2020 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ET
In this half-day online retreat we will explore the wisdom teachings of the bodhisattva Prajnaparamita as found in the Heart Sutra.
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Sunday, August 23rd, 2020 from 9:30am - 4:45pm ET
As we go through an intense year of pandemic and social transformation, how do we access our inner resources regardless of external circumstances? Through this day online and outdoors, you’ll be guided through nature meditation practices that connect to your senses and explore your internal and external experiences intimately.
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Tuesday, August 25th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Thursday, August 27th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Friday, August 28th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
Join author, meditation teacher, and psychotherapist Ralph De La Rosa for a celebration of his timely new book, Don’t Tell Me to Relax: Emotional Resilience in the Age of Rage Feels and Freak Outs.
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Saturday, August 29th, 2020 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ET
Our nervous systems have never been so raw. The loss, the upheaval, the uncertainty, the hope, the fear – it’s never been more real. For meditators committed to keeping our eyes and our hearts wide open through all of this, it can be particularly challenging. This half-day workshop will offer practices for meeting the complexities of our situation directly. Through meditations, breathwork, lively talks, and group discussion, this workshop will offer sustenance and insight that is free of platitudes and spiritual bypassing.
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Sunday, August 30th, 2020 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ET
In the chaos of our everyday lives, we often run on auto-pilot finding ourselves caught in unhealthy habit patterns. Fortunately, mindfulness provides practices and skills that can help us change unhealthy habits and live in greater harmony with life.
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Tuesday, September 1st, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
Join Buddhist monk Ayya Soma for an online talk about the ways we can ensure our practice of the Dhamma is geared towards undoing ignorance. After a guided meditation and talk, we will leave space for Q&A and discussion.
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Thursdays, September 3rd, 2020 - March 11th, 2021 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
Join us for a weekly BIPOC guided practice and inquiry group to delve deeply into the dynamic book, My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem. The author is a Black trauma therapist, and offers embodied practices to explore the somatic experience while looking at racialized trauma in the United States.
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Fridays, September 4th - September 25th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Monday, September 7th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
This online talk by guest teacher Tara Mulay, will explore how a deeper understanding of not-self frees us and supports engaged practice. The People of Color Sangha sitting group provides instruction in insight meditation and fosters mutual support and understanding among the growing community of people of color who find nourishment and inspiration in the practice of meditation.
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Tuesday, September 8th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Wednesdays, September 9th - October 14th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
This course will provide fundamental instruction in insight meditation. Emphasis is placed on the practices of sitting and walking meditation and developing mindfulness in daily life. The course is appropriate for beginners as well as experienced meditators who wish to maintain their “beginner’s mind.”
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Fridays, September 11th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Saturday, September 12th, 2020 from 1:00pm-2:15pm ET
Join Joseph Goldstein and Gail Stark for a free online program sponsored by New York Insight and Tricycle Magazine on living with integrity and finding our compass in a world turned upside down.
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Sunday, September 13th, 2020 from 3:00pm - 6:00pm, ET
The myth of "not enough time" is one of the most pervasive stories of today’s world, but in this age of global uncertainty, we have a rare opportunity to improve our relationship with time. This online retreat is inspired by the Zen teaching of Uji or “being time.” Resting in present moment awareness, we reconnect with “all time being” and “all being’s time.” We will also apply our practice to the systemic distortions that influence our relationship with time, including domination over nature, patriarchy, colonialism, and capitalism. Join us for a restorative, experiential online retreat.
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Monday, September 14th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
Join us for an online evening with one of the most important voices on climate today, renowned author and environmentalist, Charles Eisenstein.
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Fridays, September 18th from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Sunday, September 20th, 2020 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET
Dharma practice shows us how to lean into the stark truth of death and impermanence- meeting and embracing our dying nature so as to live more fully and freely. Join us for this online day of potent practices and liberating teachings for living fully and dying freely.
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Sunday, September 20th, 2020 beginning at 1pm from Columbus Circle
Join us this weekend for the Climate Justice Through Racial Justice March and Rally!
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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
Find out moreWednesdays, September 23rd - October 28th, 2020 from 9:30am – 12:00pm ET
New York Insight is offering an online course for white practitioners to create a space to examine our privilege, blind spots, and racial conditioning in the context of Dharma teachings and practice.
