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Join Shastri Ethan Nichtern and IDP Lineage Mentor Sharon Salzberg in this exciting online summer series. This course is only offered as part of IDP's unique Home Study program, and will provide you with everything you need to deepen and support your studies. Along with eight insightful...
  Audio Lectures are available two days following the class session.  They come in mp3 format and and may be streamed from this website, or downloaded and listened at your convenience. Interested in attending class live in NYC? Click here. Join Shastri Ethan ...
June 14, 15, 16 Friday 7-9 pm, Saturday 10-6 pm, Sunday 10-1:30 pm“Karma is popularly used to describe a sort of “divine plan" that includes its own system of punishment and reward. But the Sanskrit word karma simply means activity.  Karma is the natural, impersonal law of cause and effect."...
The Secular Buddhist Studies Program at the Interdependence Project offers a strong and accessible foundation in Buddhist meditation, psychology, philosophy, and ethics that includes multiple traditions and bodies of teaching. Composed of a diverse series of weekly courses and four...
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.” ― Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind Join us every Sunday from 3pm - 5pm for meditation instruction and sitting practice led by IDP teachers David and Heather.   Appropriate for beginners as well...
From the Tibetan Buddhist view, the emotions are workable, but we don't know how to meet them properly.  Join us for this day-long workshop, in which we will explore the Buddhist understanding of emotions and practice mindfulness exercises designed to work with them.     The workshop...
Audio Lectures are available two days following the class session.  They come in mp3 format and and may be streamed from this website, or downloaded and listened at your convenience. Interested in attending class live in NYC? Click here. The Heat is On: Making Friends with ANGER Anger is the...
Audio Lectures are available two days following the class session.  They come in mp3 format and and may be streamed from this website, or downloaded and listened at your convenience. Interested in attending class live in NYC? Click here. Eight Week Series Monday Nights 6/10 - 7/29...
Home Study for this series is free for Monthly Members.  Please email caitlin@theidproject.org to register. If you're not a Member, please consider becoming one today! Audio Lectures are available two days following the class session.  They come in mp3 format and and may be streamed from...

Featured Events

Mon, 6/10/2013, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Eight Week Series Monday Nights 6/10 - 7/29 Interested in Home Study? Click here.
Fri, 6/14/2013, 7:00pm - Sun, 6/16/2013, 1:30pm
June 14, 15, 16 Friday 7-9 pm, Saturday 10-6 pm, Sunday 10-1:30 pm“Karma is popularly used to describe a sort of “divine plan" that includes its own...
Thu, 7/11/2013, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Join Shastri Ethan Nichtern and IDP Lineage Mentor Sharon Salzberg in this exciting online summer series. This course is only offered as part of...

Blog

Adive to Graduates May 18
“Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a giant tree in the midst of them all." --...
Ecosystemic Liberation: David Loy's New Take on the Bodhisattva May 17
In the opening paragraphs of his new blog post at HuffPo, Zen teacher and author David Loy very accurately spells out the activist burnout many...
Know Your Inner Hooker: 5 Ways to Work with Shenpa May 17
We all get set off from time to time--we think, hear, see, smell or taste something that we really, really like or we really, really dislike...and...

Podcasts & Videos

What is Meditation? With Kimberly Brown and Kate Johnson Part 2 May 15
  Why do we meditate? Why don't we meditate? How does it aid mental health and well-...
What is Meditation? With Kimberly Brown and Kate Johnson Part 1 May 1
Why do we meditate? Why don't we meditate? How does it aid mental health and well-being?...
Podcast Is Guilt Necessary? Part 2 of 2 April 15
  Recorded live at IDP in NYC in February 2013, Ethan Nichtern discusses...

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