Mind, said Buddha, is the key to both happiness and unhappiness.   The untrained mind, only partially conscious, is often a victim of itself. During much of our waking life, we are not actually aware of what our minds are doing. All kinds of negative inclinations are continually being reinforced and we act because of thoughts of which we are only marginally aware. The Buddha taught mindfulness to counter this tendency, to wake us up from mindlessness, and to help us be less victimized by habit or unexamined patterns of thought.

This evening's presentation will revolve around the healing power of awareness.  Guidance will be given for those who are new to meditation.

Mark Epstein, MD, a NYC-based psychiatrist and the author of a number of books on the interface of Buddhism and psychotherapy, including Thoughts Without a Thinker, Open to Desire, and his newest book, Psychotherapy Without the Self, is Clinical Assistant Professor in the Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis at NYU.

Sharon Salzberg, co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society, The Barre Center for Buddhist Studies and The Forest Refuge, is one of the U.S. leading meditation teachers and the author of several books, including Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience; Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness; and, most recently, The Kindness Handbook.

Robert Thurman, PhD, is professor of Indo-Tibetan Studies at Columbia University, President of Tibet House U.S., the translator of many philosophical treatises and sutras, and author of numerous books including Inner Revolution; The Jewel Tree of Tibet: the Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism; and most recently, Why the Dalai Lama Matters.

The Healing Power of Awareness
Friday November 5th, 7-9 PM
$25 General/ $22.50 Tibet House US Members
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This event can be taken as a package with the Saturday Workshop "Inner Revolution" for a discount.

Inner Revolution
Saturday, November 6th, 10-5 PM,
General $100/ TH Members $90
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Healing Power of Awareness/ Inner Revolution Package
General $115/ TH Members $103.50
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