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Online: Developing (Not Destroying) the Spiritual Faculties

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Online: MWe and the Integration of Identity

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Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice

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Online: The Profound and the Profane – Bringing the Whole of Life into the Alchemy of our Practice

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Online Sacred Earth Sangha: Being a Sacred Warrior – Lessons from Standing Rock

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Online: Developing (Not Destroying) the Spiritual Faculties

with Venerable Santi

Tuesday, December 1st, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

Join us for an evening dharma talk with Buddhist Insights and Buddhist monastic Venerable Santi exploring the spiritual faculties that can propel us to deep and lasting awakening, and how these qualities can be carefully seeded, watered, and cultivated for the benefit of ourselves and all living beings.

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Online: MWe and the Integration of Identity

with Dan Siegel

Thursday, December 3rd, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET

Who you are is both an internal (Me) and an interconnected (We) self that shapes your identity and sense of belonging. But how can you be both within the body and between the body and in relationship to people and the planet? In this talk we will explore how you can combine an inner “Me” and an inter “We” to become a whole integrated self – a MWe!

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Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice

with Bart van Melik

Fridays, December 4th - December 18th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET

Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.

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Online: The Profound and the Profane – Bringing the Whole of Life into the Alchemy of our Practice

with Martin Aylward

Saturday, December 5th, 2020 from 10:00am - 1:00pm ET

Join Martin Aylward to give some close and caring attention together to life, love and letting go. We’ll invoke the radical freeness to which our practice invites us; explore how to meet and metabolise the habit patterns that get in our way, and feel our way into meeting the uncertainties and complexities of our lives more fluidly, fearlessly and freely.

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Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Booker Leslie

Tuesday, December 8th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.

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Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice

with Bart van Melik

Friday, December 11th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET

Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.

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Online Community Potluck

Friday, December 11th, 2020 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm

All are welcome! In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s online Monthly Sangha “Potluck”.

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How to Practice at a Time Like This: An Online Urban Retreat

with Narayan Liebenson

Saturday, December 12th, 2020 from 9:00am - 6:00pm ET
Sunday, December 13th, 2020 from 9:00am - 3:00pm ET

In this weekend retreat we will turn our attention to the Buddha's Brahmaviharas or the Four Beautiful Qualities of Heart; loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity. There are specific instructions and practices for cultivating each of the four Brahmaviharas, and over the course of the weekend we will practice with each one.

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How to Practice at a Time Like This: An Online Urban Retreat

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with Narayan Liebenson

Saturday, December 12th, 2020 from 9:00am - 6:00pm
Sunday, December 13th, 2020 from 9:00am - 3:00pm

In this weekend retreat we will turn our attention to the Buddha's Brahmaviharas or the Four Beautiful Qualities of Heart; loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity. There are specific instructions and practices for cultivating each of the four Brahmaviharas, and over the course of the weekend we will practice with each one.

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Online Sacred Earth Sangha: Being a Sacred Warrior – Lessons from Standing Rock

with Thanissara

Monday, December 14th, 2020 from 7:00pm-8:30pm ET

The NYI Sacred Earth Sangha is a community formed around deep practice and conscious engagement of the challenges of the climate crisis. For this session of the SES we are delighted to host Thanissara, who’s deeply engaged in activism informed by decades of Buddhist practice and teaching, her time at Standing Rock, and with Baba Mandaza Kandemwa of Zimbabwe.

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Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Amy Selzer

Tuesday, December 15th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.

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Online: Back to Basics to Strengthen Your Practice

with Bart van Melik

Friday, December 18th, 2020 from 9:00am - 10:30am ET

Step by step we’ll look at the Buddha’s teachings on welcoming ALL of our experiences - even the presence of challenging emotions. This online course will offer empowering instructions enabling us to know the immediate truth of our experience which is so worthy of our application.

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Online: Beginner’s Meditation Workshop

with Bart van Melik

Saturday, December 19th, 2020 from 10:00am - 1:00pm

This comprehensive three-hour workshop will provide fundamental instruction in insight meditation. Emphasis is placed on the practices of sitting and walking meditation and developing mindfulness in daily life.

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Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Elaine Retholtz

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.

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Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering

with Angela Dews

Tuesday, December 29th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ET

The Tuesday Dharma Gathering provides an introduction to Insight Meditation, as well as an opportunity to meditate in a supportive environment. These teacher-led gatherings offer the opportunity to meet teachers, hear a dharma talk, and participate in a dialogue about how to apply the principles of Buddhist meditation to our daily lives.

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