“If a bodhisattva realizes the ultimate selflessness of all beings, how do they generate the great love and compassion towards them?” –Vimalakirti Sutra. Misunderstanding the teachings and truth of emptiness can lead to apathy, despair
The early Buddhist teaching on emptiness can be understood based on the Buddha’s teaching on non-self and dependent origination. However, if everything is empty, then who is socially engaged? How can we be socially engaged
Date: Friday, January 10, 1:00 – 6:00 pm; Saturday, January 11, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Instructor: Nanette Walsh RSVP: Registration is now closed The Alexander Technique is a moment-to-moment practice of releasing unhelpful habits
Date: Friday, January 31, 1:00 – 6:00 pm; Saturday, February 1, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Instructor: Donna Schaper RSVP: This event is sold out This course teaches queer and non-binary theology of sacred sites.
The Thích Nhất Hạnh Program for Engaged Buddhism invites you to join us for our monthly Dharma Talk Series: Emptiness and Social Action. Over the course of nine months, a wide array of Buddhist teachers
Date: Friday, February 7, 7am; Saturday, February 8, 6pm Instructor: Charon Hribar RSVP: This course is sold out While Democrats have championed the middle class and Republicans have promoted tax cuts and corporate welfare, poor
Date: Friday, February 14, 1:00 – 6:00 pm; Saturday, February 15, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Instructors:Michael Cooper-White & Robin Reese RSVP: https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/communications-is-critical Communication is essential in any organization that has a will to flourish
Date: Friday, February 21, 1:00 – 6:00 pm; Saturday, February 22, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Instructor: Anna Olson RSVP: https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/context-is-everything How does a struggling local church invite its community to cast a vision for
“Compassion can be as simple as having a wish to see the other person relieved from suffering, but in order for that compassion to be altruistic there needs to be an urge on your part,
“Compassion is a natural human quality. Compassion training, helps us make it more conscious so that when we are confronted with a certain situation, that is the part of our motivation system that we will
Date: Friday, February 28, 1:00 – 6:00 pm; Saturday, February 29, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Instructor: Karenna Gore RSVP: SOLD OUT We are living in a time of both unprecedented ecological destruction and increasing
Date: Friday, March 6, 1:00 – 6:00 pm; Saturday, March 7, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Instructor: Shanté Paradigm Smalls RSVP: Sold Out In Tibetan Buddhism, especially in the Nyingma and Kagyu Schools, there is
In light of evolving information about COVID-19 and out of an abundance of caution, we are canceling this event. Based on recommendations from public health officials, all non-essential events of more than 25 people on
In light of evolving information about COVID-19 and out of an abundance of caution, we are canceling this event. Based on recommendations from public health officials, all non-essential events of more than 25 people on
In light of evolving information about COVID-19 and out of an abundance of caution, we are canceling this event. Based on recommendations from public health officials, all non-essential events of more than 25 people on
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