The Interdependence Project : 21st Century Buddhism: Recent Episodes
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21st Century Buddhism, The IDP Podcast, features weekly lectures and discussions by IDP Teachers, Interviews with well known authors and personalities and artful explorations of Buddhist teachings in the form of sound collages, and spoken word pieces. Recent Guest Lectures have included Reverend Billy, Simran Sethi, Sharon Salzberg, Brad Warner, Susan Piver, Sera Beak, David Nichtern, Arawana Hayashi, Daniel Goleman, Eric Spiegel, Dr. Miles Neale, Elizabeth Reid, Gina Sharpe, Chas DiCapua, Colin Beaven, Darren Littlejohn, Kyabgon Phakchok Rinpoche, Jonathan Kaplan, Acharya Adam Lobel, Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown, Susan Piver, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Lodro Rinzler, Phil Richman, Lara Adler, Michael Stone, Joseph Mauricio, Tomas Sander, Koshin Paley Ellison, Spring Washam, Pilar Jennings, Alan Senauke, Acharya Fleet Maull, Natalie Goldberg, Ari Pliskin, Sarah Weintraub, Gina Sharpe, Andy Karr, Kinloch C Walpole, Nicola Amadora, Martine Batchelor, Stuart Moody, Beth Terry, Gil Fronsdal, Tiffany Shlain, Jennifer Fox, Robert Chodo Campbell, Konchok Yangphel, Fred Cooper, Robina Courtin, Joseph Loizzo and Nancy Thompson, Sokuzan Bob Brown
Following up on his conversation with Ed Catmull, co-founder of Pixar, IDP Board Chair Tarikh Korula talks with Lawrence Levy, Pixarâs former CFO, about his book, "To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History". Levy was...
In this podcast, IDP Board Chair Tarikh Korula talks to Lana Wilson about her new film, The Departure: Ittetsu Nemoto, a former punk-turned-Buddhist-priest in Japan, has made a career out of helping suicidal people find reasons to live. But this work has come...
In this podcast, IDP Board Chair Tarikh Korula talks with Jerry Colonna, a tech coach that Wired magazine called the âMan Who Makes Founders Cry.â Jerry Colonna is an executive coach who uses the skills he learned as a venture capitalist to help entrepreneurs. He draws...
In this podcast, IDP Board Chair Tarikh Korula, talks with Hope Hall, a documentary filmmaker, photographer, and teacher. Her short films have been selected for over 40 film festivals worldwide and have received numerous awards. She began working for President Obama during his 2008 campaign, from...
In this podcast, IDP Board Director Tarikh Korula talks with Joe DiNardo, a businessman and attorney who was married to his wife Marcia for 15 years when she was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer. DiNardo used to his years of meditation practice to help get through the grief of losing her...
In this podcast, IDP Board Director Tarikh Korula interviews Sharon Salzberg, the co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society, a world-renowned teacher, and bestselling author. Sharon has written ten books â from her seminal Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness to her latest, ...
In this podcast IDP teachers Kimberly Brown and Dan Cayer discuss their experience with both physical and mental suffering, how it informs their teaching, and the ways they've learned to bring patience, kindness, and compassion to themselves. Kimberly Brown is the executive director of The...
In this interview, Brandon Holmes and Dr. Shanté Smalls discuss the benefits of meditation, committed practice and maintaining a sense of clarity in the current political climate.
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In this podcast, IDP Board Director Tarikh Korula interviews Ed Catmull, the co-founder of Pixar and president of Disney Animation Studios. Both men practice mindfulness and meditation, and their conversation explores the ways contemplative techniques can inform businesses to create compassionate...
The Interdependence Project's Executive Director, Kimberly Brown, recently spoke to teacher, friend, and mentor Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche about his new book, Emotional Rescue: How to Work with Your Emotions to Transform Hurt and Confusion into Energy that Empowers You. They also discussed...
Zen priest and bestselling author Brad Warner discusses his new book Donât Be a Jerk, which paraphrases DÅgenâs Buddhist classic work The ShÅbÅgenzÅ: The True Treasury of the Dharma Eye for modern times. Brad explains the middle way DÅgenâs teachings describe and explores his...
Meditation is a skill everyone can practice, using simple techniques to become present with your mind and your body. Join IDP executive director Kimberly Brown and learn traditional methods developed for modern people. Sit still, develop your concentration, and bring a sense of ease and kindness to...
Join IDP teachers Kim, Kate, and Mona for an evening of discussion and contemplation in a friendly and supportive environment where they share their experience as meditators and community members, and by answering questions about meditation and IDP's unique offerings. This podcast is provided...
Pain, chronic illness, aches and other physical limitations can create a seemingly endless and exhausting cycle of mental and physical distress. In this workshop, Dan Cayer draws on his training as an Alexander Technique teacher and his own experience with chronic pain to demonstrate how...
Ven. Dr. Pannavati has designed a special set of teachings to help us understand the many questions that arise when considering how to engage our practice with our world. Should we try to make change? How can we do it without being angry? How can we let go of outcome? ...
Ven. Dr. Pannavati has designed a special set of teachings to help us understand the many questions that arise when considering how to engage our practice with our world. Should we try to make change? How can we do it without being angry? How can we let go of outcome? ...
Ven. Dr. Pannavati has designed a special set of teachings to help us understand the many questions that arise when considering how to engage our practice with our world. Should we try to make change? How can we do it without being angry? How can we let go of outcome? ...
Ven. Dr. Pannavati has designed a special set of teachings to help us understand the many questions that arise when considering how to engage our practice with our world. Should we try to make change? How can we do it without being angry? How can we let go of outcome? ...
Ven. Dr. Pannavati has designed a special set of teachings to help us understand the many questions that arise when considering how to engage our practice with our world. Should we try to make change? How can we do it without being angry? How can we let go of outcome? ...
Ven. Dr. Pannavati has designed a special set of teachings to help us understand the many questions that arise when considering how to engage our practice with our world. Should we try to make change? How can we do it without being angry? How can we let go of outcome? ...
