In-Person: Lunar New Year Sit and Potluck for the Asian Diaspora Sangha
with Lin Wang Gordon
Friday, February 20th, 2026 | 6:30pm – 8:30pm ET
Location: New York Insight at 115 West 29th Street, 12th Floor
Join the Asian Diaspora Sangha in person to celebrate the joy of Lunar New Year.
Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is celebrated across Asia and traditionally spans 15 days. In 2026, we welcome the Year of the Horse, beginning on February 17. If you celebrate Lunar New Year, we warmly invite you to join us in honoring our ancestry and heritage and reflecting on what this holiday means to each of us. We will share in group reflection and a vegetarian potluck from 6:30–8:30 pm.
“You’re welcome to arrive anytime between 6:00–6:30pm to drop off the food and hang out. We have a full program and will begin promptly at 6:30pm.”
💛 This event is a dedicated space for those who self-identify as members of the Asian Diaspora. Families of the Asian Diaspora practitioners are welcome. We kindly ask those who do not identify as members of the Asian Diaspora community to support us from afar as we hold space for our community.
We look forward to celebrating together in joy and presence.
Registration:
Please register below. Suggested donation is $15, but whatever you offer is greatly appreciated. All proceeds will support this gathering’s teacher and New York Insight. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
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Teacher(s)
Lin Wang Gordon
Lin has dedicated over a decade to studying insight meditation (Vipassana) and has recently deepened her practice through the Tibetan Dzogchen traditions. Through her meditation journey, she discovers the transformative power of Buddhist philosophy and practices to help live a life of flow, joy, wonder, and resilience.
She graduated from Mark Coleman’s Awake in the Wild Nature Meditation Teacher Training in 2017 and is currently enrolled in the Community Dharma Leaders Program (CDL7) at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center. Lin has led nature meditation and ecodharma programs, and through New York Insight Meditation Center, co-founded the Sacred Earth Sangha, Midlife Sangha, and Asian Diaspora Sangha. She hopes to guide others in meditation to foster inner transformation and cultivate a deeper sense of purpose and belonging in everyday life.
Lin served on the Board of the New York Insight Meditation Center and the Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center. linwanggordon.com