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January 2019
Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Peter Doobinin
Tuesday, January 8, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pmThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and dialogue to address practice issues. Find out more
The Art of Mindful Communication: Right Speech in a Post-Truth World
with Oren Jay Sofer
Friday, January 11th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pmJoin author and meditation teacher Oren Jay Sofer for this exploration of how our contemplative practice provides a foundation for bringing more compassion, clarity, and connection into our speech and relationships. Find out more
Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Elaine Retholtz and Lani Miller
Tuesday, January 15th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pmThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and dialogue to address practice issues. Find out more
Monthly Community Potluck
Friday, January 18th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm
All are welcome! In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s Monthly Sangha Potluck. Please bring a vegetarian or vegan offering to add to our shared meal.
MLK Evening – People of Color and Allies
with Karen G. Williams and Peace Twesigye
Monday, January 21st, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pmJoin us for a special POC + Allies sit on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in which we remember the legacy of MLK. Find out more
The Magnanimous Heart: Compassion and Love, Loss and Grief, Joy and Liberation
with Narayan Helen Liebenson
Friday, January 25th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pmSaturday, January 26th, 2019 from 10:00am-4:00pm
Join teacher and author Narayan Helen Liebenson for a workshop on how to live from a compassionate love that guides our lives and warms whatever it shines upon. With metta and compassion as companions and allies, we will discover how our own magnanimous hearts can gently allow our inner knots to untie themselves. Find out more
February 2019
Community Town Hall Meeting
Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
New York Insight staff, teachers, and board directors invite you to join us for a Town Hall Meeting to welcome our new Executive Director and share exciting news about recent developments at NYI. Most importantly, this evening, open to all, is an opportunity to share your thoughts about how NYI can support your practice and better serve as your spiritual home.
Movie Night at NY Insight: Changing Minds at Concord High School
with Susan Weiser Finley & Tracy Dennis-Tiwary
Friday, February 22nd, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pmJoin us for a film night at New York Insight where we will take an in depth look at how mindfulness in schools is changing the lives of young people and creating a breath of fresh air in their lives. We will screen this short film and include a lively conversation with the film's director and a professor in the Psychology Department of Hunter College. Find out more
March 2019
Compulsive Thinking, Concentration & Equanimity
with Matthew Brensilver
Friday, March 8th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pmThis evening will explore the process through which the mind comes to rest and how concentration and equanimity reinforce each other. We will cultivate a deeper understanding of ourselves and make space for the heart to respond with joy and compassion. Find out more
Monthly Community Potluck
Friday, March 15th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm
All are welcome! In the warm spirit of Sangha, please join us for New York Insight’s Monthly Sangha Potluck. Please bring a vegetarian or vegan offering to add to our shared meal.
AWARE: The Science and Practice of Presence
with Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.
Monday, March 18th, 2019 from 7:00pm – 9:00pmat Middle Collegiate Church
Come join Daniel Siegel in this exploration of well-being in our lives! We’ll dive deeply into the nature of presence, and how learning a reflective practice can build the mental skills of focused attention, open awareness, and kind intention that cultivate important aspects of social, psychological, and physiological flourishing. Find out more
April 2019
Faith: A Buddhist Perspective
with Sharon Salzberg and Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel
Friday, April 26th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm Saturday, April 27th, 2019 from 10:00am - 5:00pmIn this weekend program, we will explore a different sense of faith. We will discuss how it can connect us to a deeper place of strength within us and to a bigger picture of life. This type of faith increases confidence, openness, and our ability to recognize something outside of our immediate circumstances as describing who we are. Find out more
May 2019
Race, Unconscious Bias & Mindfulness
with Sebene Selassie
Friday, May 10th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pmDuring this evening we will explore how mindfulness and the teachings of Buddhism can help us bring awareness and clarity to the constructs & biases around race that exist in society and within each of us (either as external racism or as internalized oppression), so that we can live with more love, wisdom and compassion. Find out more
Finding Ourselves and Losing Ourselves
with Dr. Stephen Fulder
Friday, May 24th, 2019 from 6:30pm to 9:00pmAs we move out of automatic living and start to question and explore who or what we are, we open a Pandora's Box and our life can get dramatically more deep and interesting, and sometimes more disturbing. We find ourselves in a world of paradox, mystery, and yet unimagined freedom. Find out more
Spiritual Bypassing: When We Do Not Want to Look Honestly
with Bhante Sukhacitto
Friday, May 31st, 2019 from 7:00pm to 9:00pmJoin Theravadan monk Bhante Sukhacitto for an evening exploring how can we use meditation practice to integrate meditation and insight more fully into our lives, instead of using it as a way to escape our problems and challenges in order to experience quiet and peace. Find out more
June 2019
The Healing Power Of Refuge
with Lani Miller and Harpist Pamela Bruce
Friday, June 7th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pmOn this evening we will explore both the theme and experience of refuge. In these challenging times, remembering that finding and taking refuge is really possible can offer us comfort, support, and strength in our lives. Find out more
Still, in the City: A Circle of Friends Member Event
Monday, June 24th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Please join us for a special evening free to members and those signing up to be members. Still, in the City: Creating Peace of Mind in the Midst of Urban Chaos, is a collection of stories and essays about taking practice off the cushion and into our days, our homes, offices, the park, the streets. This is the fierce practice of Urban Buddhism which makes the practice of Buddhism real.