Ven. Dr. Pannavati has designed a special set of teachings to help us understand the many questions that arise when considering how to engage our practice with our world. Should we try to make change? How can we do it without being angry? How can we let go of outcome? ...
Ven. Dr. Pannavati has designed a special set of teachings to help us understand the many questions that arise when considering how to engage our practice with our world. Should we try to make change? How can we do it without being angry? How can we let go of outcome? ...
Acharya Arawana Hayashi is an accomplished Buddhist teacher, dancer, and activist. "The Art of Making a True Move" invites participants to develop authenticity and genuineness by discovering their natural creativity as they are guided through a gentle process of paying ...
Acharya Arawana Hayashi is an accomplished Buddhist teacher, dancer, and activist. "The Art of Making a True Move" invites participants to develop authenticity and genuineness by discovering their natural creativity as they are guided through a gentle process of paying ...
Acharya Arawana Hayashi is an accomplished Buddhist teacher, dancer, and activist. "The Art of Making a True Move" invites participants to develop authenticity and genuineness by discovering their natural creativity as they are guided through a gentle process of paying ...
In this week's podcast Amma Thanasanti concludes her talk on Sex and Awakening. Amma Thanasanti is the founder of Awakening Truth, an organization committed to creating a Bhikkhuni training monastery and facilitate ways monastics and lay practitioners can work together...
In this week's podcast Amma Thanasanti discusses Sex and Awakening. Amma Thanasanti is the founder of Awakening Truth, an organization committed to creating a Bhikkhuni training monastery and facilitate ways monastics and lay practitioners can work together to support whole...
With the recent increased visibility of racism in the mainstream media, many people who aren't vulnerable to racist oppression are starting to ask the question, "How can I help?". In this week's podcast, recorded at IDP in March, our Sit Down, Rise Up...
With the recent increased visibility of racism in the mainstream media, many people who aren't vulnerable to racist oppression are starting to ask the question, "How can I help?". In this week's podcast, recorded at IDP in March, our Sit Down, Rise Up Coordinator, Kate...
In this weekâs podcast author and founder of the Interdependence project Ethan Nichtern continues his discussion with Dan Harris. Dan is a journalist for ABC News, meditator, and author of "10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and...
In this weekâs podcast Ethan Nichtern sits down and talks with Dan Harris. Dan is a journalist for ABC News, meditator, and author of "10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Really Works â a True Story. In Part 1...
In this episode Ethan Nichtern talks to Ruth Ozeki about her writing and the Dharma. Ruth has an upcoming daylong writing and Zazen workshop on April 26th, 2015 at the Brooklyn Zen Center. More information can be found on their website at https://brooklynzen.org/event/2015/4/26/to-study-...
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"Whatever we're doing could be done with one intention. That intention is that we want to wake up, we want to ripen our compassion, and we want to ripen our ability to let go. We want to realize our connection with all beings." Pema...
"Whatever we're doing could be done with one intention. That intention is that we want to wake up, we want to ripen our compassion, and we want to ripen our ability to let go. We want to realize our connection with all beings." Pema Chodron In the New Year, we often make...
Developing a more receptive relationship to all of our experience allows us to manifest what is authentic in our lives while cultivating compassion for our vulnerability and struggles. Meditation helps us develop confidence to open our hearts to it all. In this podcast, recorded at The...
Developing a more receptive relationship to all of our experience allows us to manifest what is authentic in our lives while cultivating compassion for our vulnerability and struggles. Meditation helps us develop confidence to open our hearts to it all. In this podcast, recorded at The...
As qualities inherent in every human being, compassion and loving-kindness can be developed and cultivated through practice and training. With effort, each and every person can learn to be more compassionate, kinder, and more patient. Transform your relationship to yourself, your family, your...
As qualities inherent in every human being, compassion and loving-kindness can be developed and cultivated through practice and training. With effort, each and every person can learn to be more compassionate, kinder, and more patient. Transform your relationship to yourself, your family, your...
This open talk is about friendship; what does it mean to be friendly with ourselves and with others? How does meditation help us make friends with our minds? IDP Teachers Kate Johnson and Dr. Lani Rowe lead this wonderful community class which is designed for...
This open talk is about friendship; what does it mean to be friendly with ourselves and with others? How does meditation help us make friends with our minds? IDP Teachers Kate Johnson and Dr. Lani Rowe lead this wonderful community class which is designed for beginners as well as...
Lovingkindness, ("metta" in Pali, "maitri" in Sanskrit), is an inherent human quality which can be developed and cultivated with diligence and patience. In this podcast, IDP Teachers Ven. Lawrence Do'an Grecco and Kate Johnson explain how Metta ...
Lovingkindness, ("metta" in Pali, "maitri" in Sanskrit), is an inherent human quality which can be developed and cultivated with diligence and patience. In this podcast, IDP Teachers Ven. Lawrence Do'an Grecco and Kate Johnson explain how Metta meditation practice can generate an open heart...
"According to Buddhism we all possessâinnatelyâastonishing potential within our own being, right now, to be more happy, more wise, more loving, more kind." This podcast was recorded in December 2013, during Venerable Robina Courtin's third visit to The Interdependence Project...
This year's meeting was led by Executive Director, Kimberly Brown, with Board Members Lani Feinberg-Rowe, Ellen Scordato, and Allison Canton. It took place at IDP in NYC, and was attended by ~20 local Members and one remote Member who joined us via Skype. We discussed past and present...
"According to Buddhism we all possessâinnatelyâastonishing potential within our own being, right now, to be more happy, more wise, more loving, more kind." This podcast was recorded in December 2013, during Venerable Robina Courtin's third visit to The Interdependence Project. You...
IDP teacher, Zen monk, and Queer Sangha leader Lawrence Grecco interviews Chris Lemig, author of the new book, The Narrow Way. They discuss his moving memoir, and his difficulties as a gay man struggling to accept himself while also dealing with drug and alcohol abuse, and the transformative...
