{"id":904,"date":"2009-11-04T12:15:24","date_gmt":"2009-11-04T12:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/11\/meditate-new-york.html"},"modified":"2009-11-04T12:15:24","modified_gmt":"2009-11-04T12:15:24","slug":"meditate-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/11\/meditate-new-york.html","title":{"rendered":"Meditate New York!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Closely following on Greg Zwahlen’s excellent post, “Why I am not a Tibetan Buddhist<\/a> ” with its thoughtful look at the panorama of Buddhist traditions available to practitioners in the USA today comes Meditate NYC<\/a>, an opportunity to sample the rich banquet of Buddhist teachings and — perhaps more important — Buddhist sanghas in New York City.<\/p>\n

It’s on Sunday, the day after the big Interdependence Project<\/a> 24-hour Meditation Marathon<\/a> in the windows of ABC Carpet and Home. (Seeing a bunch of people sitting in display windows for 24 hours could make one at least a little curious about meditation, perhaps?)<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n


\nAt Judson Church on Washington Square, from 3-7 PM,  a wildly diverse
\nset of Buddhist teachers will be speaking and presenting their sanghas
\nand traditions. Says one of the organizers, A. Jesse Jiryu Davis:<\/p>\n

 “The event is a rare example of collective action by the New York
\nBuddhist community as a whole, bringing together groups that have often
\nbeen in conflict:  Theravada and Mahayana, Zen and Nichiren, Chinese
\nand Japanese. <\/p>\n

“Together, we’re trying to raise our profile and provide people a
\nchance to compare the traditions and try out the practices to see which
\nis best for them.<\/p>\n

“The event stands for the principles that Buddhist practice is relevant
\nto everyone, and that practicing alone is not enough:  it is limited
\nunless we practice in community with a teacher.”<\/p>\n

The following week, November 9-15, 15 to 20 meditation centers around NYC will hold
\nfree open houses for beginners to learn meditation and to try practicing with a teacher, in sangha.  <\/p>\n

I’ll be speaking about the IDP at 5:10pm. The event is at the Judson
\nMemorial Church on Washington Square Park, 55 Washington Square South,
\nNovember 8th 3-7 PM.  <\/p>\n

It’s free, and attendees can come and go whenever they want. You DON”T have to attend all four hours!<\/p>\n

If you’re unaffiliated with a sangha or just curious about meditation,
\nI’d say this sounds like a good bet for checking out the scene.<\/p>\n

And of course, if you come around 5pm, you’ll meet me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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