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Thursdays, September 24th, 2020 - June 24th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET
In this year-long course, explore how practicing the 10 paramis--qualities of integrity—can lead to awakening. Led by Gail Stark, author of Creating a Life of Integrity, you’ll follow the path she took, guided by Joseph Goldstein--a deep dive that is transformational, invigorating, and joyous.
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Fridays, September 4th - September 25th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
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Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
Friday, September 25th, 2020 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm
In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s new online Monthly Sangha “Potluck”. Looking forward to virtually sharing this community meal with you in gratitude and appreciation.
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Saturday, September 26th, 2020 from 9:00am - 6:00pm
On this daylong retreat we’ll explore the nature of clinging and how we can train ourselves in letting go. All are welcome.
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Sunday, September 27th, 2020 from 8:15am - 3:00pm, ET
Enjoy a Fall day in the peaceful beauty of the Hudson Valley with a guided, socially-distanced meditative hike to connect with nature and ourselves. We’ll integrate sitting and walking nature meditation throughout the hike.
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Monday, September 28th, 2020 from 10:00am - 7:00pm ET
This year, New York Insight will continue the annual tradition of A Day of Silence and Reflection for Yom Kippur. As an act of care and compassion for our fellow practitioners during these times it will be offered as an online event.
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Thursdays, October 1st - November 5th, 202 from 10:00am - 12:00pm ET
In this six-week course we will take a deep dive into Right View, the very first factor of the Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path, considering various suttas and their interpretations, and how this aspect of the Dharma evolved in later Buddhist traditions.
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Thursdays, October 1st - November 19th, 2020 from 6:30pm - 9:00pm ET
MBSR has helped thousands of people decrease the effects of stress in their lives, allowing them to reduce the symptoms of both physical and psychological problems, and to live their lives with more ease, vitality, and enjoyment.
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Thursday, October 1st, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
Join us for an evening discussion with three renowned teachers on how Buddhism has shaped their lives, how they are seeing our world through the lens of dharma and how dharma can lead us through this moment.
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Fridays, October 2nd - October 23rd, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Fridays, October 2nd - November 20th, 2020 | 9:30am - 12:00pm ET
MBSR has helped thousands of people decrease the effects of stress in their lives, allowing them to reduce the symptoms of both physical and psychological problems, and to live their lives with more ease, vitality, and enjoyment.
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Saturday, October 3rd, 2020 from 1:00pm -5:00pm ET
Join meditation teacher Loch Kelly for a workshop exploring effortless mindfulness, an advanced, yet simple next step after learning basic mindfulness that makes living an awakened life possible for all of us.
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Sunday, October 4th, 2020 from 10:00am - 12:00pm ET
Pain, acute or chronic, requires a multifaceted, multi-dimensional approach to manage its overwhelming domination. Join us for a workshop on how mindfulness supports a kind, curious awareness towards pain contains practices to soften pain and open the body to greater ease.
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Course: Mondays, October 5th - October 26th, 2020 from 12:00pm - 1:30pm ET
Daylong: Sunday, November 1st, 2020 from 9:00am - 3:00pm ET
As a community, we'll investigate the Buddha's timeless instructions on Wise Speech with the support of Insight Dialogue, an interpersonal meditation practice that brings together mindfulness and concentration, the wisdom teachings of the Buddha and the power of relationship to support insight into the causes and release of human suffering.
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Monday, October 5th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
In this People of Color Sangha meeting led by teacher Wildecy de Fátima Jury, we will together examine various ways that will support our practice and our Buddhist studies, and a few steps on how to experience the profound spaciousness and depth of the dharma.
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Wednesdays, October 7th - November 4th, 2020 from 10:00am - 12:00pm ET
Has your meditation practice been flagging? Are you finding yourself falling into unskillful habits? Give your mindfulness practice a boost with this course for anyone who has recently (or not so recently) completed the 8-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction class and feels “stuck” in their practice.
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Friday, October 9th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Saturday, October 10th, 2020 from 10:00am - 1:00pm
In this online workshop, we’ll learn about karma and how we change it. We will learn how to take skillful action that enables us to know a greater happiness: happiness of heart.
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Sunday, October 11th, 2020 from 10:00am-1:00pm
Please join NYI teachers, Sebene Selassie, Lin Gordon, and Jon Aaron for an Sunday morning of teaching, meditation, and discussion as we create a community around deep practice and conscious engagement of the challenges of the climate crisis.