We all have a sex life, active or otherwise, alone or with others. Sex takes up a lot of mental and emotional space in our lives, yet while dharma teachings offer profound understanding of many aspects of human experience, sex too often gets ignored, despite its potency and frequency in...
Research has shown that mindfulness techniques benefit children as well as adults by enhancing concentration, increasing self awareness, and facilitating emotional regulation. In this interview, conducted by meditation teacher Adreanna Limbach, Dr. Heidi Marben discusses her work teaching...
Research has shown that mindfulness techniques benefit children as well as adults by enhancing concentration, increasing self awareness, and facilitating emotional regulation. In this interview, conducted by meditation teacher Adreanna Limbach, Dr. Heidi Marben discusses her work teaching...
We all have a sex life, active or otherwise, alone or with others. Sex takes up a lot of mental and emotional space in our lives, yet while dharma teachings offer profound understanding of many aspects of human experience, sex too often gets ignored, despite its potency and frequency in...
In the New Year, we often make resolutions to do things differently; to change our diet, visit new places, be kinder to our selves and others or get a new job. Usually, these resolutions remain unfulfilled because weâre not looking at whatâs behind all our actions, speech, and thoughts: our...
This month's podcast interview was conducted by IDP's Lineage Mentor, Dr. Miles Neale with Chris Williams, a long-time environmental activist and author. The conversation took place in November 2013, in New York City. Dr. Miles Neale is a Buddhist...
This month's podcast interview was conducted by IDP's Lineage Mentor, Dr. Miles Neale with Chris Williams, a long-time environmental activist and author. The conversation took place in November 2013, in New York City. Dr. Miles Neale is a Buddhist psychotherapist in private...
In this special podcast, Ven. Robina Courtin, discusses how to engage our practice without surrendering to anger or clinging to "right and wrong". We were thrilled to host this global activist, renowned teacher, and Tibetan nun for her second visit to The Interdependence Project in...
In this special podcast, Ven. Robina Courtin discusses how to engage our practice without surrendering to anger or clinging to "right and wrong". We were thrilled to host this global activist, renowned teacher, and Tibetan nun for her second visit to The Interdependence Project in...
Recorded in May at IDP in NYC, Sharon discusses the Three Trainings of ethics, concentration, and wisdom. Ethics grounds us in compassion and ease of heart; concentration trains us in steadiness and peace of mind; and wisdom opens up our understanding of our own true nature and...
Recorded in May at IDP in NYC, Sharon discusses the Three Trainings of ethics, concentration, and wisdom. Ethics grounds us in compassion and ease of heart; concentration trains us in steadiness and peace of mind; and wisdom opens up our understanding of our own true nature and the nature of...
This Month's Podcast is entitled Skillful Livelihood. In our interdependent world, it's more important than ever to earn a living with mindfulness, clarity, and compassion. Join Kate Johnson & Kim Brown as they discuss the ethical aspect of Work on the Eightfold Path. ...
This month's podcast features Congressman Tim Ryan, the author of A Mindful Nation, who shares his experiences as a politician and meditator, and discusses whatâs necessary to make contemplative practice part of everyone's life. This lively community event was recorded in April 2013 at IDP in...
âIt is not enough to sit on our zafus. These times call for compassionate action to be an integral part of our practice.â-Venerable Pannavati Recorded in May 2013 at The Interdependence Project. Renowned Buddhist leader, Theravadan Bhikkhuni, and Zen...
âIt is not enough to sit on our zafus. These times call for compassionate action to be an integral part of our practice.â-Venerable Pannavati Recorded in May 2013 at The Interdependence Project. Renowned Buddhist leader, Theravadan Bhikkhuni, and Zen Peacemaker explains...
Why do we meditate? Why don't we meditate? How does it aid mental health and well-being? What are some of the common misconceptions about meditation? What does it really mean to practice and study Secular Buddhism? IDP Teachers Kate Johnson & Kimberly Brown will guide us through...
Recorded live at IDP in NYC in February 2013, Ethan Nichtern discusses the nature of guilt, why it's so prevalent in our culture, and how we can transform it from a hindrance into a support for our practice and intentions.
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Recorded live at IDP in NYC in February 2013, Ethan Nichtern discusses the nature of guilt, why it's so prevalent in our culture, and how we can transform it from a hindrance into a support for our practice and intentions.
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Is forgiveness a practice? If so, how do we do it? IDP's Senior Teacher, Ethan Nichtern, recorded live at Nalandawest in Seattle, leads a talk on how to use our practice to open our hearts and minds and practice forgiveness for ourselves and each...
Is forgiveness a practice? If so, how do we do it? IDP's Senior Teacher, Ethan Nichtern, recorded live at Nalandawest in Seattle, leads a talk on how to use our practice to open our hearts and minds and practice forgiveness for ourselves and each other. You may subscribe to our...
â"Whatever we're doing could be done with one intention. That intention is that we want to wake up, we want to ripen our compassion, and we want to ripen our ability to let go. We want to realize our connection with all beings." Pema Chodron
In the New Year, we often make...
A Buddhist Holiday Toolkit - Weekly Nov. 28 - Dec. 19th Practical Methods for Dealing with Difficult People & Frustrating Situations IDP's new series, A Buddhist Holiday Toolkit, is being offered for free to our entire community as an opportunity to participate in our...
type A Buddhist Holiday Toolkit - Weekly Nov. 28 - Dec. 19th Practical Methods for Dealing with Difficult People & Frustrating Situations IDP's new series, A Buddhist Holiday Toolkit, is being offered for free to our entire community as an opportunity to participate in our...
A Buddhist Holiday Toolkit - Weekly Nov. 28 - Dec. 19th Practical Methods for Dealing with Difficult People & Frustrating Situations IDP's new series, A Buddhist Holiday Toolkit, is being offered for free to our entire community as an opportunity to participate in our...
A Buddhist Holiday Toolkit - Weekly Nov. 28 - Dec. 19th Practical Methods for Dealing with Difficult People & Frustrating Situations IDP's new series, A Buddhist Holiday Toolkit, is being offered for free to our entire community as an opportunity to participate in our...
