Monday Nights with Shastri Ethan Nichtern - The Path of Awakening: Ten-Week Secular Buddhist Studies Intensive

10 Monday Nights June 25 - August 27
(Drop-in students also welcome)

Study at Home also available, click here to sign up

Get your dharma on this summer!

Monday Nights at IDP this summer offer an opportunity for students to deepen their study and practice of Buddhist Meditation with Shastri Ethan Nichtern.   This course will present the Three Yana Framework of Tibetan Buddhism, while offering instruction for deep engagement in meditation practice, study, and self-transformation.   Each class will end with detailed guidelines for daily practice in the coming week.

Topics for each week will be as follows:

June 25 - Renunciation and Entering the Path
July 2 - Virtuous and Nonvirtuous Action
July 9 - Working with Karma Every Day and Every Night
July 16 - Conquering the Hindrances
July 23 - How to Act Like A Bodhisattva
July 30 - The Paramitas Part 1
August 6 - The Paramitas Part 2
August 13 - The Brahma Viharas Part 1
August 20 - The Brahma Viharas Part 2
August 27 - The Path of Devotion
 

Ethan Nichtern is a Shastri, a senior teacher, in the Shambhala tradition. He is the senior teacher in residence for the NY Shambhala community as well as the Interdependence Project. He is the author of the novel Your Emoticons Won't Save You and the nonfiction book One City: A Declaration of Interdependence. He is also the founder of The Interdependence Project, an organization dedicated to Buddhist-inspired meditation and psychology, transformational activism, mindful arts, and meaningful media. He teaches and lectures around the world and is based in New York City. More info: www.ethannichtern.com


 

Price

Full Course Pre- Registration

Full Price (Non-Members) - $180
IDP Full Members - $140
IDP Sustaining Members - $100
IDP Endowing Members - $ 50
IDP Visionary Members - FREE!! (send an e-mail to kim@theidproject.org to register for this series)

Drop-in (Per Class)

Non-Members - $20
IDP Full Members - $15
IDP Sustaining Members - $10
IDP Endowing Members - $5

(Study at Home Also Available, click here to sign up!)

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

Secular Buddhist Studies Program 

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.
 

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