Advanced Beginners’ Course:
Experiencing the Four Noble Truths

Jon Aaron

Thursday, November 04, 2010 - Thursday, December 02, 2010

$60

10am–12pm

Thursdays, November 4, 11, 18 and December 2

Most of us first learn about the Four Noble Truths conceptually-- either in a class or through a book. But it is only through the direct experience of these truths that we come to fully embody our practice and understand why the Buddha instructed us to see for ourselves. As we move forward in our practice (regardless of how long we have been practicing) recognizing the moments when we experience the “end of suffering” if even just for a second, is a key to our progress. This class will explore experientially the Noble Truths. While they may seem obvious, the subtler our mindfulness becomes the greater our clarity of these Truths.

Jon Aaron has been practicing various forms of meditation for many years, but began seriously studying mindfulness meditation in 1998 and over the course of the last 10 years his meditation practice has become central to his life. Jon is an associate teacher at the New York Insight Meditation Center. He also teaches at the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan where he has been invited to become coordinator of the Makom Meditation Community, for the Wellness Program at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and is part of the faculty of New York’s Yoga Sutra teacher-training program. He has given workshops and classes for the NYU Medical School, for the Department of Psychology at Einstein College of Medicine, and for the 92nd St Y. Jon trained in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction at the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, where he continues advanced training and supervision for experienced teachers. Jon continues his studies in Buddhist meditation in the Theravada tradition with his primary teach Matthew Flickstein and has also completed the Integrated Study and Practice Program, at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies .  He also recently completed the Foundations in Buddhist Contemplative Care program, with the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care.  In his worldly life Jon is active as an agent and producer in the Performing Arts.  More information about Jon’s teaching can be found at: http://www.mindfulnessmeditationnyc.com

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