BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//New York Insight Meditation Center - ECPv6.3.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:New York Insight Meditation Center X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.nyimc.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for New York Insight Meditation Center REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190223T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190223T170000 DTSTAMP:20240328T162530 CREATED:20190110T033718Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190130T223604Z UID:32895-1550916000-1550941200@www.nyimc.org SUMMARY:Who’s Afraid of Jhana? The Perplexed Buddhist’s Guide to Meditative Absorption DESCRIPTION:Who’s Afraid of Jhana? The Perplexed Buddhist’s Guide to Meditative Absorption\n \nwith Bodhipaksa\n \nSaturday\, February 23rd\, 2019 | 10:00am – 5:00pm\n \n\n \nJhana\, or meditative absorption\, is traditionally regarded as a crucial part of Buddhist practice. “This is the path to Awakening\,” were the Buddha’s words\, shortly before his Enlightenment as he remembered a childhood experience of meditative absorption. The calmness\, the vibrant embodied pleasure\, and the heart-felt joy of jhana are described over and over again in the scriptures. And yet few people believe in their capacity to experience these states\, and assume that it can only happen on months-long retreats—and perhaps only for other people! \nBut what if it’s not hard? What if it’s all a matter of knowing how? What if it’s just a question of bringing together a few relatively simple approaches to meditation that lead\, step-by-step\, toward a state of deep\, easeful joy? \nOn this day-long workshop Bodhipaksa will introduce a three-stage approach to meditation that he’s developed in over the last 20 years\, helping us to calm the mind\, to enter deeply into a relaxed yet vibrant experience of the body\, and to bring joy to the heart. As we follow this path we’ll start to see how it is that jhana is a basis for insight\, and why the Buddha recognized that jhana is the path to Awakening. \nBodhipaksa can’t guarantee that you’ll have a jhanic experience on the retreat\, but he is confident you’ll notice a distinct shift in that direction\, and that you’ll come away with the tools to take you the rest of the way. \nRegistration:\n \nThe registration fee includes teacher support. If you wish to give more in addition to the registration fee\, the total (registration fees and additional contributions) will be shared between NYI and the teacher(s). \nNote About Registration:\nIf you have questions about your registration (cancellation policy\, membership discount\, email confirmation\, etc.)\, please read our FAQs. If your question is not addressed in the FAQs\, please email registration@nyimc.org. \nNew York Insight Meditation Center is offering a new structure for registration. Members receive 15% off of the Sustaining Rate via a code provided in the membership email confirmation. \nNYI is committed to ensuring that our programs are available to all\, regardless of ability to pay. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. No financial assistance application is needed when registering for a program. \nWe offer new sliding scale fees\, and ask that you choose the highest fee you are able to afford based on your financial means. The Sustaining rate represents the actual program operating cost. If you can afford this level or higher\, you assist our efforts to offer reduced rates and support ongoing financial assistance. If you are unable to pay the Base Fee\, you can set up a payment plan or let us know how much you are able to pay at this time by emailing registration@nyimc.org. \n  \nAbout Amit Primor View all posts by Amit Primor URL:https://www.nyimc.org/event/whos-afraid-of-jhana-the-perplexed-buddhists-guide-to-meditative-absorption/ LOCATION:New York Insight Meditation Center\, Please inquire at registration@nyimc.org\, New York\, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Daylong Programs,Daylong Retreats ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.nyimc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Buddha.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR