The Heart’s Perfection: Bringing Your Practice to Life
An eight-week course on the Paramis
with Jon Aaron
Thursdays, September 13th- November 1st, 2018 | 10am-12pm
The Paramis, or Perfections of the Heart, reflect the humanness of the Buddha’s teachings.
Each of these 10 Paramis offers a way to expand your practice into every moment of your life.
Through Mindfulness we become curious about the subtleties of each of these 10 qualities and how our resistance can be overcome.
This class will be appropriate for students of all experience levels.
Teacher payment is included with registration.
Registration:
Note About Registration:
New York Insight Meditation Center is offering a new structure for registration. Members receive 15% off of the Sustaining Rate.
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Teacher(s)
Jon Aaron
Jon Aaron is a Dharma and mindfulness teacher based in New York and Chicago. Since 2006, he has taught at the New York Insight Meditation Center, offering Dharma and MBSR classes. He regularly leads retreats around the U.S. He is primarily grounded in the Theravāda tradition, alongside non-dual and Mahayana approaches. His teaching emphasizes integrating Dharma and mindfulness into daily life to foster clarity in addressing personal and social challenges. His teachers include Matthew Flickstein and, more recently, Kittisaro and Thanissara through their Dharmapala program. Jon also studied contemplative care at the Zen Center for Contemplative Care and completed the Integrated Study and Practice program at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. He is a certified MBSR teacher and teacher trainer and a Somatic Experience Practitioner®. In response to the pandemic, he and his partner, Upayadhi, launched the Space2Meditate community, offering daily meditation since March 2020. Additionally, he co-hosts the podcast Diggin’ the Dharma with scholar Doug Smith, now in its third season. JonAaron.net