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Fridays, October 16th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Friday, October 16th, 2020 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm
In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s new online Monthly Sangha “Potluck”. Looking forward to virtually sharing this community meal with you in gratitude and appreciation.
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Saturday, October 17th, 2020 from 2:00pm - 5:00pm ET
In this workshop, psychoanalyst and Dharma teacher Pilar Jennings will explore the early developmental roots of interpersonal challenges, and bring these insights into conversation with Buddhist wisdom teachings. Together we will explore the key dynamics in our wish to nurture and sustain interpersonal relationships that can withstand the difficulties posed during this unique moment in time.
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Monday, October 19th, 2020 from 7-9pm ET
Join meditation teacher Devin Berry for an online talk on the Buddha's teachings on the brahamaviharas as an expression of the wisdom of the liberation narrative.
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Wednesdays, October 21st - November 11th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
During these challenging times it's good to know that there are tools we can turn to that offer us support and upliftment. In this course we will explore ways our spiritual and meditation practice can be a refuge and offer us the inner nourishment we long for.
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Friday, October 23rd, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Saturday, October 24th, 2020 from 10:00am - 5:00pm
The emotional impact of the election season lands on us when we already feel threadbare. It's never been so tough to maintain wellbeing, clarity, compassion, and non-reactivity -- and yet it's never been more important. Join us for a day of truly integrated practice and community connection informed by our complex needs during these times.
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Sunday, October 25th, 2020 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET
In this special online program, Lama Justin von Bujdoss will give a concise, contemporary teaching on a set of six meditation instructions at the core of Vajrayana insight practices known as Mahamudra, or the Great Seal, aimed at directly experiencing mind as it arises.
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Tuesday, October 27th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Sunday, November 1st, 2020 from 9:00am - 3:00pm ET
For the sake of our well-being the Buddha asks us to understand and radically accept the universal truth of change. Supported by kind awareness, wisdom and community during this daylong program for experienced Insight Dialogue practitioners, we’ll explore the potential and difficulty of changes in our lives.
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Monday, November 2nd, 2020 from 7:00pm – 8:00pm
On November 2, the day before election Tuesday, renowned meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg will offer a free, hour long online program sharing words of wisdom and encouragement as we navigate this difficult time. She will also lead several guided meditations to cultivate calm and stability and help restore our connection to ourselves and to one another.
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
How do we stay on the path through the ups and downs of life? Bhante Pamutto will discuss the Eightfold Path not just as a blueprint for liberation, but a description of the stable core to a life that is beautiful from beginning to end.
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Fridays, November 6th - November 27th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Saturday, November 7th, 2020 from 9:00am - 12:00pm ET
During this special morning online exploration with Buddhist teacher Martine Batchelor, we will discover with mindful awareness what our identity is based on and how we relate to it that in a way that is confident, bright, creative and open to others and the world -- without being defined by them.
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Sunday, November 8th, 2020 from 10:00am - 12:00pm
Vipassana meditation (insight or mindfulness practice) unites the stillness of concentration with the immediacy of moment to moment experience. As we learn to calm the body and mind, intuitive wisdom arises. This allows us to open to the truth of each moment’s experience within and around us. In this way, we increase our ability to meet life’s ups and downs with ease and presence. During this event, students will be guided on how to deepen their liberation practice in an atmosphere of kind awareness.
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
These teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion.
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Fridays, November 13th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Saturday, November 14th, 2020 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET
In this program we will look closely at some of the images, similes, and other literary devices used in the Pali Canon, and in some later literature, to define and describe the practice of mindfulness. We will pause from time to time to examine some of these images experientially as an aid to our own meditation practice.
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Sunday, November 15th, 2020 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET
How can Dharma wisdom teachings and practices of mindfulness and compassion support us during these times? Mark Coleman will explore key Dharma teachings and practices that help us find clarity, heartfulness and balance in the midst of life.
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Sunday, November 15th, 2020 from 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Join the New York Insight community as we continue our tradition of our lovely yearly Thanksgiving gatherings. It will be a virtual event this year and there will not be the usual actual table filled with the Thanksgiving treats but we will share in other lovely ways this year and "feast on" each other's company.
