Weds Night Series: Living with Sanity in an Insane World: The Power of Mindfulness

 

The world in 2012 can feel speedy and chaotic, out of balance -- particularly in the throes of a presidential campaign.    Many of our social customs are based on self-interest and consumerism, but Buddhist teachings offer another option -- interdependent awareness and compassionate living.   Using the framework of the Eightfold Path, we'll explore what it means to live ethically and sanely in confused and confusing times.  Tibetan Buddhist teacher Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche described our original nature or buddha-nature or basic goodness as "the sanity we were born with."   Can we manifest sanity in what seems like an insane world?  

 

Week 1 - Confusion and Sanity

Week 2 - The Thoughts That Bring the Deeds

Week 3 - The Ethics of Empowerment

Week 4 - Enlightened Speech

Week 5 - Buddha's Career Advice

Week 6 - Exerting with Precision

Week 8 - Living in Interdependence

 

Kimberly Brown studies in the traditions of Tibetan and American Buddhism, is a member and teacher at the IDP, and a graduate of the year-long IDP Teacher Training program.  She practices Kriya Yoga with Alan Finger, and is learning Healing Touch, an energy medicine technique which she offers to cancer patients in Manhattan.  Kimberly has degrees in physics and literature, and spent several years in post-graduate training as a psychodynamic psychotherapist. 

 

Ven. Lawrence Dō'an Grecco is a Zen monk, Dharma Teacher and Life Coach. He received authorization as a dharma teacher from the Interdependence Project, and holds a certificate in Foundations in Buddhist Chaplaincy from the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care. Lawrence was ordained by the Five Mountain Zen Order and is a student of Ven. Paul Yuánzhì Lynch, the Founder and Guiding Teacher of Five Mountain. He is also the Vice-Abbot of the Five Mountain Zen Order and writes for Sweeping Zen, The Interdependence Project, and Open Sky Zen. He is the Founding Director of Open Sky Zen Meditation & Buddhist Studies Group, which meets regularly at the New York Insight Meditation Center, and the facilitator of Queer Sangha, which meets at the Interdependence Project in Manhattan.

Payment Options

For IDP's Wednesday Night Classes we offer "pay what you can" pricing for drop-in students, and pre-registration options for students who wish to take the series as a whole.   (Note: If you plan to take the class for credit in the Secular Buddhist Studies program, you must pre-register for the series.)

If you are interested in making a donation of service in exchange for classes, you can read more about our Work-Study program and contact Marisa@theidproject.org with any questions.
 

Times Square Meditator  image taken by Catilin Bailey.

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