Free Online Discussion
WHAT IS KARMA?
with Ethan Nichtern & Sah D'Simone
Wednesday, December 11th, 2024 | 6:00pm – 7:30pm ET
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What is Karma? Is it your destiny? Is it your cosmic bank account of all your good deeds? Is it something you’re born with? Is it your stored trauma? Is it all in your head? Is it all your fault? Is it a Taylor Swift song?
Karma is one of the most significant yet often misunderstood concepts in Buddhism. The word itself means "action" and speaks to the deep interconnection between cause and effect—how the situations we face arise and evolve over time.
Karma is a buzz word that gets defined so vaguely, but in Buddhist thought it has a very specific and very detailed meaning. It is more about the patterns of our habits, the scripts we follow when faced with familiar challenges, and how we can begin to change those patterns through awareness and practice.
Join authors and teachers Ethan Nichtern and Sah D’Simone for a free online talk exploring common cultural misconceptions about karma, how we experience it in meditation and daily life, and the tools Buddhism offers to work with it effectively.
They'll also discuss the upcoming Yearlong Buddhist Studies Course starting in January 2025. This twelve-month online course will be a deep dive into contemporary Buddhism and its practices, applying them to modern-day topics and our everyday lives.
About the Speakers
Ethan Nichtern
Ethan is a Senior Buddhist teacher, author, and lecturer. For the past 19 years, Ethan has taught meditation and Buddhist psychology classes and workshops around New York City, North America and Europe, along with working with students privately.
He was formerly on the part-time faculty at Eugene Lang College at New School University and has lectured at Brown, Wesleyan, Yale, NYU, FIT, Antioch and other universities, and as well at many other meditation/yoga centers and conferences around the country and world.
Ethan is the author of the acclaimed books The Road Home: A Contemporary Exploration of the Buddhist Path and The Dharma of The Princess Bride: What The Coolest Fairy Tale of Our Time Can Teach Us About Buddhism and Relationships. He is also the author of One City: A Declaration of Interdependence, and the Novella/poetry collection, Your Emoticons Won’t Save You, and his most recent book Confidence: Holding Your Seat Through Life’s Eight Worldly Winds.
He founded and served as executive director (2007-11) of the Interdependence Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to secular Buddhist practice and transformational activism and arts.
Ethan primarily studied in Shambhala and Tibetan traditions, as well as Theravadan and Soto Zen Buddhism. Ethan is an avid yoga practitioner. He served as Shastri, or Senior Teacher-In-Residence, for the Shambhala Meditation Center of New York from 2010-18.
In 2018, Ethan launched his podcast, The Road Home, available on iTunes, Spotify and wherever you listen to podcasts.
Ethan has been featured on CNN, NPR, ABC/Yahoo News, The New York Times, Vogue.com, Business Insider, Nautilus, and Vice to discuss Buddhism and meditation in the 21st Century. His articles have been featured on The Huffington Post, Beliefnet, Shambhala Sun, Tricycle Magazine, BuddhaDharma Magazine, and Reality Sandwich as well as other online publications.
Sah D'Simone
Sah is a spiritual revolutionary, artist, and the internationally bestselling author of Spiritually, We and Spiritually Sassy. He's known for hosting the top-rated Solving the Riddle of Being Human podcast and for creating the Somatic Activated Healing (SAH) Method™. Sah is a Chaplain Intern in the Spiritual Care Department at Cedars-Sinai Hospital and is a guest lecturer at Columbia University. His remarkable contributions to homeless youth in Venice Beach, California earned him the CARE award from the city and county of Los Angeles.
For more, visit sahdsimone.com
Instagram: @sahdsimone
STUDENT FEEDBACK ON THE YEARLONG BUDDHIST STUDIES COURSE
"This is so hard to put into words. I have gained so much from this past year through the year long study. I have gained a deeper practice, become more in touch with myself, and gained a better understanding of the world around me. I am so grateful for this course and all the nuggets of wisdom I was able to take away."
“The online course allowed this full time working mom to have access to the dharma and a sangha in a way that would be otherwise impossible. When the stars align and I can attend the live class, Ethan and his guests are engaging and interactive. The break out sessions are also insightful. Definitely worth investing the time and money.”
"It was a lovely opportunity to engage with a variety of Buddhist traditions and practices, to share my understanding of Dharma with others, and to learn with other practitioners about how we each can bring the teachings to bear on our inner and outer lives."
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