The Magnanimous Heart: Compassion and Love, Loss and Grief, Joy and Liberation
with Narayan Helen Liebenson
Friday, January 25th, 2019 | 7:00pm-9:00pm
Saturday, January 26th, 2019 | 10:00am-4:00pm
The magnanimous heart is a heart of balance and buoyancy, of generosity and inclusivity. It allows us to approach each moment exactly as it is, free from agendas and shoulds. In Narayan’s new book, The Magnanimous Heart, she shows us how to turn the sting and anguish of loss into a direct experience of enoughness—the deep joy, peace, and happiness within our own hearts that exists beyond mere circumstances.
Friday evening, Narayan will offer a short sitting, a talk on a passage from her book, and a Q&A followed by a book signing.
Saturday will consist of sitting and walking meditation, short talks and discussions on themes from the book—essentially, how to live from a compassionate love that guides our lives and warms whatever it shines upon. With metta and compassion as companions and allies, we discover how our own magnanimous hearts can gently allow the inner knots to untie themselves.
You may register for one or both of these sessions. There will be opportunity to buy Narayan’s book at each session.
The registration fee includes teacher support. If you wish to give more in addition to the registration fee, the total (registration fees and additional contributions) will be shared between NYI and the teacher(s).
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Teacher(s)
Narayan Helen Liebenson
Narayan Helen Liebenson is a guiding teacher at the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center in Cambridge, MA, where she has been teaching since it opened its doors in 1985. She is also one of the guiding teachers at IMS (the Insight Meditation Society) in Barre, MA. Narayan is the author of a small book entitled Life as Meditation as well as The Magnanimous Heart; Compassion and love, Loss and Grief, Joy and Liberation, published January 2019. Her training includes over 35 years in the Theravada tradition as well as ten years in the Chan tradition with the late Master Sheng-yen. She finds it a joy and a privilege to share the buddha’s teachings with all who are interested.