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.
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Friday, November 20th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Saturday, November 21st, 2020 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ET
Giving thanks is a tradition in both Buddhism and Native American cultures. Thanksgiving ceremony is a medicine that we can use to begin to heal to ourselves, our relationships, and our world. In this half day program, the teachers will offer meditation practices to develop gratitude which are grounded in Buddhist teachings and informed by their perspectives as Native Americans.
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.
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Friday, November 27th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Tuesday, December 1st, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
Join us for an evening dharma talk with Buddhist Insights and Buddhist monastic Venerable Santi exploring the spiritual faculties that can propel us to deep and lasting awakening, and how these qualities can be carefully seeded, watered, and cultivated for the benefit of ourselves and all living beings.
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
Who you are is both an internal (Me) and an interconnected (We) self that shapes your identity and sense of belonging. But how can you be both within the body and between the body and in relationship to people and the planet? In this talk we will explore how you can combine an inner “Me” and an inter “We” to become a whole integrated self – a MWe!
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Fridays, December 4th - December 18th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Saturday, December 5th, 2020 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET
Join Martin Aylward to give some close and caring attention together to life, love and letting go. We’ll invoke the radical freeness to which our practice invites us; explore how to meet and metabolise the habit patterns that get in our way, and feel our way into meeting the uncertainties and complexities of our lives more fluidly, fearlessly and freely.
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.
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Wednesday, December 9th, 2020 at 3:00pm ET
Come celebrate our community and support your spiritual home—a refuge of peace and a source of sanity in these turbulent times—at a benefit raffle featuring irresistible items.
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Friday, December 11th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Friday, December 11th, 2020 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm
All are welcome! In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s online Monthly Sangha “Potluck”.
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Saturday, December 12th, 2020 from 9:00am - 6:00pm ET
Sunday, December 13th, 2020 from 9:00am - 3:00pm ET
In this weekend retreat we will turn our attention to the Buddha's Brahmaviharas or the Four Beautiful Qualities of Heart; loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity. There are specific instructions and practices for cultivating each of the four Brahmaviharas, and over the course of the weekend we will practice with each one.
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Monday, December 14th, 2020 from 7:00pm-8:30pm ET
The NYI Sacred Earth Sangha is a community formed around deep practice and conscious engagement of the challenges of the climate crisis. For this session of the SES we are delighted to host Thanissara, who’s deeply engaged in activism informed by decades of Buddhist practice and teaching, her time at Standing Rock, and with Baba Mandaza Kandemwa of Zimbabwe.
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.
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Friday, December 18th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.
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Saturday, December 19th, 2020 from 10:00am - 1:00pm
This comprehensive three-hour workshop will provide fundamental instruction in insight meditation. Emphasis is placed on the practices of sitting and walking meditation and developing mindfulness in daily life.
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Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.
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Tuesday, December 29th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.
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Thursday, December 31st, 2020 from 8:45pm - 12:15am ET
This evening will include meditation, chanting, time to connect, time to set intentions for the new year, a special remembrance, ceremony, and our wonderful "surprise" ending in which all are invited to participate.
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Tuesday, January 5th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
The core aspect of the Buddha's awakening was the realization that all phenomena are governed by causality. Join Bhante Suddhāso for an online talk exploring the basic principles of causality in the Buddhist framework and how to apply them to our practice.
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Tuesdays, January 5th-February 9th, 2021 from 7:00-9:00pm ET
Join Buddhist teacher and Emmy-award winning musician, David Nichtern and New York Times best-selling author and founder of the Open Heart Project, Susan Piver for a special online course series on cultivating the transcendent qualities known as the Six Paramitas: Generosity, Discipline, Patience, Exertion, Meditation, & Wisdom.
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Friday, January 8th, 2021 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm
In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s online Monthly Sangha “Potluck”. Looking forward to virtually sharing this community meal with you in gratitude and appreciation.
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Saturday, January 9th, 2021 from 1:00pm - 4:00pm ET
When there's truth, when there's something profound, we can sense the sacred. Though we can feel it, sacredness can sometimes be this thing that we put outside of ourselves, which is impressive and worthy of our time and attention. In this halfway workshop, we will explore bringing the sacred more into our lives via dharma talks, meditation, and discussion.
