In-Person: Exploring the Power of Love – InsightOut LGBTQI Gathering
with Elaine Retholtz
Monday, March 27th, 2023 from 6:30pm – 8:30pm ET
Location: New York Zendo (Shobo-Ji Zendo) at 223 East 67th street, New York City
Come join us for meditation and discussion to meet and socialize with other LGBTQI practitioners.
New York Insight Teacher Elaine Retholtz will present a dharma talk titled Exploring the Power of Love based on the quote by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr:
“Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic.
Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love.”
Our community is open to students of all Buddhist traditions, as well as those who are in the beginning stages of exploring their meditation practice and have an interest in the Dharma. All those who identify as LGBTQI are welcome.
We gather to form a multicultural community in which we can support each other in our practice with a commitment toward social change.
Fee by donation: Suggested starting donation is $15 but whatever you offer is greatly appreciated and no one is ever turned away for lack of funds.
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We continue to strongly encourage all Sangha members to take advantage of vaccination against Covid and influenza, including booster shots.
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Disclaimer:
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Teacher(s)
Elaine Retholtz
Elaine Retholtz has been studying and practicing the Dharma since 1988. In addition to teaching Dharma at New York Insight, she is a certified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction teacher and has a deep interest in helping students integrate mindfulness practice into daily life. Elaine is committed to deepening her own understanding of issues of diversity and the way racial conditioning in the United States affects all of us — both as individuals and in relationship to the institutions we are a part of, including New York Insight. She’s been involved in New York Insight’s diversity efforts for many years, serving on the diversity committee, and working with others to create spaces – for diverse groups of practitioners as well as for white practitioners meeting separately – to explore these issues within a Dharma frame.