The Way of Effortless Mindfulness Book Talk
with Loch Kelly
Friday, June 28th, 2019 from 7:00pm – 9:00pmIn this evening discussion and book talk for his new book, The Way of Effortless Mindfulness, Loch Kelly teaches how you can “unhook” awareness from chattering thoughts, and access a peaceful mind and a naturally embodied wakefulness. Find out more
July 2019
Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Brian Simmons and Amy Selzer
Tuesday, July 16th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pmThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and dialogue to address practice issues. Find out more
Spiritual Bypass and the War on Emotion
with Dave Smith
Monday, July 29th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pmIn this evening talk visiting teacher Dave Smith will discuss spiritual bypassing and how our practice can be used to understand and heal emotional suffering. Find out more
September 2019
Right Action in the Anthropocene: A Buddhist Response to Global Warming
with Bhikkhu Bodhi and Guests
Friday, September 6th, 2019 from 7pm - 9pmSaturday, September 7th, 2019 from 10am - 5pm
Join us for this important event as we explore the causes and conditions that have brought us to the climate crisis, the dukkha of extinction and human suffering, and the solutions that we can bring to bear in this critical time of our world. Find out more
Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Janusz Welin and Amy Selzer
Tuesday, September 17th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pmThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, hear a Dharma talk and discuss practice. Find out more
Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Karen Williams and Angela Dews
Tuesday, September 24th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pmThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, hear a Dharma talk and discuss practice Find out more
The True Promise of Mindfulness
with Mark Coleman
Wednesday, September 25th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pmIn this evening talk, Mark will lead brief mediations and explore the aspects of his new book From Suffering to Peace – The True Promise of Mindfulness to help practitioners, of all kinds, access and benefit from the "true promise of mindfulness". Find out more
The Way of Effortless Mindfulness
with Loch Kelly
Friday, September 27th, 2019 from 7:00pm – 9:00pmThis evening of meditation and book signing is based on Loch Kelly’s new book, The Way of Effortless Mindfulness. Meditation is often taught in two stages. The first is deliberate mindfulness, which includes one-pointed focus and nonjudgmentally observing the changing contents of our mind and body. The second practice is called effortless mindfulness, not because no initial effort is made, but because of the discovery of an awareness that is already awake and able to focus effortlessly. Find out more
Insight and Resilience in Times of Change
with Oren Jay Sofer
Monday, September 30th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pmJoin author and meditation teacher Oren Jay Sofer for this evening of practice, contemplation, and reflection on how can our spiritual practice be a source of healing and guidance in troubled times. Find out more
October 2019
Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Jon Aaron and Janusz Welin
Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pmThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, hear a Dharma talk and discuss practice. Find out more
Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Bart van Melik and Janusz Welin
Tuesday, October 8th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pmThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, hear a Dharma talk and discuss practice. Find out more
Cultivating Awareness + Wisdom
with Alexis Santos
Friday, October 11th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pmAwareness and wisdom are qualities of mind that together provide the ingredients for clear seeing and compassion to arise. This evening of meditation and discussion will explore how to cultivate these essential qualities. Find out more
Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Elaine Retholtz and Amy Selzer
Tuesday, October 15th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pmThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, hear a Dharma talk and discuss practice. Find out more
Merging Disciplines: Meditation and Psychotherapy
with Mark Epstein, MD
Wednesday, October 16th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pmJoin acclaimed psychiatrist and author Mark Epstein for a discussion about the relationship of Buddhism and psychotherapy. Find out more
Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Lani Miller and Gary Singer
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pmThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, hear a Dharma talk and discuss practice. Find out more
Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Elaine Retholtz and Gary Singer
Tuesday, October 29th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pmThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, hear a Dharma talk and discuss practice. Find out more