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Sunday, January 10th, 2021 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm ET
The journey inward towards awakening asks more of us than force of will. It is a gradual unfolding of understanding and equanimity. This evening will be both an introduction and an exploration into what is possible when we find a genuine refuge.
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Mondays January 11th, 2021 from 12:00pm - 1:30pm ET
Over the course of four evenings we will contemplate the Buddha’s teachings on Awareness, Nature, and Community.
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Monday, January 11th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET
Join us for a rare evening to learn from activist Dekila Chungyalpa's breadth and depth of knowledge from the frontline of climate crisis, and the wisdom of how we embody compassion as we engage in this work.
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Tuesday, January 12th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.
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Fridays, January 15th, 2021 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
During this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even in the presence of challenging emotions.
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Saturday, January 16th, 2021 from 10:00am - 12:30pm ET
In this MLK Day-inspired retreat, Lama Dawa Tarchin Phillips and Community Dharma Leader Pamela Ayo Yetunde will offer dharma reflections on MLK's concept of the Beloved Community, the role of sangha in healing from the Amputated S/self, and Lovingkindness Meditation.
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Monday January 18th, 2021 from 12:00pm - 1:30pm ET
Over the course of four evenings we will contemplate the Buddha’s teachings on Awareness, Nature, and Community.
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Tuesday, January 19th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.
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Fridays, January 22nd, 2021 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
During this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even in the presence of challenging emotions.
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Saturday, January 23rd, 2021 from 3:00pm - 5:00pm ET
Join Mark Epstein and Amy Gross as they sit down together again for an online conversation about Mark’s evolving understanding of how therapy and Buddhism combine to untangle the tangle of self and suffering. What can therapy offer that Buddhism needs?
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Mondays January 25th, 2021 from 12:00pm - 1:30pm ET
Over the course of four evenings we will contemplate the Buddha’s teachings on Awareness, Nature, and Community.
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.
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Friday, January 29th, 2021 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
During this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even in the presence of challenging emotions.
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Orientation: Friday, January 22nd, 2021 from 9:30am - 12:00pm ET
Course: Fridays, January 29th - March 19th, 2021 from 9:30am - 12:00pm ET
Daylong: Saturday, March 6th, 2021 from 9:30am - 5:00pm ET
MBSR has helped thousands of people decrease the effects of stress in their lives, allowing them to reduce the symptoms of both physical and psychological problems, and to live their lives with more ease, vitality, and enjoyment.
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Friday, January 29th, 2021 from 6:00pm – 7:30pm
New York Insight relies on volunteers to create a welcome and organized atmosphere for all our events. The center needs you to help prepare the online space for our events and support participants and teachers.
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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
The Buddha encourages practitioners to contemplate the source of our discomfort, no matter its form. Once we truly understand the nature of pain, loss, oppression, and despair, we can make the appropriate response and be free from the suffering they cause.
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Thursdays, February 4th - March 25th, 2021 from 10:00am - 12:00pm ET
The variety of meditation practices found in Buddhism can lead to confusion and doubt, or to staying on the surface level in our practice as a result of switching around so much. This course will spend time investigating our own experience with each of these practices and sharing the fruit of wisdom and compassion that comes of this.
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Orientation: Thursday, January 21st, 2021 from 6:30pm - 9:00pm ET
Course: Thursdays, February 4th - March 25th, 2021 from 6:30pm - 9:00pm ET
Daylong: Sunday, March 14th, 2021 from 9:30am - 5:00pm ET
MBSR has helped thousands of people decrease the effects of stress in their lives, allowing them to reduce the symptoms of both physical and psychological problems, and to live their lives with more ease, vitality, and enjoyment.
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Fridays, February 5th - February 26th, 2021 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
During this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even in the presence of challenging emotions.
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Saturday, February 6th, 2021 from 1:00pm - 4:30pm ET
The Buddhist tradition includes a wide range of practices beyond formal meditation training exercises. In this half-day session, we’ll explore core practices for inquiry and reflection, using the thought and recollection skillfully to enhance understanding and apply Dharma principles to life.
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Sunday, February 7th, Saturday, June 5th, Sunday, September 12th, Saturday, December 4th, 2021 from 10:00am – 4:00pm ET
These four quarterly, daylong retreats will include meditation, understanding and preparing for death through the Buddha’s teachings, small and large group reflections, and deepening our connection to one another through sangha, moving us toward living life more fully.
