IDP Podcast

This week, the ID Project Founder Ethan Nichtern explains the Five Practices of Interdependence, and how the ID Project works to serve those practices.

Shambhala teacher David Nichtern explores the role of the emotions, the heart, and our own connection with unconditional love in this lecture on meditation practice.

The Alexander Technique is a subtle and profound technique that brings mindfulness of body to the forefront. With the tools of only body, speech and mind, the student is guided toward directed thinking and a non-doing approach, learning to recognize and transform habitual patterns of body that interfere with the innate vibrancy of the "basically good" body. Along with the transmission of a gentle non-doing touch from the teacher, the student is able to tune in to her own easeful system, connecting to the parasympathetic nervous system rather than the reactive "flight or flight" response so prevalent in our activity.

Shambhala Buddhist teacher and IDP Blogger Lodro Rinzler offers meditation, contemplation and discussion on approaching the new year with an open heart and a sound mind.

Recorded Dec. 30, 2009 in NYC

ID Project Founder Ethan Nichtern interviews David Loy, author of The Great Awakening: A Buddhist Social Theory and Money, Sex War, Karma: Notes for a Buddhist Revolution.. Their conversation touches on institutionalized greed, the effects of the media on our lives, making love to corporations, non-self and Avatar.

The Buddhist philosophical and psychological teachings include in-depth instructions on the destructive power of anger, as well as the possibility of channeling it to unvail insight and compassion. This three week series focused on an understanding of what anger is from the standpoints of Buddhist psychology and iconography, as well as the Tantric Buddhist approach to anger.

Buddhism is a path to seeing things as they are, to wisdom and compassion. Shamanism can mean many different things, but one way to describe it is the idea of sacred world, that if we relate to our world as intrinsically sacred we can harmonize our relationship with our environment and connect and work with the energies underlying the physical world.

In order to be able to do this we need to train our minds, work with our habitual patterns and learn to become completely present, which is an outcome of Buddhist meditation practice. The two need not be separate; in Tibet the shamanic path is a way to help remove obstacles to spiritual practice, and some Buddhist practices involve working with the energies of the phenomenal world. The proper motivation to undertake both a true shamanic path, and the Buddhist path, is to help others – shamanic practices will lead naturally to higher spiritual practices if they are based on compassion.

Robert Chender has been a practitioner and teacher in the Shambhala tradition for many years, and is also a student and practitioner of certain shamanic traditions, including the Munay-ki initiations of the Inca shamanic tradition.

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This week on the ID Project Podcast is a special cross-over round table discussion with Vince and Ryan from the Buddhist Geeks Podcast. IDP Founder Ethan Nichtern is joined by One City Blogger Julia May Jonas to share their “Reflections on 21st Century Dharma”.

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Intro Music courtesy of Kodomo and Five Points Records

"Confidence and vulnerability are the exact same thing." - Michael Carrol

This week on the ID Project Podcast we have Part 1 of a very lively Guest Lecture by Michael Carroll. Michael is author of Awake at Work and The Mindful Leader and speaks at length in this talk about and bringing mindfulness to the workplace. He mentions that in a Buddhist approach to livelihood Sanity, Dignity, Health and Well Being are Fundamental issues for success.

Part One Contains the main talk. Part Two contains meditation instruction as well as an intimate question and answer session.

"Let the greatness infuse every detail" - Michael Carrol

This guest lecture is underwritten by the Trust for the Meditation Process, a charitable foundation supporting contemplative practice among Christians and encouraging dialogue among all contemplative traditions.

Intro music courtesy of Kodomo and Five Points Records.