A Buddhist Holiday Toolkit - Weekly Nov. 28 - Dec. 19th Practical Methods for Dealing with Difficult People & Frustrating Situations IDP's new series, A Buddhist Holiday Toolkit, is being offered for free to our entire community as an opportunity to participate in our...
A Buddhist Holiday Toolkit - Weekly Nov. 28 - Dec. 19th Practical Methods for Dealing with Difficult People & Frustrating Situations IDP's new series, A Buddhist Holiday Toolkit, is being offered for free to our entire community as an opportunity to participate in our Study...
A Buddhist Holiday Toolkit - Weekly Nov. 28 - Dec. 19th Practical Methods for Dealing with Difficult People & Frustrating Situations IDP's new series, A Buddhist Holiday Toolkit, is being offered for free to our entire community as an opportunity to participate in our Study at Home program....
A Buddhist Holiday Toolkit - Weekly Nov. 28 - Dec. 19th Practical Methods for Dealing with Difficult People & Frustrating Situations IDP's new series, A Buddhist Holiday Toolkit, is being offered for free to our entire community as an opportunity to participate in our Study at Home program....
This wonderful dharma talk was recorded live at The Interdependence Project in NYC in 2012. Equanimity is a spacious stillness of mind that allows us to be with things as they simply are. It does not imply indifference, however. Rather, when equanimity is present, it is the ground out of...
This wonderful dharma talk was recorded live at The Interdependence Project in NYC in 2012. Equanimity is a spacious stillness of mind that allows us to be with things as they simply are. It does not imply indifference, however. Rather, when equanimity is present, it is the ground out of...
Buddhist Teachings have been practiced and transmitted for two and half thousand years making their way from India into Burma and Southeast Asia, North to Tibet & Nepal, East to China, Korea and Japan, and West to Pakistan and Afghanistan, among many other places.Through time, the...
Buddhist Teachings have been practiced and transmitted for two and half thousand years making their way from India into Burma and Southeast Asia, North to Tibet & Nepal, East to China, Korea and Japan, and West to Pakistan and Afghanistan, among many other places.Through time, the...
This Four Week Series is an introduction to the basics of Meditation and mindfulness practice as laid out in "Real Happiness," a new book by acclaimed meditation instructor Sharon Salzberg. In each audio session IDP Senior Teacher Ethan Nichtern leads guided meditation practice, offers a short talk...
This podcast features an interview between Ethan Nichtern and Susan Piver. This is the second of a two part podcast.Shastri Ethan Nichtern is the founding director and Senior Teacher in Residence of the Interdependence Project. For the past eight years, Ethan has taught ongoing...
This podcast features an interview between Ethan Nichtern and Susan Piver. This is the first of a two part podcast.Shastri Ethan Nichtern is the founding director and Senior Teacher in Residence of the Interdependence Project. For the past eight years, Ethan has taught ongoing...
Welcome to the ID Project Podcast. This podcast features a lecture by Joseph Loizzo titled Tibet's Time Machine and the Activism of Global Happiness. It was recorded on February 29th, 2012 in New York City. This is the second of a two part podcast.This talk introduces the futuristic science and...
Welcome to the ID Project Podcast. This podcast features a lecture by Joseph Loizzo titled Tibet's Time Machine and the Activism of Global Happiness. It was recorded on February 29th, 2012 in New York City. This is the first of a two part podcast.This talk introduces the futuristic science and...
Hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," is a Halliburton developed natural gas drilling technology that is laying waste to our our country, as documented in the movie Gasland. http://www.gaslandthemovie.com/ David Braun is a co-founder of United for Action and the National Grassroots Coalition...
This Podcast features a lecture by Robina Courtin titled "Women and Engaged Buddhism." It was given on December 12th 2011 in New York City. This is the second of a two part podcast.Robina Courtin was born in Melbourne, Australia. Robina began studying martial arts in 1974 and moved to New York,...
This week features a lecture by Fred Cooper titled "Bridging the Two Worlds." It was recorded on January 11th, 2012 in New York City. This is the second of a two part podcast.Dr. Fred Cooper is a quantum field theorist who was a Ph.D. student of the Nobel Prize winning Physicist Sheldon Glashow,...
This Podcast features a lecture by Robina Courtin titled "Women and Engaged Buddhism." It was given on December 12th 2011 in New York City. This is the first of a two part podcast.Robina Courtin was born in Melbourne, Australia. Robina began studying martial arts in 1974 and moved to New York,...
This week features a lecture by Fred Cooper titled "Bridging the Two Worlds." It was recorded on January 11th, 2012 in New York City. This is the first of a two part podcast.Dr. Fred Cooper is a quantum field theorist who was a Ph.D. student of the Nobel Prize winning Physicist Sheldon Glashow, one...
This week, ID Project member Angela Russo interviews Konchok Yangphel, an executive of the Tibetan Youth Congress, an international Tibetan-run organization fighting for the freedom of Tibet. Subscribe to the ID Project Podcast Here or Via iTunes Here Please consider...
This podcast features a lecture by Eric Spiegel in which he explains Buddhist Refuge and Bodhisattva Vows. It was given on March 7th, 2012 in New York City.Acharya Eric Spiegel has been teaching in Shambhala since the mid 1970s. He has worked extensively with the ill and dying, helping them...
This podcast features a lecture by Ethan and David Nichtern titled "Why Not Meditate?" It was recorded on February 20th, 2012 in New York City. This is the second of a two part podcast. Shastri Ethan Nichtern is the founding director and Senior Teacher in Residence of the Interdependence...
This podcast features a lecture by Ethan and David Nichtern titled "Why Not Meditate?" It was recorded on February 20th, 2012 in New York City. This is the first of a two part podcast. Shastri Ethan Nichtern is the founding director and Senior Teacher in Residence of the Interdependence...
