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August 13, 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM

30-Minute Lunchtime Meditation (online only)

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30-Minute Lunchtime Meditation (online only)

August 13, 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM

30-Minute Lunchtime Meditation (online only)

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Meet Julia Who is Teaching Our Saturday Retreat To

Meet Julia Who is Teaching Our Saturday Retreat Tomorrow, Mind Like a Clear Sky (link in bio).
I grew up in a culture that put a premium on worldly success. There was a part of my mind that said: One day I'll figure things out, and then I'll manifest in the world everything I'm capable of.
I experienced a lot of deaths in my 20s and 30s, including my parents, and many friends of AIDS and cancer. Those losses led me to want to find a kick-ass spiritual teacher. And I did; I met Kadam Morten. Over time, I realized that the more I got into Dharma, the less external success mattered to me.
I joined the Teacher Training Program at the Center. And even though I was ridiculously nervous when I first taught, I loved it right away. I especially loved teaching a branch class. And I loved the students – loved them and loved introducing them to Dharma right in their neighborhoods and loved the way in which it materially changed people's hearts and minds and lives. When I was given the opportunity to teach the Foundation Program my teaching went to a whole other level – much deeper, much more sustained, much more coherent. And of course you get to know the students in a much more intimate and profound way. Now it is the highlight of my week. It's the thing I love doing more than anything else.
As a teacher you always have to be responsible to your own inner life and your own meditative practice, otherwise what are you doing? If you don't have any experience actually meditating, developing concentration, developing certain insights, then you aren't serving your students well at all. So you need to make sure your practice is fresh and alive and not superficial and make sure you aren't complacent.
My relative lack of conventional "career success" has served me well. Instead of getting caught up in the time-sucking seductions of worldly concerns I am able to pursue what I care about most, which is my own spiritual development and benefiting others as best I can. If I were to die today, I would be satisfied with what I've accomplished in this life. This is far and away the most interesting, meaningful, and important thing that I could have done with my life.

Feeling grateful to know this. Happy thanksgiving

Feeling grateful to know this. Happy thanksgiving everyone! ❤️

The holidays are meant to be a time of love, joy a

The holidays are meant to be a time of love, joy and connection.
What do we do if ours are anything but?
Check out our Buddhist Guide to the Holidays - three powerful contemplations you can do to change your mind, and in the process, transform your holidays.
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#kadampa #love #buddhistwisdom #traininginjoy #kadampanyc #meaningfulholidays #spiritualjourney

Who is to blame? Simply asking ourself this one cr

Who is to blame? Simply asking ourself this one crucial question whenever we experience difficulties turns our challenges into meaningful opportunities to strengthen our wisdom. It also improves our resolve to train our mind. And what us the answer to this question? "The delusions." There is no purpose in blaming ourselves or others for whatever appears to be going wrong in our lives. Every single suffering we experience has at its root a deluded state of mind. And delusions can be completely eradicated through training in meditation.
#buddhism #wisdom #spiritualpath #kadampa #kadampanyc #happiness

What we say matters. Our speech has the power to c

What we say matters. Our speech has the power to create suffering or happiness. If we can't say something with a good heart, it's better not to say anything at all.
#kadampa #karma #buddhism #kadampanyc #happiness #sufferingisoptional

Our January Retreats are now live on our website!

Our January Retreats are now live on our website!
You can read all about what's on offer via the link in our bio or visit: https://meditationinnewyork.org/january-retreats-2022/
Sign up here to be notified when registration opens: https://www.getdrip.com/forms/37381145/submissions/new

Our job as spiritual practitioners is to be very m

Our job as spiritual practitioners is to be very much engaged with the world and not think that we need to be removing objects or people from our life to solve our problems. The source of all our unhappiness and suffering is internal - our deluded states of mind, such as anger and jealousy, and we can eradicate them completely through training in meditation.

We practice patient acceptance primarily to overco

We practice patient acceptance primarily to overcome our anger, which we can also think of as angry resistance. Anger is characterized by saying “no, I reject," while patient acceptance is characterized by saying “yes, I accept." That’s why it’s called patient acceptance. "I accept what is appearing in my life. I say 'yes' to the various appearances."

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