November 2019
Exploring Peace in Our Hearts
with Nina Wise
Friday, November 1st, 2019 from 7:00pm to 9:00pmDuring these troubled times when we are witnessing so much polarization, fear and hatred in our world, this is a time to come together to experience the peace that lies at the heart of our being. Find out more
Seven Stages of the Spiritual Journey
with Donald Rothberg
Friday November 15th, 2019 from 7:00pm - 9:00pmIn this evening talk, we will examine the seven stages of the spiritual journey, starting with taking life for granted, being caught up in habitual and conditioned mind and behavior, and ending with (some degree of) awakening and then re-entering the “ordinary” world, often bringing gifts from the journey. Find out more
Creativity, Spirituality & Making a Buck
with David Nichtern
Monday November, 18th, 2019 from 7:00pm to 9:00pmJoin David Nichtern, a four-time Emmy award-winning and two-time Grammy-nominated composer-guitarist-producer, entrepreneur and Senior Buddhist teacher for an evening exploring how to integrate the creative process with our spiritual practice and livelihood. Find out more
Buddhist Teachings for the Natural World
with David Loy
Friday, November 22nd, 2019 from 7:00pm to 9:00pmThe evening will focus on three aspects: practice in the natural world, a curious parallel between our usual individual predicament and our current collective predicament, and the new ecosattva path. Find out more
December 2019
Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Jon Aaron and Elaine Retholtz
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pmThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, hear a Dharma talk and discuss practice. Find out more
An Evening with Joseph Goldstein and Dan Harris: Staying Sane in a Crazy World
Thursday, December 5th, 2019 | 7:00pm - 9:00pm
at Marble Collegiate Church
Join beloved meditation teacher Joseph Goldstein as he’s interviewed by Dan Harris, ABC anchorman and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller “10% Happier”.
Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Amy Selzer and Gary Singer
Tuesday, December 10th, 2019 from 7:00pm-9:00pmThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity for the Sangha to meet with NYI teachers for meditation, hear a Dharma talk and discuss practice. Find out more
Death and the Poignancy of Life
with Matthew Brensilver
Tuesday, December 17th, 2019 from 7pm – 9pmIn this evening program, we’ll consider the way death can harden or soften our heart – and how dharma practice might lead us to a life that feels complete. Find out more
Mindful New Year’s Eve Gathering
with Jon Aaron, Brian Simmons, Lani Miller and Upayadhi (Savanna) Luraschi as 'Chant Leader'
Tuesday, December 31st, 2019 from 8:00pm-12:30amJoin us for New Year's Eve as we come together in reflection and celebration, in compassionate community, to welcome the New Year. Find out more
January 2020
Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Elaine Retholtz and Gary Singer
Tuesday, January 7th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pmThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Amy Selzer and Brian Simmons
Tuesday, January 14th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pmThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
MLK Evening – People of Color and Allies
with Angela Dews
Monday, January 20th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pmJoin us for a special POC + Allies sit on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in which we remember the legacy of MLK. Find out more
Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Jon Aaron and Lani Miller
Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pmThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Angela Dews and Brian Simmons
Tuesday, January 28th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pmThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
February 2020
Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Bart van Melik and Lani Miller
Tuesday, February 4th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pmThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Tuesday Dharma Gathering
Angela Dews and Gary Singer
Tuesday, February 11th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pmThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Jon Aaron and Elaine Retholtz
Tuesday, February 18th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pmThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Amy Selzer and Brian Simmons
Tuesday, February 25th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pmThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Community Town Hall Meeting
Wednesday, February 26th, 2020 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
New York Insight staff, teachers, and board directors invite you to join us for a Town Hall Meeting to share news about the new opportunities, challenges and transitions we will be facing in 2020. Most importantly, this evening, open to all, is an opportunity to share your thoughts about how NYI can support your practice and better serve as your spiritual home.