This week, Nancy Thompson gives a talk titled "Appreciative Joy to the World." It was recorded on December 26th, 2011 in New York City.Nancy Thompson is a reporter and editor for a regional daily newspaper in Connecticut. She is a graduate of the Interdependence Project's first teacher-training...
This week's podcast features a lecture on his new book "The Buddha Walks into a Bar."Lodro Rinzler is a meditation practitioner and teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage. Over the last decade he has taught numerous workshops at meditation centers and college campuses throughout the United...
This week's podcast features an interview with Lodro Rinzler and Ethan Nichtern on his new book "The Buddha Walks into a Bar."Lodro Rinzler is a meditation practitioner and teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage. Over the last decade he has taught numerous workshops at meditation centers and...
This week Meredith Arena interviews ID Project founder Ethan Nichtern on his new book, Your Emoticons Won't Save You. This is the second of a two part interview. Ethan Nichtern is a Shastri or senior teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition. At 33, he is currently the youngest empowered Senior...
This week Meredith Arena interviews ID Project founder Ethan Nichtern on his new book, Your Emoticons Won't Save You. This is the first of a two part interview. Ethan Nichtern is a Shastri or senior teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition. At 33, he is currently the youngest empowered Senior...
This Four Week Series is an introduction to the basics of Meditation and mindfulness practice as laid out in "Real Happiness," a new book by acclaimed meditation instructor Sharon Salzberg. In each audio session IDP Senior Teacher Ethan Nichtern leads guided meditation practice, offers a short talk...
This week's podcast features a lecture by Ethan Nichtern titled "Radical Buddhism and the Paradox of Acceptance." The lecture was given on November 10th 2011 in Portland Oregon. This is the second of a two part podcast. Buddhism is often misunderstood as a passive, even self-...
This week's podcast features a lecture by Ethan Nichtern titled "Radical Buddhism and the Paradox of Acceptance." The lecture was given on November 10th 2011 in Portland Oregon. This is the first of a two part podcast. Buddhism is often misunderstood as a passive, even self-...
This week's podcast features a lecture by Ethan Nichtern on the practice of Tonglen. The lecture was given on October 24th 2011 in New York City. This is the second of a two part podcast.
Translated as "giving and taking" Tonglen is practice where one visualizes taking on the...
This weeks podcast features a lecture by Ethan Nichtern on the practice of Tonglen. The lecture was given on October 24th 2011 in New York City. This is the first of a two part podcast.
Translated as "giving and taking" Tonglen is practice where one visualizes taking on the suffering...
This week ID Project founder Ethan Nicthern interviews David Loy and Michael Stone as they discuss the Occupy Wall Street Movement as it relates to Buddhist Practice and Philosophy. This is the second of a two part interview.
Ethan Nichtern is the founder and principle teacher for the...
This week on the IDP Podcast, IDP member Jerry Kolber interviews Jennifer Fox. This is the second of a two part interview.
Jennifer Fox is an internationally acclaimed director, producer, camerawoman and educator. Her first film, Beirut: The Last Home Movie was broadcast in...
This week on the IDP Podcast, IDP member Jerry Kolber interviews Jennifer Fox. This is the first of a two part interview.
Jennifer Fox is an internationally acclaimed director, producer, camerawoman and educator. Her first film, Beirut: The Last Home Movie was broadcast in twenty...
This week, ID Project founder Ethan Nicthern interviews Tiffany Shlain.
Tiffany Shlain is a filmmaker, artist, founder of The Webby Awards, co-founder of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences and a Henry Crown Fellow of The Aspen Institute. Tiffany’s work with film,...
ID Project member Brian Naas interviews Gil Fronsdal on the Evolution of American Buddhism. This is the second of a two part interview.
Gil Fronsdal is the primary teacher for the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California; he has been teaching since 1990. He has practiced Zen and...
ID Project member Brian Naas interviews Gil Fronsdal on the Evolution of American Buddhism. This is the first of a two part interview.
Gil Fronsdal is the primary teacher for the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California; he has been teaching since 1990. He has...
This week, IDP activism director Adreanna Limbach interviews Stuart Moody and Beth Terry of the Green Sangha, a San Francisco Bay Area based group working to advance spiritually grounded environmental activism. This is the third of a three part interview.
Stuart Moody received a B.S. in...
This week, IDP activism director Adreanna Limbach interviews Stuart Moody and Beth Terry of the Green Sangha, a San Francisco Bay Area based group working to advance spiritually grounded environmental activism. This is the second of a three part interview.
Stuart Moody received a B.S. in...
This week, IDP activism director Adreanna Limbach interviews Stuart Moody and Beth Terry of the Green Sangha, a San Francisco Bay Area based group working to advance spiritually grounded environmental activism. This is the first of a three part interview.
Stuart Moody received a B.S. in...
In this episode, ID Project Board Chair Ellen Scordato interviews Martine Batchelor. This is the second of a two part interview. Martine Batchelor was ordained as a Buddhist nun in Korea in 1975. She studied Zen Buddhism under the guidance of the late Master Kusan at Songgwang Sa monastery until...
In this episode, ID Project Board Chair Ellen Scordato interviews Martine Batchelor. This is the first of a two part interview. Martine Batchelor was ordained as a Buddhist nun in Korea in 1975. She studied Zen Buddhism under the guidance of the late Master Kusan at Songgwang Sa monastery until...
This podcast features an interview between ID Project Member Meredith Arena and Nicola Amadora. This is the second of a two part interview.
Nicola Amadora, Ph.D. holds degrees in Transpersonal Psychology and Clinical Social Work. She is a certified Hakomi Therapist, certified Dharma Leader...
This podcast features an interview between ID Project Member Meredith Arena and Nicola Amadora. This is the first of a two part interview.
Nicola Amadora, Ph.D. holds degrees in Transpersonal Psychology and Clinical Social Work. She is a certified Hakomi Therapist, certified Dharma Leader...
This week, IDP Prison Project Coordinator Michael Carey interviews Kinloch C Walpole Abbot of the Gateless Gate Zen Center in Gainesville Florida. They discuss Kinloch's involvement with the prison population including his work facilitating meditation while inside prison as well as...
