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Online Sacred Earth Sangha: Climate Crisis, Trauma Healing and Collective Action

with Sensei Kritee Kanko, PhD

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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Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Jon Aaron

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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Online: Truth, Honesty and Dharma 

with Matthew Brensilver

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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Mindfulness & Ethical Evolution: A Daylong Online Retreat

with Matthew Brensilver

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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Buddha Statue

Online: Together Under the Bodhi Tree

with Bart van Melik

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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Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Angela Dews

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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Monthly Online Community Potluck

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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Online: Skillful Pleasure

with Peter Doobinin

Saturday, March 20th, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET

As the Buddha came to discover, we have to learn to establish a skillful relationship to pleasure if dharma practice is going to thrive and if we’re going to know happiness in life. In this three-hour class, we’ll learn about skillful pleasure, what it is, how we cultivate it, and why there’s such great benefit in doing so.

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Online: Facing Aging and Fear with Love and Wisdom

with Amy Selzer, Nancy Glimm, Rosemary Blake

Sunday, March 21st, 2021 | 10:00am - 4:00pm ET

In our Aging As A Spiritual Practice daylong, yogis will explore their fears around aging through the teachings of the Buddha on Impermanence, holding what arises with the Brahma Viharas, and recognizing the wisdom that arises through the cultivation of these practices. This daylong will include meditation, exercises and reflections, dharma talks, as well as small and large group discussions.

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Buddha Statue

Online: Together Under the Bodhi Tree

with Bart van Melik

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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Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Gary Singer

Tuesday, March 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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Online: Town Hall and Community Gathering

Wednesday, March 24th, 2021 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Join us for a special town hall and community gathering as we reunite as a community, introduce the Center's new Executive Director, and review the struggles and victories experienced by our community over the past year.

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Online: Wisdom and Compassion on the Path of Recovery

with Kevin Griffin and Patricia Johnson

Saturday, March 27th, 2021 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ET

On this half-day retreat we will explore how Buddhist insight teachings and heart practices can support people in recovery. There will be meditation instruction, dharma talks, and opportunities for questions and discussion.

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Buddha Statue

Online: Together Under the Bodhi Tree

with Bart van Melik

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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Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Leslie Booker

Tuesday, March 30th, 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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Online: The Potential of Human Relatedness on a Whole-Life Path

with Gregory Kramer and Peace Twesigye

Saturday, April 3rd, 2021 from 11:00am - 5:00pm ET

Join us in a day of relational meditation through Insight Dialogue practice to contemplate how we might meet each moment as embodied beings in relationship to a whole. Turning toward our shared human experience, what is our responsibility to each other and the world as we engage a wholesome path of practice?

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Online: Liberation of the Heart

with Bhante Sumano

Tuesday April 6th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

Join Buddhist monk Bhante Sumano for a discussion of five common obstacles to meditation practice and the antidotes we can skillfully apply in response.

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Online: Monthly Community Potluck

Friday, April 9th, 2021 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”. Looking forward to virtually sharing this community meal with you in gratitude and appreciation.

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Online Sacred Earth Sangha

with Sebene Selassie, Lin Wang Gordon, and Jon Aaron

Monday, April 12th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

The NYI Sacred Earth Sangha is a community formed around deep practice and conscious engagement of the challenges of the climate crisis.

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Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Wildecy de Fátima Jury

Tuesday, April 13th, 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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Online: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Jon Aaron

Course: Thursdays, April 15 - June 3, 2021 from 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Daylong: Saturday, May 22, 2021 from 9:30am - 5:00pm

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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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Tushar D. Bhagat

Course: Saturdays, April 17th - June 19th, 2021 | 9:30am - 12:00pm ET
Daylong: Saturday, May 22nd, 2021 | 9:00am - 4:30pm 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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Online: Meditating With the Elements – A Weekend Workshop 

with Bodhipaksa

Saturday, April 17th and Sunday, April 18th, 2021 from 9:30am - 1:00pm ET

On this weekend workshop Bodhipaksa offers us a rare opportunity to explore the Six Element Practice — a beautiful form of insight meditation taught by the Buddha himself. This reflective practice gently encourages us to question limited assumptions we hold about who and what we are, leading us toward a more open, expansive sense of ourselves. It helps us to connect the world within and the world outside, so we can recognize that they are in reality one non-dual reality.

