Study at Home -- Working with the Energy of Tantra - The Buddha Families with Shastri Ethan Nichtern

6 Wednesday Nights, February 29 - April 4, 2012,

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This six week course, open to anyone with interest in Tantric (Vajrayana) Buddhism. The Buddha Families have to do with understanding the basic emotional energies we possess as humans and as meditation practitioners. Ethan will teach on the depictions of personality types in the Tantric teachings, with an eye towards skillfully navigating both our personal strengths and neurotic habits. Topics will include: What is a Mandala, The Five Buddha Families, The Meaning of Coemergence, and how the Tantric Practices work with emotion.

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Ethan Nichtern is the founding director and Senior Teacher in Residence of the Interdependence Project.   For the past eight years, Ethan has taught ongoing meditation and Buddhist psychology classes and retreats in New York City and around North America. He is on the part-time faculty at Eugene Lang College at New School University and lectures regularly at Brown, Wesleyan, and New York Universities.  In the summer of 2010, Ethan was empowered by his teacher, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, as a Shastri, a senior teacher of the Shambhala tradition representing the New York region. He has also studied Theravadan and Soto Zen traditions, and is an avid yoga practitioner.

Cost

$30 Non-Members
$18 Members

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FREE! For IDP Visionary Members (If you are a visionary member and would like to register for this event, please send an e-mail to caroline@theidproject.org)

 
Can't afford it?

It is our full intention to accommodate the financial needs of anyone who has a genuine commitment to practice and study. Reduced Payment Options and Work-Study are always available. Please contact  marisa@theidproject.org to make alternative arrangements.

The Secular Buddhist Studies Program at the Interdependence Project offers a strong and accessible foundation in Buddhist meditation, psychology, philosophy, and ethics from a secular perspective, inclusive of multiple traditions and bodies of teaching. Interested in the Secular Buddhist Studies Program? Learn more here.

(Mandala Photo Courtesy of Flickr user Henry Law)