This week, IDP Prison Project Coordinator Michael Carey interviews Kinloch C Walpole Abbot of the Gateless Gate Zen Center in Gainesville Florida. They discuss Kinloch's involvement with the prison population including his work faciliting meditation while inside prison as well as facilitating...
This week on the ID Project podcast, ID Project Associate Director Patrick Groneman continues his discussion with Andy Karr on the dynamics of contemplative photography. The is the second of a two part interview.
Andy Karr is a writer, photographer, longtime meditator, and Buddhist teacher. He...
This week on the ID Project Podcast, IDP associate director Patrick Groneman interviews Andy Karr. This is the first of a two part interview.
Andy Karr is a writer, photographer, longtime meditator, and Buddhist teacher. He trained intensively with two of the great founding teachers of Western...
This podcast features an interview between ID Project member Kate Johnson and Gina Sharpe. This is the second of a two part interview.
Gina Sharpe is a founding teacher and a member of the Board of Directors of New York Insight Meditation Center. She has studied and practiced meditation in Asia...
This podcast features an interview between ID Project member Kate Johnson and Gina Sharpe. This is the first of a two part interview.
Gina Sharpe is a founding teacher and a member of the Board of Directors of New York Insight Meditation Center. She has studied and practiced meditation in Asia...
This week, ID Project founder Ethan Nichtern interviews Pilar Jennings. This is the second of a two part interview.
Pilar Jennings, Ph.D. is a writer and researcher who has focused on the clinical applications of Buddhist meditation practice. She received her Ph.D. in Psychiatry and...
This week, ID Project founder Ethan Nichtern interviews Pilar Jennings. This is the first of a two part interview.
Pilar Jennings, Ph.D. is a writer and researcher who has focused on the clinical applications of Buddhist meditation practice. She received her Ph.D. in Psychiatry and...
This week on the ID Project Podcast, IDP's Associate Director Patrick Groneman Interviews Sarah Weintraub, Executive Director of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship, and Ari Pliskin, Assistant to Roshi Bernie Glassman, and Multimedia Director of the Zen Peacemakers. This is the second of a two...
This week on the ID Project Podcast, IDP's Associate Director Patrick Groneman Interviews Sarah Weintraub, Executive Director of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship, and Ari Pliskin, Assistant to Roshi Bernie Glassman, and Multimedia Director of the Zen Peacemakers. They discuss being young...
This podcast features an interview with Susan Piver and Natalie Goldberg in which they discuss writing and its relationship to Dharma practice.
Natalie Goldberg is a poet, teacher, and the author of eleven books, including her classic Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within -- which...
This week on the ID Project Podcast, IDP Prison Project Coordinator Michael Carey Interviews Acharya Fleet Maull. They discuss the current state of the prison system in the United States, Fleet's experience as a dharma practitioner while inside prison, and the challenges of re-entering...
This week on the ID Project Podcast, IDP Prison Project Coordinator Michael Carey Interviews Acharya Fleet Maull. They discuss the current state of the prison system in the United States, Fleet's experience as a dharma practitioner while inside prison, and the challenges of re-entering...
This podcast features a lecture by Susan Piver titled "Love, Attachment, and Heartbreak: Is it Possible to Practice Dharma in Relationships?" It was recorded on January 13th, 2011 in New York City.
Susan Piver has been a meditation practitioner since 1995, studying with Sakyong...
Why do we meditate? Why don't we meditate? How does it aid mental health and wellbeing? What are some of the common misconceptions of meditation? What does it really mean to practice meditation and study Buddhism?
ID Project founder Ethan Nichtern speaks about mindfulness meditation and...
Lodro Rinzler is a practitioner and teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage. He currently serves as the Development Officer for Shambhala International and Interim Director of the New York Shambhala Center. Lodro’s column, What Would Sid Do, appears in the Huffington Post and on the IDP...
IDP Associate Director Patrick Groneman interviews Hozan Alan Senauke, vice-abbott of the Berkeley Zen Center and Founder of the Clear View Project, an organization dedicated to developing Buddhist-based resources for relief and social change. This is the second of a 2 part interview. Alan is...
This week on the ID Project Podcast, IDP Associate Director Patrick Groneman interviews Hozan Alan Senauke, vice-abbott of the Berkeley Zen Center and Founder of the Clear View Project, an organization dedicated to developing Buddhist-based resources for relief and social change. Alan is...
This podcast features an interview between IDP Member Kate Johnson and Spring Washam. They discuss their personal practice, and how race plays a role in American Buddhist communities.
Spring Washam is a Mindfulness Meditation instructor and founding teacher of East Bay Meditation Center in...
This podcast features a lecture by Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara titled "The Bodhi Sattva Vow." It was recorded on November 12, 2010 in New York City.
The Bodhisattva Vow is to liberate all beings. How does it play out in your life? What guidelines can we discover for balance, equanimity...
This podcast features a lecture by David Nichtern titled "Awakening From The Daydream --- The Wheel of Life." It was recorded on October 28th, 2010 in New York City.
David Nichtern is a senior teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Sakyong Mipham...
This podcast features a lecture by Acharya Eric Spiegel titled "The Terma (Revealed Treasure) Tradition of Shambhala." It was recorded on October, 2010 in New York City.
In this talk, Acharya Eric Spiegel teaches on the Shambhala Buddhist path. Central to the Shambhala approach...
In his essay, Instructions for the Cook, Zen Master Dogen encourages us to use all the ingredients of our life. Koshin Paley Elliso explores Zen Master Dogen's discussion with a cook eight hundred years ago in China and how it is both relevant and encouraging for practicing here in New...
This podcast features a lecture by Tomas Sander titled "Western Emptiness and Joyful Freedom." It was recorded on October 14th, 2010, in NYC.
The Buddhist emptiness teachings are considered key for attaining liberation from suffering. Yet their difficulty has made them less...