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Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Jon Aaron

Tuesday, April 20th, 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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Online: What is Nirvana?

with Tuere Sala

Saturday, April 24th 2021 from 9:00am - 4:00pm ET

Have you ever wondered, "What is nirvana?" Is it something concrete or some elusive concept about the afterlife? Is nirvana, sometimes called awakening, even possible? During this daylong, we will explore this nirvana by looking deeper at the 3rd Noble Truth. We will look at why it is so important in today’s urban world to practice towards awakening.

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Online: Unlocking The Trap of Pain – Exploring Gentle Practices to Live with Ease

with Joan Griffiths Vega

Sunday, April 25th, Wednesday, April 28th, Sunday May 2nd, 2021 from 10:30am - 12:30pm ET each day

Acute or chronic pain needs a multifaceted approach to minimize its domination. In our time together we will explore the ways to turn towards the pain with kindness and curiosity to reduce the pain. When acceptance of pain is present, the exhausting war stops. New choices arise.

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Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer

Tuesday, April 27th, 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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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Angela Dews

Tuesday, May 4th, 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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Online: Continuity of Awareness and the Art of Living Meaningfully

with Alexis Santos & Susa Talan

Saturday, May 8th, 2021 from 10:00am - 5:00pm ET

Inspired by the teachings of Theravādin Buddhist monk, Sayadaw U Tejaniya, during this daylong retreat we will explore the practice of meditation as a foundation for developing the heart and mind. Together we’ll practice cultivating moment by moment awareness, in a relaxed and natural way--leading us to an embodied sense of clarity, resilience and connection.

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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Lani Miller

Tuesday, May 11th, 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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Monthly Community Potluck

Friday, May 15th, 2021 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”. Looking forward to virtually sharing this community meal with you in gratitude and appreciation.

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Online: Transcending Gender

with Ayyā Somā

Sunday, May 16th, 2021 from 9:00am - 11:00am ET

Buddhist monk Ayyā Somā will lead us in an exploration of how the Buddha's teachings encourage us to investigate gender—and all identities—and how to ultimately transcend it.

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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Gary Singer

Tuesday, May 18th, 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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Well-Being is a Skill: An Online Benefit for New York Insight

with Richard Davidson

Thursday, May 20th 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

Join renowned author and neuroscientist Richard Davidson for an online evening benefit event for New York Insight. Together we will discuss the interaction between dharma and scientific evidence that suggests we can change our brains by transforming our minds and cultivate habits of mind that will improve our well-being and the world.

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Online: Dukkha and the End of Dukkha – Transforming Suffering and Reactivity

with Donald Rothberg

Saturday, May 22nd, 2021 from 10:00am - 5:00pm ET

In this daylong retreat, we will explore the Buddha’s teachings on suffering, the Four Noble Truths, Dependent Origination, and the Two Arrows. We will learn ways to study and implement these teachings both in formal meditation and in everyday life, including in the context of the pandemic and contemporary “social dukkha.”

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Online: ¡Únicamente Latinx! Medio dia de retiro en meditación

with Nakawe Cuebas Berrios and Isabel Adon

Sunday, May 23rd, 2021 from 10:00am - 2:00pm ET

Únase a nosotros en un retiro de medio día para reflexionar en lo que significa crear una sangha con otros meditadores latinos / Latinx y profundizar en nuestras prácticas espirituales, las cuales pueden fortalecernos para compartir con nuestras familias, unirnos a movimientos sociales y otras comunidades.

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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Leslie Booker

Tuesday, May 25th, 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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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Elaine Retholtz

Tuesday, June 1st, 2021 on 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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Online: The Four Seals of Dharma

with Scott Tusa

Wednesdays, June 2nd-23rd, 2021 from 7:30pm - 9:00pm ET

In this four-week online course led by Buddhist teacher Scott Tusa, we will explore the Buddha's four seals together through periods of teaching, meditation, and discussion.

