The Interdependence Project | Secular Buddhist Meditation and Living with Mindfulness

Announcements

2013 Annual Year-end Giving Campaign

Each year we offer over 225 classes, community programs, trainings, and other events. With a staff of only three part-time employees and a dozen volunteers, we reach over 100,000 people both locally and globally. In 2013 we increased both our online and in-person class attendance,...

Compassion Training Weekend Retreat

January 24-26, 2014Friday 7-9 pm, Saturday 10-6 pm, Sunday 10-1:30 pm Loving-kindness is a form of love that truly is an ability, and, as research scientists have shown, it can be learned. - IDP Lineage Mentor Sharon Salzberg As qualities inherent in every human being...

The Secular Buddhist Studies Program

The Secular Buddhist Studies Program (“SBSP”) at The Interdependence Project offers a comprehensive, multi-lineage Buddhist foundation, incorporating the fundamental practices of meditation, psychology, philosophy, ethics, and their application in the lives of 21st century practitioners. Composed...

Sundays - Beginner's Mind - Weekly Guided Meditation

“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...

2014 Yearlong Immersion Program with Ethan Nichtern

The application fee is waived for applications received by December 1, 2013. Application form may be downloaded at the bottom of this page. This year-long program, developed and led by Senior Teacher and Founder Ethan Nichtern, is a rigorous cycle of discipline and study of the methods and...

Study at Home - Six Week Meditation Intensive

Audio Lectures are available a few days following the class session. They're available in mp3 format and may be streamed from the website or downloaded and listened to at your convenience. Six-Week Practice-Based Series October 30 - December 18 (No Class 11/27 & 12/11) The Buddhist word...

An Evening with Venerable Robina Courtin

"According to Buddhism we all possess—innately—astonishing potential within our own being, right now, to be more happy, more wise, more loving, more kind." Ven. Robina Courtin returns to The Interdependence Project for another special teaching. Don't miss what's sure to be an inspiring...

Home Study: Essentials of Secular Buddhism - Eight Week Series

Core Teachings of Buddhist Practice, Psychology & Philosophy An Eight Week Series - January 15-March 5 Audio Lectures are available a few days following the class session in mp3 format, and may be streamed from the website or downloaded and listened to at your convenience. Buddhism is comprised...

Home Study: Finding Your Path - Six Week Series

This course is designed for students who are searching, or even struggling, to find the next steps in their Buddhist practice. We'll provide tools to establish or re-establish meditation as a sustainable and even unshakeable (really!) daily habit, while demonstrating how to develop more than simple...

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Featured Events

Friday Night Open Meditation

Fri, 12/13/2013, 6:00pm - 7:15pm

Meditate together every Friday. Facilitated by Caroline Contillo, the practice is unguided, though Caroline is available to provide instruction for...

ADVANCED IMMERSION TRAINING

Sat, 12/14/2013, 12:00pm - 6:00pm

IDP’s Advanced Immersion Training is a nine-month program designed for graduates of the Yearlong Immersion Training.

Sundays - Beginner's Mind - Weekly Guided Meditation

Sun, 12/15/2013, 3:00pm - 5:00pm

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.”― Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

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Blog

Travel and Emptiness December 11

by Marcel Votlucka

My passion for travel has ignited in the past few years; according to this fun graph, I'm a “Culture Vulture” and an “Action Addict”. Why do I travel...

Facebook’s Compassion Research Day December 10

by Gayle Van Gils

Are you as surprised as I was to realize that December 5 was the 4th Annual Compassion Research Day at Facebook? Who knew that the social...

Dharma Connect: A Day of Mindfulness Meditation Has Molecular Effects December 10

by Nancy Thompson

A new study has found specific molecular changes from a day of mindfulness meditation. Researchers believe it's the first study to find rapid...

Podcasts & Videos

Ven. Robina Courtin - Awakening our Hearts in the World - Part 2 of 2 November 16

In this special podcast, Ven. Robina Courtin, discusses how to engage our practice...

Ven. Robina Courtin - Awakening our Hearts in the World - Part 1 of 2 November 16

In this special podcast, Ven. Robina Courtin discusses how to engage our practice without...

The Practice of Ethics, Concentration, and Wisdom with Sharon Salzberg - Part 2 of 2 November 1

Recorded in May at IDP in NYC, Sharon discusses the Three Trainings of ethics,...