This podcast features a lecture by Joseph Mauricio titled "Opening the Present: Receiving the Gift of (Your) Life."
Joseph Mauricio is the Director of Public Outreach at the Shambhala Meditation Center of New York, and the founder of LIFEWORK Personal Coaching Services where he serves...
Phil Richman's most recently published book Karma and the Rise of Buddhism in the West explores the Buddhist principle of cause and effect and its implications for everyday life. He has presented on Karma and Causality at the American Philosophical Association and is currently at work...
This podcast features a lecture and discussion at IDP Austin with Ethan Nichtern and Dr. Michael Uebel in which they discuss self-aggression and self-loathing as it relates to Buddhist practice and philosophy.
Michael Uebel, PhD, LMSW Co-founder, IDP-Austin Director of Contemplative Studies...
This podcast features a lecture by Lara Adler titled the Energetics of Food. Lara Adler is a Holistic Health Coach, specializing in conscious, ethical eating and helping individuals bridge the gap between belief systems and practical day to day life. She guides clients through a journey of self-...
This week's Podcast features an interview with ID Project Founder Ethan Nichtern and Michael Stone, leader of the Center of Gravity Sangha. This is the second of a two part interview.
Michael Stone is a psychotherapist, dharma teacher, yoga teacher, author and activist, committed to the...
This week's Podcast features an interview with ID Project Founder Ethan Nichtern and Michael Stone, leader of the Center of Gravity Sangha. This is the first of a two part interview.
Michael Stone is a psychotherapist, dharma teacher, yoga teacher, author and activist, committed to the...
This week's podcast features a lecture by Lodro Rinzler titled "Sex and the Dharma." Lodro Rinzler is a practitioner and teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist Lineage. Over the last decade he has taught numerous workshops at meditation centers and college campuses throughout the United...
This week, Ethan Nichtern interviews Buddhist teacher Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche. This is the second of a two part interview.
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche is a widely respected teacher known for his skill in making the full richness of Buddhist wisdom accessible to modern minds. He...
This week, Ethan Nichtern interviews Buddhist teacher Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche. This is the first of a two part interview.
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche is a widely respected teacher known for his skill in making the full richness of Buddhist wisdom accessible to modern minds. He is...
ID Project founder Ethan Nichtern interviews author and and buddhist teacher Susan Piver. This is the second of a two part interview. Susan Piver has been a meditation practitioner since 1995, studying with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche in the Shambhala Buddhist Lineage. She has written 5 books,...
ID Project founder Ethan Nichtern interviews author and and buddhist teacher Susan Piver. This is the first of a two part interview. Susan Piver has been a meditation practitioner since 1995, studying with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche in the Shambhala Buddhist Lineage. She has written 5 books,...
IDP Outreach Director Lani Rowe, and IDP Board Member Ellen Scordado interview Kalapa Acharya Adam Lobel at the Shambhala Mountain Center during a week-long Sangha Retreat. Adam co-taught with Acharya Pema Chödrön and Acharya Gaylon Ferguson in late August 2010....
ID Project Founder Ethan Nichtern leads a discussion on the Buddhist Studies Program he's developed at the Interdependence Project, how it fits into the history of Buddhism and some of the logistics involved in navigating a contemporary western practice.
You can learn more about the courses...
"Why Act?" Collections from the Symposium for Socially Engaged Buddhism
Joshua Adler and Patrick Groneman took time at the Symposium for Socially Engaged Western Buddhism to speak with some of the participants and panelists about the socially engaged work that they are practicing,...
This week's podcast features the second of a two part interview with Ethan Nichtern and Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown.
Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown, Ph.D., is professor of Buddhist studies at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, where she has taught since 1978. She began her practice with...
This week's podcast features the first of a two part interview with Ethan Nichtern and Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown. Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown, Ph.D., is professor of Buddhist studies at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, where she has taught since 1978. She began her practice with Zen...
The Western Buddhist Pioneer Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche developed a way of teaching about the mind which has greatly influenced and helped shape the entire lexicon for contemporary Buddhism in the Western World. Teacher John Baker discusses Spiritual Materialism and The Legacy of Chogyam Trungpa....
Ethan Nichtern continues his discussion with author, therapist and meditator Dr. Jonathan Kaplan about his book Urban Mindfulness as well as the relationship between Western Psychotherapy and Buddhist meditation. Subscribe to the ID Project Podcast Here or Via iTunes Here Please consider...
Ethan Nichtern speaks with author, therapist and meditator Dr. Jonathan Kaplan about his book Urban Mindfulness as well as the relationship between Western Psychotherapy and Buddhist meditation.
This podcast features a Special Guest lecture by Kyabgon Phakchok Rinpoche in a rare public appearance in New York City discussing Vajrayana (Tibetan) Buddhism in the 21st Century.
Ethan Nichtern, who is a senior teacher (Shastri) in the Shambhala lineage of Trungpa Rinpoche, discusses Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism. This is the first of a six part series.
Special Guest Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche joins IDP for an evening of meditation and discussion exclusively for the IDP Community. Rinpoche is author of the best selling book The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness.
Using Open to Desire by Buddhist Psychologist Mark Epstein, Ethan explores the mind-states of desire from various angles and perspectives.
Patrick Groneman sits down with Author and environmental activist Colin Beavan, also know as "No Impact Man" to discuss meditation, activism and personal empowerment in the face of a global climate crisis.
Buddhist teacher Sharon Salzberg teaches on one of her personal favorite Buddhist texts, the Kusala Sutta (Sutra).
For those in our extended community who couldn't make it to New York for the meeting, we've provided a recording and PDF of the presentation made by the staff:
PDF of slideshow:
http://theidproject.org/members/2010_Members_Meeting_Presentation.pdf
Insight Meditation teacher Chas DiCapua explores how relational practice interfaces with the absolute and relative view of reality. What are the opportunities for freedom, and the shadow elements that get in the way as we engage in relationships, or choose not to engage in them? Subscribe to the...