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Online: Skillful Pleasure

with Peter Doobinin

Thursdays, June 3rd-24th from 6:00pm - 7:30pm ET

As the Buddha came to discover, we have to learn to establish a skillful relationship to pleasure if dharma practice is going to thrive and if we’re going to know happiness in life. In this three-hour class, we’ll learn about skillful pleasure, what it is, how we cultivate it, and why there’s such great benefit in doing so.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer

Tuesday, June 8th, 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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Online: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Elaine Retholtz

Course: Thursdays, June 10th - July 29th, 2021 from 6:30pm - 9:00pm ET
Daylong: Sunday, July 18th, 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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Online Monthly Community Potluck

Friday, June 11th, 2021 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm ET

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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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Wildecy de Fátima Jury

Tuesday, June 15th, 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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From Shame to Pride: An Online LGBTQIA Pride Event

with Bhante Suddhaso

Sunday, June 20th, 2021 from 9:00am - 11:00am ET

In celebration of LGBTQ Pride Month, Buddhist monk Bhante Suddhaso will share some reflections on how to recognize and uproot shame while sowing seeds of pride and appreciation for our wholesome qualities of mind.

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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Gary Singer

Tuesday, June 22nd, 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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Online: Insight 101 – Six Week Beginner’s Course

with Lani Miller

Wednesdays, June 23rd - July 28th, 2021 from 10:00am - 12:00pm ET

If you've been wanting to learn how to meditate or refresh and renew the meditation practice you already have, we invite you to join this six-week meditation course to explore the practice of Insight (Vipassana) meditation in a warm, supportive environment.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Angela Dews

Tuesday, June 29th, 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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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Brian Simmons

Tuesday, July 6th, 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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Online: Mindful Self-Compassion

with Bodhipaksa

Thursdays, July 8th - July 29th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET

Drawing on lessons from life, the Buddhist tradition, and neuroscience, Bodhipaksa offers a four-step approach to the practice of self-compassion during this special four-week online course to sustain us during times of suffering and help us to deepen the compassion we offer not just to ourselves, but to others as well.

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Online: Investigating the Three Characteristics of Existence

with Elaine Retholtz

Mondays, July 12th - August 9th, 2021 from 9:30am - 11:30am ET

Join New York Insight Teacher Elaine Retholtz for a five week online course on the Three Marks of Existence (impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, and non-self), essential Buddhist teachings regarding the nature of experience.

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Online: Creating a Life of Integrity – A Year of Wholehearted Practice

with Joseph Goldstein and Gail Stark

Tuesday, July 13th, 2021 from 7:00pm-8:30pm ET 

Join Joseph Goldstein and Gail Stark for a free online evening in conclusion of their yearlong course as they discuss the 10 Paramis, talk about their view of the process a year later, and hear students ask questions and share their insights after a year of wholehearted practice.

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Online: New York Insight Event Volunteer Training

Friday, July 16th, 2021 from 6:30pm – 7:45pm, ET

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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Online: The Gradual Teaching

with Bhante Suddhaso

Sunday, July 18th, 2021 from 9:00am - 11:00am ET

Join Buddhist monk Bhante Suddhaso for a discussion of the step-by-step path the Buddha laid for spiritual growth, a path that leads onwards to the highest goal.

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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Wildecy de Fatima Jury

Tuesday, July 20th, 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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Online: A Path of Devotion

with Oren Jay Sofer

Friday, July 23rd, 2021 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET

A core part of the Noble Eightfold Path is cultivating a heart that is enriched by qualities like faith, confidence, and devotion. How can we understand these qualities and their relevance on the path in modern life today? What resources do we have to access a meaningful connection with them in our lives? Join author and meditation teacher Oren Jay Sofer for this evening of practice and exploration.

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Online: The Heart of Devotion

with Oren Jay Sofer

Saturday, July 24th, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:30pm ET

What role does devotion play on the Buddhist path? How can we understand and cultivate this quality in a direct and meaningful way in our lives? This half-day program will explore these and other questions related to devotion and its role in contemplative practice.

