In-Person and Online: Classical Buddhist Practice – A Daylong Retreat
with Andrew Olendzki
Saturday, April 12th, 2025 | 10:00am – 5:00pm ET
In-Person Location: New York Insight at 115 West 29th Street, 12th Floor
As meditation has become more mainstream, it has often been stripped of its Buddhist context to make it more widely accessible. While this shift has led to its widespread popularity, it has also come at a cost—leaving behind essential aspects of the practice.
In this daylong program, renowned Buddhist scholar and teacher Andrew Olendzki, creator of the classical meditation app BuddhaWord, explores the differences between traditional and contemporary approaches to meditation. Drawing from the Pali Canon, he will illuminate key insights from the historical Buddha that can deepen and clarify our understanding of meditation today.
The workshop includes lectures, discussions, Q&A, and guided and unguided meditation sessions. Open to both beginners and experienced practitioners.
In-Person Registration:
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Volunteering
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Teacher(s)
Andrew Olendzki
Andrew Olendzki is currently a professor at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is the chair of its pioneering graduate program in Mindfulness Studies. Trained as a Buddhist scholar in both Sanskrit and Pali textual studies, he has also been a lifelong practitioner, serving as the first executive director of the Insight Meditation Society and then at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies for more than two decades. He has created a number of online learning programs, including the Integrated Dharma Program and the daily DhammaWheel (with Tricycle magazine); most recently he has developed BuddhaWord, an online meditation app based on the texts of the Pali Canon. He has published extensively, including the books Unlimiting Mind (Wisdom 2010) and Untangling Self (Wisdom 2016).