Buddhism and Social Action

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In today's interdependent, global community, Buddhism can be a bridge
between personal development and collective engagement in the world.
By combining the principles of mindfulness and non-harming with
activism, arts, and media, Buddhism can address social concerns such
as ecological damage, social injustice, and greed, and create an
awakened, compassionate society.

Join us for a public talk with Ethan Friday night. He will then teach a Meditation in Everyday Life Program on Saturday and Sunday.

Ethan Nichtern is a Shastri, a senior teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition. At 33, he is currently the youngest empowered Senior Teacher in the global Shambhala community. He is is the author of the acclaimed book One City: A Declaration of Interdependence (Wisdom Pubs), and the forthcoming collection of fiction and poetry, Your Emoticons Won’t Save You (January, 2012). He is also the founder of the Interdependence Project a nonprofit organization dedicated to Buddhist-inspired meditation and psychology, integral activism, mindful arts, and meaningful media. In 2011 he stepped down as the founding director of IDP to pursue teaching and writing full-time.

For the past nine years, Ethan has taught meditation and Buddhist psychology classes and workshops around New York City and the United States. He is on the part-time faculty at Eugene Lang College at New School University and has lectured at Brown, Wesleyan, Yale and New York Universities, as well as at Shambhala and other meditation/yoga centers and conferences around the country and world.

Ethan has been featured on CNN and NPR to discuss Buddhism and meditation in the 21st Century. His writing has been featured on The Huffington Post, Beliefnet, Tricycle Magazine, BuddhaDharma Magazine, Reality Sandwich, as well as other online publications.

About Ethan's Latest Book "Your Emoticons Won't Save You"
A short novel with poetry

Alex Bardo is witty, heartbroken, and lost. Going on 21, he is more interested in being the CEO of the Wannabe Poet’s Brigade than in his expensive education. Trying to find his way in the world after a debaucherous and painful summer of 1998 with his hyper-intellectual, trés annoying best friend Gabe, he sets out on a road trip to their childhood summer camp. Grabbing shotgun for the trip are his old camp friends, now all grown-up (sort of): Gideon the Player, Anthony the Traveling Man, and Lucas the Patron of Playtime. Alex is a true seeker and only a partial f-ck up: seeking spiritual aspirin to treat his perpetual hangover, seeking love, and seeking a mystical place called the “real world.”

Early Praise:

“A charming coming-to-maturity romp in the post-modern highly peopled American landscape, engaging the endlessly inter-connected relationships and talk. A very human endeavor.”
––Anne Waldman, Author, Poet

“Student, teacher, author, activist, and now poet–Ethan is changing the world one seed syllable at a time. He shares his path through this new work in a way that helps us locate our own.”
––Susan Piver, NY Times Bestselling Author

Praise for Ethan’s Writing:

“Nichtern writes passionately and innovatively…His toolbox is deep and original…and his voice is resonant and refreshing.”
—Courtney E. Martin, The American Prospec

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http://siliconvalley.shambhala.org

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