This week on the ID Project Podcast, IDP Member Meredith Arena explores the subjective experience of meditation in the first of a series of spoken word pieces titled "Discursive Thoughts": "Meditation is weird. My relationship to it changes every day and over time I have noticed patterns in my...
This week, the ID Project Founder Ethan Nichtern explains the Five Practices of Interdependence, and how the ID Project works to serve those practices.
How has the practice of meditation changed your consumption habits? This question is explored in this week's special podcast, featuring Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara, Ethan Nichtern, Lani Rowe, and Patrick Groneman with music by Brian Naas. For more information on Responsible Consumption Month, visit...
Shambhala teacher David Nichtern explores the role of the emotions, the heart, and our own connection with unconditional love in this lecture on meditation practice.
Ethan describes the process of meditation and how it relates to the history of Buddhism, and his own practice.
The Alexander Technique is a subtle and profound technique that brings mindfulness of body to the forefront. With the tools of only body, speech and mind, the student is guided toward directed thinking and a non-doing approach, learning to recognize and transform habitual patterns of body that...
"What is needed is a realization that power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love." ---Dr. Martin...
Shambhala Buddhist teacher and IDP Blogger Lodro Rinzler offers meditation, contemplation and discussion on approaching the new year with an open heart and a sound mind. Recorded Dec. 30, 2009 in NYC
A special Guest Lecture on the Vimilakirti Sutra with IDP Lineage Mentor Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara
Ethan Nichtern explores what it means to take the Refuge Vow. What is the purpose of identifying with a tradition that itself is meant to help us not attach to our identities? This paradox and social piques are explored.
We're introducing a new segment to our podcast titled "IDP Radio". It will feature documentation of events, sound collages, interviews and segments created by IDP community members. This week is the first installment in a series of Word Association Collages that asked participants to react to our...
Roshi O'Hara, Sharon Salzberg, Acharya Eric Spiegel, and Dr. Miles Neale were all in attendance to talk about lineage and future hopes for the IDP.
This talk was recorded on November 14th, 2009 at the IDP in NYC. You can subscribe to the IDP podcast here or via iTunes here
Buddhism is a path to seeing things as they are, to wisdom and compassion. Shamanism can mean many different things, but one way to describe it is the idea of sacred world, that if we relate to our world as intrinsically sacred we can harmonize our relationship with our environment and connect...
This week on the ID Project Podcast is a special cross-over round table discussion with Vince and Ryan from the Buddhist Geeks Podcast. IDP Founder Ethan Nichtern is joined by One City Blogger Julia May Jonas to share their "Reflections on 21st Century Dharma". You can subscribe to the IDP...
This week on the ID Project Podcast, Juan Carlos-Castro takes us through the 12 Nidanas, a structure in Buddhist Philosophythat helps us to understand the "links in the chain of conditioned co-production", or put another way, the structure of relationships that inform our perception of reality....
This week on the ID Project Podcast Crystal Gandrud takes us past many of the common misconceptions surrounding the Buddhist Definition of Karma to a deeper understanding that reveals important connections between the concepts of interdependence, non-self and Karma. You can subscribe to the IDP...
Inspired by reading the life story of Yogi Ransuratkumar and Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche's "Shambhala: Sacred Path of the Warrior", Jessica Rasp takes us on a journey into an insight from a recent solitary retreat, encapsulated in the phrase "Space is Grace."
Listen ya'll, you've got to give something up to get the teachings! David Nichtern, who wrote "Midnight at the Oasis", and who is also is a former student of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, stopped by the ID Project a couple of weeks ago to speak about "The Role of the Teacher on the Spiritual Path...
In the Buddhist tradition, the mind states of Hope and Fear are talked about as two sides of the same coin. While we often hear a more positive spin put on "Hope" in our society (I'm looking at you Barack). The Buddhist teachings emphasize that both Hope and Fear are states of aversion. The Eight...
The topic for our open Monday discussions this month all center around Pema Chodron's book Comfortable with Uncertainty. Jessica Rasp recently led a class on "The Wisdom of No Exit" and kicked things off with an except from a great 1994 interview between Leonard Cohen and the Shambala Sun. "......
This Hope and Fear image was designed by IDP Teacher Juan-Carlos Castro to accompany his talk called "No Fear of Fear", which addresses the fear of space and tactics of avoiding space.
What dynamic exists between our logical mind and our intuitive mind? What practices can we develop to more mindfully navigate our concepts and experience? In this week's Podcast "Logic vs. Feeling", Ethan leads a discussion to explore some of these questions. (This episode was recorded on April...
This week on the IDP Podcast, Jessica Rasp leads a talk about "Studying Untruth" as it relates to Daniel Goleman's idea of "Destructive Emotions". You can subscribe to the IDP podcast here or via iTunes here
On March 25, 2009 Brad Warner stopped by the Interdependence Project to discuss topics from his new book Zen Warpped in Karma Dipped in Chocolate. After telling us a bit of his personal history he lead us in a very interesting Question and Answer session that touched on many topics including...
What happens when you open your hand and let things flow? Ethan explores a Tantric approach to Generosity in this week's podcast. You can subscribe to the IDP podcast here or via iTunes here
This week on the IDProject Podcast Ethan leads a talk about "Why We Need Anger" You can subscribe to the IDP podcast here or via iTunes here
This week's Podcast from the IDProject is a group discussion led by Juan-Carlos on the topic of whether Buddhism should be considered a religion or just a philosophical mind science. Sparkling GIF Buddha approves of our discussion. You can subscribe to the IDP podcast here or via iTunes here
This week's Podcast from the IDProject is a talk with Ethan on Karma and Materialism. This is an image of a textile sculpture by artist Barbara Schulman titled "An Artifact of Materialism". She carefully sewed credit card fragments into a piece of black wool as a part of a larger line of "...
John Ankele, B.A., M.Div., started out as Program Director for the NYC Council of Churches, doing public affairs programs for WABC radio, WNBC-TV, and WCBS-TV. He then spent six years teaching at the Communications Center of the All-Africa Conference of Churches in Nairobi, Kenya. Back in the U.S...