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Community Picnic

Sunday, July 25th, 2021 from 4:00pm - 6:00pm ET

New York Insight is happy and excited to invite you to celebrate summer in the great outdoors for a community picnic in Madison Square Park.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Nakawe Cuebas Berrios

Tuesday, July 27th, 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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Postponed: Do Dharma and Abolition Go Together? Maybe…?

with karen g. williams, Peace Twesigye, and Kiki Williams

Friday, July 30th, 2021 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
Saturday, July 31st, 2021 from 11:00am - 5:00pm ET
Sunday, August 1st, 2021 from 11:00am - 1:00pm ET (optional)

Do to unforeseen circumstances, this program will be postponed to a later date. We will be in touch with all program registrants to give a refund or credit. We apologize for any inconvenience.

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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer

Tuesday, August 3rd, 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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Online: Meditation – Tools for Our Times

with Lani Miller

Wednesdays, August 4th-25th, 2021 from 10:00am - 12:00pm 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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Online: Healing America’s Racial Fractures – An Asian American Buddhist View

with Rev. Duncan Ryuken Williams

Wednesday, August 4th 2021 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET

Rev. Duncan Ryuken Williams draws on Buddhist teachings to offer a perspective that can heal the karmic legacy of racial violence, division, and trauma of the United States. He will offer insight from the history and lived experiences of Asian American Buddhist ancestors who built the foundations of the American sangha.

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Sangha Latinx!

con Nakawe Cuebas Berrios y Isabel Adon

Second Sunday of the Month, August 8th, 2021 from 11:30am - 12:30pm ET

Únete a nosotr@s una vez al mes por medio de Zoom para meditar en español con la Sangha Latinx!

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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Lani Miller

Tuesday, August 10th, 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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Online: Relationship as a Liberatory Path – A Daylong for Cultivating Care

with Devon Hase & Peace Twesigye

Saturday, August 14th, 2021 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ET

The whole of spiritual practice can be framed as relationship: to ourselves, each other, and the natural world around us. Through dialogue, discussion, meditation, and movement, we'll explore the territory of noble relationship and what it means for how we relate to ourselves in practice, in community, and in friendship to the world.

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Community Picnic

Saturday, August 14th, 2021 from 5:30pm - 7:00pm ET

New York Insight is happy and excited to invite you to celebrate summer in the great outdoors for a community picnic in Madison Square Park.

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Online: Purifying the Mind – An Explanation of the Sabbāsava Sutta

with Ayyā Somā

Sunday, August 15th, 2021 from 9:00am - 11:00am ET

One of the most remarkable aspects of the Buddha's teachings is their flexibility: the Buddha offered countless ways of responding appropriately to any circumstance. Join Ayyā Somā as she discusses the Sabbāsava Sutta and how to apply it's teachings to both our meditation and our daily experience.

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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Gary Singer

Tuesday, August 17th, 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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Online: Fundamentals of Mindful Habit Change

with Laurence Magro & Nancy Logue, PhD

Saturday, August 21st, 2021 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ET

This online program introduces the science of reward-based learning and how it applies to habit formation and habit change. Throughout this daylong program we will practice our new skills with short moments of mindfulness interspersed many times throughout the workshop.

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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Brian Simmons

Tuesday, August 24th, 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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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Jon Aaron

Tuesday, August 31st, 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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Online: The Dharma of Relationship

with Devon Hase

Three Wednesdays, September 1st, 15th & 29th, 2021 from 7:00pm-8:30pm ET

Through small group practice, stories, silent meditation, and mindful speaking and listening, we’ll explore the multi-faceted world of relational mindfulness, including embodied awareness, the art of radical self-acceptance, and the possibility of finding freedom right in the middle of the tangle and dance of day-to-day relating.

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Online: Trust Fall – How to Meet Vulnerability and Uncertainty with Compassion and Wisdom 

with Ralph De La Rosa

Saturday, September 4th, 2021 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm ET

Whether it's falling in love, surviving a pandemic, claiming your identity, having a child, re-entering society, or having a difficult conversation... life throws us into vulnerable and uncertain situations over and over again. Join author and psychotherapist Ralph De La Rosa for a half day workshop exploring how to meet the challenges we face in this unique moment and excavate them for awakening.

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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Gary Singer

Tuesday, September 7th, 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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Online: Gentle Perseverance and Courage

with Tara Mulay

Thursday, September 9th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET

While the Pali word “viriya” is often translated simply as “energy,” this heart quality actually involves cultivation of a kind of courage and gentle perseverance that sustains us and supports resilience. We will dedicate this evening of practice together to an exploration of the liberating potential of viriya.

