Benefit Event:
Altruistic Joy and Equanimity
Sharon Salzberg
Gina Sharpe
| Saturday, November 20, 2010 - | $50 |
10am–5pm
This day will focus on the development of altruistic joy (joy in the happiness of others) and equanimity. These qualities diminish jealousy, envy, and habitual reactions of holding onto and pushing away our life experience. They open us to greater appreciation, gratitude, and balance. Through meditation practice, dialogue, and discourse, we will explore these qualities together. Suitable for both beginning and more experienced meditators. The proceeds of this day will be donated to the Scholarship Fund of the Community Dharma Leaders Program (CDL) of Spirit Rock Meditation Center, dedicated to developing future Community Teachers. New York Insight has six trainees now in this program, who are able to participate only because of such assistance. Your attendance and donations will directly benefit our community.
Sharon Salzberg is cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre, Massachusetts. She is one of America’s leading meditation teachers and authors, and has been a student of Buddhism since 1971, guiding meditation retreats worldwide since 1974. Sharon’s latest book is The Kindness Handbook, published by Sounds True. She is also the author of The Force of Kindness, published by Sounds True; Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience, published by Riverhead Books; and Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness, published by Shambhala Publications. For more information about Sharon, please visit Sharon’s Website
Gina Sharpe is a co-founder, member of the Teachers Council, and Board of Directors of NYI. She discovered the dharma over thirty years ago and has studied and practiced in Asia and the United States. Having retired from the practice of law several years ago, she trained at the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and is a graduate of the first Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leaders Program. She has taught at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Insight Meditation Society, Vallecitos Mountain Refuge, Mid America Dharma, Garrison Institute, Asia Society, Tibet House, the New York Open Center, the Katonah Yoga Center, a maximum security prison for women, and at other venues around the United States
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