Practicing The Liberating Wisdom
Event Details
- Who
- Mark Epstein, Sharon Salzberg & Robert Thurman
- What
- Workshop
- Where
- Tibet House US Gallery
- When
- Saturday, March 05, 2011 At 10:00 AM
- How
- General: $100/Members: $90
- Details
- Saturday, March 5, 10AM – 5PM
About the Event
Workshop is designed to give participants a direct experience of the potential
their minds to relate differently to habitual patterns of emotional reactivity. Periods of
meditation will alternate with discussion of issues on the interface of Buddhist thought
andWestern psychotherapy. How much psychic change can we expect from meditation?
What did the Buddha see as our potential? Did Buddhism ever evolve anything
resembling psychotherapy, or is that a uniquelyWestern contribution to the attempt to
alleviate psychic pain? Throughout the day, we will continue to explore the vast panoply
of creative approaches taught by Buddhist teachers tomakemind a vehicle for awakening.
Suitable for those with little or no meditative or therapeutic experience, or for those
with a great deal, these three noted Buddhist practitioners, who have a long history of
teaching together despite their differing backgrounds and orientations, will attempt to
work through the common misunderstandings that keep people mired in confusion.
Saturday, Mar. 5, 10AM – 5PM
General: $100/Members: $90 -
Package Discount for Friday & Saturday
General: $115/Members: $103.50 -
Presenters:
Mark Epstein, MD is a psychiatrist in New York City and the author of books about the interface of Buddhism and psychotherapy. He is currently Clinical Assistant Professor in the Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis at New York University.
Sharon Salzberg is cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre, Massachusetts. She is one of America's leading meditation teachers and authors. For more information about Sharon, please visit: www.SharonSalzberg.com.
Robert A. F. 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.
About the Presenter
See above
