YEARLONG BUDDHIST STUDIES - YEAR 2
COURSE 1: THE SCIENCE AND PSYCHOLOGY OF BUDDHISM
WITH ETHAN NICHTERN
Mondays, January 27th – March 3rd, 2025
from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
COURSE 1: THE SCIENCE AND PSYCHOLOGY OF BUDDHISM
Mondays, January 27th – March 3rd, 2025
7:00pm – 9:00pm ET
In this first module of the Yearlong Buddhist Studies Course - Year Two, we will use Rick Hansen's wonderful text “Buddha’s Brain,” to begin to explore the science behind our karma, and how an understanding of Western concepts can deepen our own self-compassion and mindfulness practices.
REGISTER NOW FOR $325Please note: This course is for graduates of the Yearlong Buddhist Studies, Year 1 program or those with significant previous practice experience. If you did not take the Year 1 program but feel you'd still like to attend the Year 2 program, please email: [email protected].
WHAT PAST STUDENTS ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS COURSE:
“I could not speak more highly of this course and Ethan as a teacher! I came in as a complete beginner without a formal practice, so if anybody in the same boat now has doubts, don’t fret!”
“The online course allows 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.”
“This course changed my life. It opened so many things in my life and path…May it benefit many many people!”
ABOUT ETHAN
Ethan Nichtern 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 and Stitcher.
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.