March 2020
Tuesday Dharma Gathering
Bart van Melik and Angela Dews
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pmThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Tuesday Dharma Gathering
Amy Selzer and Brian Simmons
Tuesday, March 10th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pmThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Now Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering
Jon Aaron and Lani Miller
Tuesday, March 17th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ETThese teacher-led sittings provide an online opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Now Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Elaine Retholtz and Brian Simmons
Tuesday, March 24th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm, ETThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Now Online: How Mindfulness Is and Is Not a Psychotherapy
with Matthew Brensilver
Friday, March 27th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETIn what ways does mindfulness practice function as a kind of ‘self-psychotherapy’? In what ways is practice entirely unlike psychotherapy? During our evening together, we’ll explore how the mindfulness overlaps with the healing we might find in psychotherapy. Find out more
Now Online: Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Bart van Melik
Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm, ETThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
April 2020
Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Booker Leslie
Tuesday, April 7th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ESTThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Jon Aaron
Tuesday, April 14th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ETThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Now Online: Real Change – Mindfulness to Heal Ourselves and the World
A NYI Member Event with Sharon Salzberg
Friday, April 17th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETThis evening will be a unique opportunity to get teachings from Sharon’s newest book, Real Change: Mindfulness to Heal Ourselves and the World, to be published September 2020. Find out more
Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Angela Dews
Tuesday, April 21st, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ETThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Brian Simmons
Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ETThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
May 2020
Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Bart van Melik
Tuesday, May 5th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ETThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Now Online: Together Under the Bodhi Tree – A Short Course on the Buddha’s Teachings
with Bart van Melik
Wednesdays, May 6th - May 27th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pmOver the course of four evenings we will use Dharma Contemplation as a relational meditation practice enabling us to enter into the Buddha’s teachings in a profound way by revealing many layers of meaning. Find out more
Now Online: Neurodharma – Science, Wisdom, and the Highest Happiness
with Rick Hanson
Friday, May 8th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ETJoin Rick Hanson for an evening discussing his groundbreaking yet practical new book, Neurodharma. In it, he offers a bold yet plausible plan for reverse-engineering peak experiences, sense of oneness, and the heights of human possibilities. Find out more
Now Online: Words of Awakening – An Evening of Poetry and Teachings from the Early Buddhist Nuns
with Ayya Anandabodhi
Tuesday, May 12th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETJoin Ayya Anandabodhi for an online evening of poetry and teachings from the new poetry collection, "The First Free Women" featuring verses of Awakening from the Early Buddhist nuns. Find out more
Now Online: Together Under the Bodhi Tree – A Short Course on the Buddha’s Teachings
with Bart van Melik
Wednesdays, May 13th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pmOver the course of four evenings we will contemplate the Buddha’s teachings on Awareness, Nature, and Community. Find out more
Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Lani Miller and Jon Aaron
Tuesday, May 19th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ETThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Now Online: Together Under the Bodhi Tree – A Short Course on the Buddha’s Teachings
with Bart van Melik
Wednesdays, May 20th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pmOver the course of four evenings we will contemplate the Buddha’s teachings on Awareness, Nature, and Community. Find out more
Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Leslie Booker
Tuesday, May 26th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ETThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Now Online: Together Under the Bodhi Tree – A Short Course on the Buddha’s Teachings
with Bart van Melik
Wednesdays, May 27th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pmOver the course of four evenings we will contemplate the Buddha’s teachings on Awareness, Nature, and Community. Find out more
June 2020
Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Jon Aaron
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ETThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Now Online: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course
with Katherine Marx
Orientation: Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020 | 6:30pm - 9:00pm ETCourse: Wednesdays, June 10th - July 29th, 2020 | 6:30pm - 9:00pm ET
MBSR has helped thousands of people decrease the effects of stress in their lives, allowing them to reduce the symptoms of both physical and psychological problems, and to live their lives with more ease, vitality, and enjoyment. Find out more
Now Online: Free At Last – Identifying Our Suffering Around Race
with DaRa Williams and Karen Williams
Saturday, June 6th, 2020 from 10:00am - 4:30pmIn this workshop open to all self-identified People of Color, we will create connection and build sangha in order to explore our individual and group level relationships to systems of oppression. We will also explore how we can integrate wisdom from the Dharma with contemplative practice to find freedom from pain and suffering. Find out more
Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Leslie Booker
Tuesday, June 9th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ETThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Gary Singer
Tuesday, June 16th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ETThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Now Online: A Meditator’s Practical Guide to Daily Life
with Jon Aaron