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Online: The True Heart’s Refuge

with Martin Aylward

Saturday, September 11th, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:00pm, ET

During this program we will explore how to wisely and lovingly respond to our own and others’ suffering, and contemplate the traditional Buddhist ’triple gem’ of refuge as a way to steady, gladden and liberate the heart, amidst the ongoing and infinite challenges of our imperfect and unperfectable world.

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In-Person: Sacred Earth Sangha in Greenwood Cemetery

with Lin Wang Gordon and Jon Aaron

Saturday, September 11th, 2021 from 2:00pm–5:00pm

For this month's Sacred Earth Sangha meeting, we will have a special gathering in Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn as we cultivate relationships with our personal genealogical ancestors as well as practice reflections and meditations that touch the truth of the whole of nature as "all my relations."

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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Jon Aaron

Tuesday, September 14th, 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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Postponed: Imperfect Perfections – A Six Week Course on the Ten Paramis

with Gary Singer

Wednesdays, September 15th - October 20th, 2021 from 10:00am - 12:00pm ET

The ten perfections (paramis) are ten qualities of character which support both your practice and your compassionate involvement in the world, whether you’re working with your family at home, at the office, or on the cushion. In this 6 week course, we’ll investigate the paramis with an emphasis on how we can bring them practically into our lives.

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Online: Yom Kippur – A Day of Silence and Reflection

with Jon Aaron and Elaine Retholtz

Thursday, September 16th 2021 from 10:00am – 7:00pm ET

Yom Kippur is the Jewish Day of Atonement, a day when, as a community, Jews are asked to reflect on their actions of the past year and to ask for atonement for any actions that were unskillful. In support of this day, NYI hosts an online day of silence and reflection.

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Online: The Art of Self-Forgiveness

with Bodhipaksa

Thursday, September 16th 2021 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET

There’s no way to instantly forgive ourselves. It takes time and practice. But on this evening with Bodhipaksa we’ll explore several powerful tools, drawn from Buddhist teachings, to help us let go, move on, and be more at peace with ourselves.

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Online: Radical Friendship Roundtable – Sangha in a Pandemic

with Kate Johnson, Stacy McClendon, Dawn Mauricio, Jozen Tamori Gibson and JD Doyle

Friday, September 17th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

How can we give and receive true spiritual friendship in a time of isolation and uprising? Join us as we celebrate the release of dharma teacher Kate Johnson’s first book, Radical Friendship: Seven Ways to Love Yourself and Find Your People in an Unjust World, with a round table discussion on what radical friendship means within Buddhist communities and beyond.

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Online: A Life of Inner Worth

with Peter Doobinin

Saturday, September 18th, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET

In this program, we’ll learn about the qualities, in the teaching of the Buddha, that comprise our inner worth. We’ll learn how we develop these qualities and about the benefits in doing so.

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Online: Touching the Ground of the Body with Kindness

with Scott Tusa

Saturday, September 18th, 2021 from 2:00pm - 5:00pm ET

In this online workshop, we will dive deep into transformational embodied awareness practices that engage a unified and joyful loving presence. Through periods of meditation and discussion we will explore and develop our connection to a calmer, more resilient, and interconnected state of being and learn how to move beyond the self-fragmentation that causes unnecessary suffering.

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Online: Insights on Kindfulness 

with Bhante Sumitta

Sunday, September 19th, 2021 from 9:00am - 11:00am ET

What do you get when you combine kindness and mindfulness? Kindfulness! Bhante Sumitta, a senior monk from Sri Lanka, explains how to cultivate "kindfulness" and why it's a critical part of Buddhist practice.

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Online: The Power of Forgiveness – A Five Week Course

with Elaine Retholtz

Mondays, September 20th - October 25th, 2021 from 9:30am - 11:30m ET

Forgiveness can allow us to come more fully into our hearts and can be a catalyst that transforms bitterness, anger, and grief into compassion and lovingkindness. Join us for an online course examining forgiveness and how to heal our relationships with others, ourselves and the past.