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Monday, February 8th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET
Join Sacred Earth Sangha guest teacher Brother Man for an evening workshop on fostering embodied communities of resilience to evolve consciousness and shift culture.
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Tuesday, February 9th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2021 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm ET
This evening talk and meditation will consider the difference between the Buddha's teachings on karuna ("compassion") and anukampa ("care"), including why “care” might be a more fundamental emotion and motivation than compassion for a life devoted to the welfare and benefit of the world.
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Friday, February 12th, 2021 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
During this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even in the presence of challenging emotions.
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Friday, February 12th, 2021 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm
In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s online Monthly Sangha “Potluck”. Looking forward to virtually sharing this community meal with you in gratitude and appreciation.
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.
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Friday, February 19th, 2021 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
During this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even in the presence of challenging emotions.
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Saturday, February 20th, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET
The world is on fire. Many countries are experiencing injustice, political unrest and a COVID-19 pandemic. How can you find balance and cultivate peace within you? The online retreat will include guided mindfulness and equanimity meditation, Dhamma talk, and a question and answer session.
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Sunday, February 21st, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET
Have you been wanting to learn how to meditate? Or perhaps looking for a way to refresh or renew your existing practice? This three hour comprehensive workshop includes instructions for experiential meditation practice with guidance from a New York Insight teacher, useful information for developing and continuing a meditation practice with plenty of time for sharing and Q & A.
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.
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Friday, February 26th, 2021 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
During this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even in the presence of challenging emotions.
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Saturday February 27th, 2021 | 9:00 am - 5:00pm ET
Sunday, February 28th, 2021 | 9:00am - 3:00pm ET
Through the Buddha's teachings on the 5 Spiritual Powers, (Faith, Energy, Mindfulness, Concentration, and Wisdom), we will train our ability to bear witness to personal and social pains and immerse ourselves in heart qualities inviting us to dance, and vacuum, in our temple we call home.
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
Buddhist practice offers us the tools to free the mind from the constraints of discontent, irritation, and confusion—and when the mind is well liberated from these unwholesome states of mind, even temporarily, the path to true happiness becomes clear.
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Fridays, March 5th - March 26th, 2021 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
During this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even in the presence of challenging emotions.
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Saturday, March 6th, 2021 from 9:30am - 5:00pm ET
Have you taken an MBSR course? Would you like to spend time practicing in community with support of a teacher to help you refine your skills of mindfulness? This MBSR Daylong is for you! Practicing with other MBSR alumni and those currently taking the course, you will have a day to focus on mindfulness, explore how it is manifesting in your life now, and build some momentum to continue these practices for time to come.
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Monday, March 8th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
In this gathering, Kritee will dispel what, in her view, are myths around climate science that are common in the activist as well as Buddhist communities. We will then take a deep hard look at the scale of trauma we already face individually and collectively. Last but not the least, Kritee will share her understanding of how we can take meaningful and strategic collective actions for racial healing and putting down the fires of climate crisis.
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.
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Friday, March 12th, 2021 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
During this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even in the presence of challenging emotions.
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Friday, March 12th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
Dharma practice is a form of rigorous honesty, an attempt to resist self-deception, and a commitment to perceive experience in novel ways. In this evening together, we will explore the ways that the pursuit of truth animates Buddhist practice.
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Saturday, March 13th, 2021 from 9:30am - 4:00pm ET
In this daylong, we’ll examine the process – in our direct experience – of maturing our ethical commitments. The process is facilitated by the perception of non-separation, an intimacy with the experience of suffering, a willingness to grieve, a spirit of renunciation and the courage to relinquish familiar understandings of ourselves.
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Mondays, March 8th - March 29th, 2021 from 12:00pm - 1:30pm ET
If you've never read a Buddhist text before or you're looking to refine your understanding of the teachings, this four week course with Bart van Melik is a wonderful way to deepen your connection with this timeless wisdom.
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2021 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET
The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.
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Friday, March 19th, 2021 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET
During this online course, we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences – even in the presence of challenging emotions.
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Friday, March 19th, 2021 | 7:00pm – 9:00pm
In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s online Monthly Sangha “Potluck”. Looking forward to virtually sharing this community meal with you in gratitude and appreciation.
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