Online: Right View, Wise View, Beautiful View, No View
with Jon Aaron
Thursdays, October 1st – November 5th, 2020 | 10:00am – 12:00pm ET
This very first factor of the Noble Eightfold Path, Right View (Samma Ditthi) is crucial for both our individual and societal awakening. It propels us onto the path, and helps us to return to the practice and to clarity when we stray.
Right view starts with the simple understanding of how to live a wholesome life, and then becomes a direct seeing into the three qualities of existence—dukkha, anicca, and anatta, followed by the embodied knowing of these qualities. How do we then live from this place?
How do we move from a vision to sustainable transformation? How do we integrate Right View into our lives, and impact the world around us? In this six-week course we will take a deep dive into Samma-Ditthi, considering various suttas and their interpretations, and how this aspect of the Dharma evolved in later Buddhist traditions.
Each class will involve guided meditation, a dharma talk and discussion.
Participants should have completed at least an Insight 101/ beginner class and have a basic understanding of the Four Noble Truths.
Registration:
Please register at the highest level that your generosity offers.
Explanations of levels follow below.
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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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If you are unable to pay the Subsidized Base Fee, you can learn about volunteering to offer work exchange and letting us know how much you are able to pay for this program by emailing registration@nyimc.org.
Teacher(s)
Jon Aaron
Jon has been a teacher at NYI since 2006. His principal dharma teachers have been Matthew Flickstein of The Forest Way and Kittisaro and Thanissara of The Sacred Mountain Sangha. He is a Certified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher and Teacher Trainer and has taught over 100 cycles of the seminal curriculum. He leads retreats in the US and in Europe. He is the co-guiding teacher of the Makom Meditation Havurah program at the Jewish Community Center. He is a certified Somatic Experience Practitioner® and an Accredited teacher of Mindfulness for Heath from Breathworks in the UK. Jon is a co-founder of the MBSR Teachers Collaborative of Greater New York, and a founding member of the Global Mindfulness Collaborative. Recently with his partner Upayadhi, he established Space2Meditate.