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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Lani Miller

Tuesday, September 21st, 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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Online: Mindful Habit Change for Anxiety and Related Behaviors

with Laurence Magro & Nancy Logue, PhD

Thursdays, September 23rd - October 14th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET

This interactive online course, based on the work of neuroscientist & addiction psychiatrist Dr. Judson Brewer, explores the science of habit change and teaches a step by step model to understand and outgrow unwanted habits such as anxiety, procrastination, perfectionism, and unwanted behaviors.

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In-Person: Tending Grief in Nature

with Lin Wang Gordon and Peace Twesigye

Saturday, September 25th, 2021 from 10:00am - 4:30pm ET

Grief, if not attended to, can often hold us hostage to life’s uncertainty and losses. How do we open our hearts and continue to let our life energy flow while facing and tending to our grief intimately? How do we establish a sense of connection with our loved ones when their bodies are no longer here?

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer

Tuesday, September 28th, 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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In-Person: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Jon Aaron

Wednesdays, September 29th - Nov 17th, 2021 from 6:30pm - 9:00pm

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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Postponed: Awakening – Joy to Stillness

with Tara Mulay

Saturday, October 2nd, 2021 from 10:00am - 2:00pm ET

During this practice period together, we will explore the conditions that progressively lead to awakening. When we practice mindfulness with these as our foundation, we begin to develop a sense of empowerment based on an initial confidence in the practice, which leads to joy and stillness.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Wildency de Fátima Jury

Tuesday, October 5th, 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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Postponed: A Life of Inner Worth – A Four Week Course

with Peter Doobinin

Thursdays, October 7th - October 28th, 2021 from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm ET

In practicing the dharma, we seek to develop our inner worth. What does this mean? How do we do this? And what are the benefits of doing so? In this four-week course with meditation teacher, Peter Doobinin, we’ll explore these crucial questions and learn about our innate goodness and our capacity to develop it.

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In-Person: Monthly Community Picnic

Friday, October 8th, 2021 from 5:30:00pm – 7:00pm ET

New York Insight is happy and excited to invite you to celebrate summer in the great outdoors for a community picnic in Madison Square Park (11 Madison Avenue). We look forward to being together!

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Online: Finding Refuge

with Ayya Anandabodhi

Friday, October 8th, 2021 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm ET

By settling into our direct experience, aligning with the truth-of-the-way-things-are, we can find peace, even in the midst of challenging times.

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Online: Deepening Refuge

with Ayya Anandabodhi

Saturday, October 9th, 2021 from 10:00am - 4:00pm ET

The Buddha recognized the calamitous nature of this world and pointed us to a place of refuge that, with practice and sincere investigation, can bring great peace and happiness in our lives. Coming together as community, exploring the truth-of-the-way-things-are, and bringing awareness to our direct experience, we can rediscover that place of refuge that the Buddha pointed to all those years ago.

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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Jon Aaron

Tuesday, October 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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Online: Stages of Awakening

Bhante Suddhāso

Sunday, October 17th, 2021 from 9:00am - 11:00am ET

According to the Buddhist teachings, there are ten obstacles to overcome on the way to Awakening. As each is progressively abandoned, one attains to progressively higher stages of awakening. In this talk, Bhante Suddhaso will explain each of the ten fetters and how we can overcome them.

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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Lani Miller

Tuesday, October 19th, 2021 | 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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Online: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course

with Elaine Retholtz

Course: Wednesdays, October 20th - December 15th, 2021 | 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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Online: Cultivating Courage in Changing Times

with Deborah Eden Tull

Friday, October 22nd, 2021 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm ET

Discomfort and perceived obstacles are not our challenge but our invitation; not a sign of something to turn away from, but a welcoming threshold to move directly towards. Join dharma teacher Deborah Eden Tull as we explore the innate courage of true nature and how to follow that tendril of courage in the face of fear.

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Online: Letting Go of Fear on Behalf of Collective Consciousness

with Deborah Eden Tull

Saturday, October 23rd, 2021 from 10:00am - 3:00pm ET

In this day-long retreat, we will explore how to work with FEAR (False Evidence Appearing Real) through compassionate inquiry and subtle body awareness. We will cultivate a sense of joyful responsibility to the collective, which supports us to release fear-based conditioning.

