In-Person and Online: Discover Your Love and Be a Force for Good – Embodying the Brahma Viharas
with Kimberly Brown
Saturday, March 30th, 2024 | 10:00am – 1:00pm ET
In Person Location: The Balance Arts Center at 51 W 30th St 3rd floor, New York, NY
Much of the inequity and harm that humans cause results from loving selectively, picking and choosing who deserves love and who doesn’t. Thus, one path to foster greater altruism, cooperation and societal harmony in the world is to follow the Buddha’s teaching to love indiscriminately and boundlessly. This is especially true today, in a time of increased divisions and violence.
This workshop is designed to help you develop your capacity to love, so that you can be a force for good in the world. We will explore the “divine abodes”—lovingkindness, compassion, appreciative joy, and equanimity—as forms of love that can guide our thoughts, speech, and behavior, so that we can create happier relationships, make wiser decisions, and take beneficial actions for all. We will learn how to recognize and develop our inherent capacities for love, and notice the obstacles and limiting beliefs that prevent us from opening the heart. And we will connect those capacities of the heart to taking skillful actions for ourselves and the world.
This program will have periods of discussion, Q&A, and guided meditation. No experience is necessary. Beginners and experienced meditators are welcome.
In-Person Registration:
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Online Registration:
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Registration Fees include Teacher Support
New York Insight Meditation Center has streamlined the registration fee levels. Members of our Circle of Friends are eligible to receive 20% off of the Sustaining Rate via a code provided in the email confirming membership, which you can enter after clicking the Sustaining Level registration.
*Benefactor Level: Supports NYI’s ability to offer the Subsidized Base.
**Sustaining Level: This level reflects the actual costs to support this program. Circle of Friends members eligible for 20% discount with code. Click here to join.
***Subsidized Base: Made possible by the generosity of Benefactor Level above and other donations to ensure participation by those requiring financial assistance.
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Teacher(s)
Kimberly Brown
Kimberly Brown is a meditation teacher, Buddhist student, and author. Her work emphasizes the power of love and compassion to transform and heal ourselves and the world. Her books “Steady, Calm, and Brave” and “Navigating Grief and Loss” are both published by Prometheus Books. She works with individuals and groups. You can learn more about Kimberly and her work at www.meditationwithheart.com.