MAKING ROOM FOR YOURSELF – An Inquiry into the attachment of non – attachment

Welcome to Fall. The time of the year where the leaves change color, releasing from the trees, and the world begins to let go in preparation of the new arrivals that will shine forth after winter’s tender caress. It is a great time to talk about the Yogic Yama (restraint) Aparigraha. Aparigraha is a very … [Read more…]

Dreamover – A Sleepover For Grownups At The Rubin Museum Of Art

The Dream-Over, the Rubin Museum’s sleep-over for grown-ups, returns after its sold-out debut! Make the Rubin Museum the place of your dreams. Come in your bedsocks and pajamas and sleep over at the Rubin Museum beneath a work of art selected just for you. Dream under the compassionate and wakeful gaze of a hundred buddhas. … [Read more…]

Contemporary Perspectives on Buddhist Ethics at Columbia University

Contemporary Perspectives on Buddhist Ethics is a conference happening at Columbia University October 6th and 7th, 2011 in New York City. There is a focus throughout the conference on the integration of meditative (Buddhist) practice with western ideas and disciplines and the contributors will include Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Damien Keown, and Robert Thurman. The homepage of … [Read more…]