Wednesdays, June 17th - July 22nd, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETYou’ve learned to meditate and started to develop a daily practice and perhaps are wondering “now what”? If so, this course is for you. Each session in this online, four-week class will include meditation and discussion of how we bring our meditation practices to life and life to our practice. Find out more
Now Online: Exploring the Paramis as a Practice of Liberation
with Leslie Booker
Thursdays, June 18th - July 9th, 2020 from 6:00pm - 7:30pm ETJoin Booker for a four-part online course exploring the Buddhist teachings on the paramis, 10 enlightened qualities that can help us realize our full potential, bringing the highest benefit to ourselves and others. Find out more
Now Online: Born This Way – The Liberating Practice of Self-Acceptance
with La Sarmiento
Monday, June 22nd, 2020 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm, ETFor this online gathering in the month of Pride, La Sarmiento will share their journey from assimilation to liberation through the teachings and practices of the Buddha. Through guided meditation, mindful movement, chanting, small and large group sharing, and song, may we know and trust our rainbow-infused buddhanature and share it with the world for the liberation of all beings! This Insight Out LGBTQI Sangha evening sit is open to all. Find out more
Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Amy Selzer
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020 | 7:00pm-9:00pm ETThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Janusz Welin
Tuesday, June 30th, 2020 | 7:00pm-9:00pm ETThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
July 2020
Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Leslie Booker
Tuesday, July 7th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ETThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Now Online: Surprised by Joy
with Bhante Suddhaso
Tuesday, July 14th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETBuddhist teacher Bhante Suddhaso will give an online talk about the joy that comes through cultivating faith in Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha and how that joy serves as a basis for deepening Samadhi and Vipassana. Find out more
Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Angela Dews
Tuesday, July 21st, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ETThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Gary Singer
Tuesday, July 28th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ETThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
August 2020
Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Gary Singer
Tuesday, August 4th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ETThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Elaine Retholtz
Tuesday, August 11th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ETThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Online: Belonging and Change
with Sebene Selassie and Sharon Salzberg
Wednesday, August 19th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETJoin Sebene Selassie and Sharon Salzberg as they come together for an online discussion on the themes of each of their forthcoming books, "You Belong" and "Real Change". Find out more
Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Amy Selzer
Tuesday, August 25th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ETThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Online: Emotional Resilience in the Age of Rage, Feels, and Freak Outs
with Ralph De La Rosa
Friday, August 28th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETJoin author, meditation teacher, and psychotherapist Ralph De La Rosa for a celebration of his timely new book, Don’t Tell Me to Relax: Emotional Resilience in the Age of Rage Feels and Freak Outs. Find out more
September 2020
Online: Dispelling Delusion
with Ayya Soma
Tuesday, September 1st, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETJoin Buddhist monk Ayya Soma for an online talk about the ways we can ensure our practice of the Dhamma is geared towards undoing ignorance. After a guided meditation and talk, we will leave space for Q&A and discussion. Find out more
NYI Sacred Earth Sangha Presents: An Online Evening with Environmentalist Charles Eisenstein
Monday, September 14th, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
Join us for an online evening with one of the most important voices on climate today, renowned author and environmentalist, Charles Eisenstein.
Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Lani Miller
Tuesday, September 15th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ETThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Elaine Retholtz
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ETThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Amy Selzer
Tuesday, September 29th, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ETThese teacher-led sittings provide an opportunity to meet online with the NYI community and teachers for meditation, a Dharma talk and discussion. Find out more
November 2020
Online: Living a Principled Life
with Bhante Pamutto
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETHow do we stay on the path through the ups and downs of life? Bhante Pamutto will discuss the Eightfold Path not just as a blueprint for liberation, but a description of the stable core to a life that is beautiful from beginning to end. Find out more
December 2020
Online: Developing (Not Destroying) the Spiritual Faculties
with Venerable Santi
Tuesday, December 1st, 2020 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ETJoin 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. Find out more
Online Sacred Earth Sangha: Being a Sacred Warrior – Lessons from Standing Rock
with Thanissara
Monday, December 14th, 2020 from 7:00pm-8:30pm ETThe 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. Find out more
Online Tuesday Dharma Gathering
with Elaine Retholtz
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 from 7:00pm-9:00pm ETThe 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. Find out more
January 2021
Online: A Journey Inward and Finding Refuge
with Tuere Sala
Sunday, January 10th, 2021 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm ETThe journey inward towards awakening asks more of us than force of will. It is a gradual unfolding of understanding and equanimity. This evening will be both an introduction and an exploration into what is possible when we find a genuine refuge. Find out more
Online Sacred Earth Sangha: The Promise and Power of Faith-Led Environmental Movements
with Dekila Chungyalpa
Monday, January 11th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm ETJoin us for a rare evening to learn from activist Dekila Chungyalpa's breadth and depth of knowledge from the frontline of climate crisis, and the wisdom of how we embody compassion as we engage in this work. Find out more