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Online: Gladdening the Mind as We Grow in Our Confidence

with Amy Selzer & Nancy Glimm

Sundays, October 24th - November 14th, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET

We feel empowered when we are able to free our mind rather than being caught in our habits and patterns. In this course, we will deepen our understanding of finding ease in our daily lives and increase our awareness when faced with difficulties.

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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer

Tuesday, October 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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Online: The Wisdom of Self Compassion

with Kimberly Brown

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET

Practicing self-compassion also enables us cultivate equanimity and courage—the wisdom we need to navigate the ever-changing circumstances of life with openness, patience, and clarity. Join us for this special evening of discussion, Q&A, and guided Metta (aka lovingkindness) meditation.

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Online: The Generous Heart

with Rachel Lewis

Thursday, November 4th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

What if generosity were in itself a profound teaching about interconnection and non-self? In this evening we will explore the potential of generosity to deepen our practice

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Online Monthly Community Potluck

Friday, November 5th, 2021 from 7:00pm – 8:30pm ET

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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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Gary Singer

Tuesday, November 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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Online: Outsmart Your Pain – Mindfulness Tools for Chronic Pain

with Christiane Wolf, MD, PhD

Wednesday, November 10th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ET

Mindfulness helps us to turn towards what is already here (painful or not) and act in the most kind and wisest way possible in that moment. While the principles taught in this introductory class can also be applied for emotional pain, it is geared towards those who suffer chronic physical pain or from a chronic illness.

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Online: Loving Others, Loving Ourselves

with Bhante Sumano

Thursday, November 11th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

Sincere Buddhist practice leads to a radical opening of the heart, which benefits everyone around us. Through meditation, reflections, and dialogue—Bhante Sumano will explore how we can cultivate unconditional love for all beings, including ourselves.

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Healing Ourselves, Healing Our World: An Online Benefit

with Thanissara, Ajahn Sucitto, Joseph Goldstein, JoAnna Hardy, Pamela Ayo Yetunde, Tuere Sala and others

Saturday, November 13th, 2021 from 11:00am to 6:15pm ET
Sunday, November 14th, 2021 from 11:00am to 12:45pm ET

Give your heart a much-needed opportunity to come together with others for an inspiring weekend event with world-renowned Buddhist teachers and other speakers benefitting Cambridge Insight and New York Insight Meditation Centers.

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Healing Ourselves, Healing Our World: An Online Benefit

with Dan Harris and Mark Epstein

Sunday, November 14th, 2021 from 11:00am to 12:45pm ET

Join Dan Harris and Mark Epstein for a special online dialogue on healing ourselves to heal our world. All proceeds for this program go to benefit Cambridge Insight and New York Insight Meditation Centers.

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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Leslie Booker

Tuesday, November 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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Online: The Power of Seeing Impermanence

with Walt Opie

Thursday, November 18th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

The very purpose of cultivating mindfulness is to enable us to see the impermanent nature of things--their arising and passing away--directly in our own experience. This leads to the liberating understanding that there really is nothing worth clinging to because everything will inevitably change.

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Online: Self-Lovingkindness – A Day of Deep Practice

with Ralph De La Rosa

Saturday, November 20th, 2021 | 1:00pm - 5:00pm

The relationship we have to ourselves inside has a direct correlation to how we show up in our outer relationships, work, and free time. Join Internal Family Systems therapist and author Ralph De La Rosa, LCSW for an immersive half-day of self-love meditation.

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Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer

Tuesday, November 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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Online: Be Not Afraid – Messages From Buddha Nature

with Larry Ward

Thursday, December 2nd, 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

In this insight meditation practice, we come to see that every aspect of our being is in a permanent state of flux, and we learn how to appreciate the reality of our interconnectedness with the universe. It liberates us from a limited view of ourselves and helps us to see that we are nothing less than the universe becoming conscious of itself.

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Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Leslie Booker

Tuesday, December 7th, 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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Online: What is Health? A Buddhist View in the Time of Pandemic

with Dr. Eliot Tokar

Thursday, December 9th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

Tibetan medicine provides the modern world with an enormous wealth of accumulated information regarding health and healthcare, contextualized within a Buddhist perspective that becomes even more relevant as we face this watershed moment in public health worldwide.

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