The Interdependence Project : 21st Century Buddhism

This Podcast features a lecture by Robina Courtin titled "Women and Engaged Buddhism." It was given on December 12th 2011 in New York City. This is the second of a two part podcast. Robina Courtin was born in Melbourne, Australia. Robina began studying martial arts in 1974 and moved to New York, where she studied karate. She continued her studies in Melbourne until 1976, when she attended a Tibetan Buddhist course in Queensland given by Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. In November 1977 Robina went to Kopan Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, where she was ordained. Since then, she has lived as a Buddhist nun in the Tibetan tradition, traveling, teaching and bringing the Dharma to people around the world.

This Podcast features a lecture by Robina Courtin titled "Women and Engaged Buddhism." It was given on December 12th 2011 in New York City. This is the first of a two part podcast. Robina Courtin was born in Melbourne, Australia. Robina began studying martial arts in 1974 and moved to New York, where she studied karate. She continued her studies in Melbourne until 1976, when she attended a Tibetan Buddhist course in Queensland given by Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. In November 1977 Robina went to Kopan Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, where she was ordained. Since then, she has lived as a Buddhist nun in the Tibetan tradition, traveling, teaching and bringing the Dharma to people around the world.

This week features a lecture by Fred Cooper titled "Bridging the Two Worlds." It was recorded on January 11th, 2012 in New York City. This is the second of a two part podcast. Dr. Fred Cooper is a quantum field theorist who was a Ph.D. student of the Nobel Prize winning Physicist Sheldon Glashow, one of the co-inventors of the Standard Model of Elementary Particle Physics. He has written over 200 published papers in various physics Journals and has co-authored a book Supersymmetry and Quantum Mechanics. He has been a student of Tai Situ Rinpoche since 1981. He has also received direct Mahamudra transmissions from the first Kalu Rinpoche and VV Mingyur Rinpoche. Fred has been teaching meditation at Karma and Shangpa Kagyu centers affiliated with Kalu Rinpoche for over 20 years and he currently is the President of Kagyu Shenpen Kunchab Buddhist Center in Santa Fe, NM.

This week features a lecture by Fred Cooper titled "Bridging the Two Worlds." It was recorded on January 11th, 2012 in New York City. This is the first of a two part podcast. Dr. Fred Cooper is a quantum field theorist who was a Ph.D. student of the Nobel Prize winning Physicist Sheldon Glashow, one of the co-inventors of the Standard Model of Elementary Particle Physics. He has written over 200 published papers in various physics Journals and has co-authored a book Supersymmetry and Quantum Mechanics. He has been a student of Tai Situ Rinpoche since 1981. He has also received direct Mahamudra transmissions from the first Kalu Rinpoche and VV Mingyur Rinpoche. Fred has been teaching meditation at Karma and Shangpa Kagyu centers affiliated with Kalu Rinpoche for over 20 years and he currently is the President of Kagyu Shenpen Kunchab Buddhist Center in Santa Fe, NM.

This Podcast features a lecture by Robina Courtin titled "Women and Engaged Buddhism." It was given on December 12th 2011 in New York City. This is the second of a two part podcast.Robina Courtin was born in Melbourne, Australia. Robina began studying martial arts in 1974 and moved to New York,...

This Podcast features a lecture by Robina Courtin titled "Women and Engaged Buddhism." It was given on December 12th 2011 in New York City. This is the first of a two part podcast.Robina Courtin was born in Melbourne, Australia. Robina began studying martial arts in 1974 and moved to New York,...

This week features a lecture by Fred Cooper titled "Bridging the Two Worlds." It was recorded on January 11th, 2012 in New York City. This is the second of a two part podcast.Dr. Fred Cooper is a quantum field theorist who was a Ph.D. student of the Nobel Prize winning Physicist Sheldon Glashow,...

This week features a lecture by Fred Cooper titled "Bridging the Two Worlds." It was recorded on January 11th, 2012 in New York City. This is the first of a two part podcast.Dr. Fred Cooper is a quantum field theorist who was a Ph.D. student of the Nobel Prize winning Physicist Sheldon Glashow, one...

This week, ID Project member Angela Russo interviews Konchok Yangphel, an executive of the Tibetan Youth Congress, an international Tibetan-run organization fighting for the freedom of Tibet.

This podcast features a lecture by Eric Spiegel titled in which he explains Buddhist Refuge and Bodhisattva Vows. It was given on March 7th, 2012 in New York City. Acharya Eric Spiegel has been teaching in Shambhala since the mid 1970s. He has worked extensively with the ill and dying, helping them to realize their wisdom in the face of impermanence, and has had a 22 year career in finance. In 2003 Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche appointed him to the teaching position of Acharya. He lives in rural upstate New York. Acharya Spiegel one of the The Interdependence Project's spiritual mentors

This podcast features a lecture by Eric Spiegel in which he explains Buddhist Refuge and Bodhisattva Vows. It was given on March 7th, 2012 in New York City.Acharya Eric Spiegel has been teaching in Shambhala since the mid 1970s.  He has worked extensively with the ill and dying, helping them...

This podcast features a lecture by Ethan and David Nichtern titled "Why Not Meditate?" It was recorded on February 20th, 2012 in New York City. This is the second of a two part podcast. Shastri Ethan Nichtern is the founding director and Senior Teacher in Residence of the Interdependence Project. He is a Shastri, a senior teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition He is is the author of the new novel and poetry collection, Your Emoticons Won’t Save You (January, 2012). as well as the acclaimed nonfiction book One City: A Declaration of Interdependence (Wisdom Pubs, 2007). In 2011 he stepped down as the founding director of IDP to pursue teaching and writing full-time. www.ethannichtern.com
 David Nichtern is a senior teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. He is the Director of Buddhist Practice & Study for OM yoga and leads meditation workshops around the world and online. David is a regular contributor to the Living Section of the Huffington Post and is also an accomplished composer, producer and guitarist --- a four-time Emmy award winner and two-time Grammy nominee. His new book, Awakening From the Daydream: The Wheel of Life, will be released in early 2013 on Wisdom Publications. www.davidnichtern.com

This podcast features a lecture by Ethan and David Nichtern titled "Why Not Meditate?" It was recorded on February 20th, 2012 in New York City. This is the second of a two part podcast. Shastri Ethan Nichtern is the founding director and Senior Teacher in Residence of the Interdependence...

This podcast features a lecture by Ethan and David Nichtern titled "Why Not Meditate?" It was recorded on February 20th, 2012 in New York City. This is the first of a two part podcast. Shastri Ethan Nichtern is the founding director and Senior Teacher in Residence of the Interdependence Project. For the past eight years, Ethan has taught ongoing meditation and Buddhist psychology classes and retreats in New York City and around North America. He is on the part-time faculty at Eugene Lang College at New School University and lectures regularly at Brown, Wesleyan, and New York Universities. In the summer of 2010, Ethan was empowered by his teacher, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, as a Shastri, a senior teacher of the Shambhala tradition representing the New York region. He has also studied Theravadan and Soto Zen traditions, and is an avid yoga practitioner. www.ethannichtern.com David Nichtern is a senior teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. He is the Director of Buddhist Practice & Study for OM yoga and leads meditation workshops around the world and online. David is a regular contributor to the Living Section of the Huffington Post and is also an accomplished composer, producer and guitarist --- a four-time Emmy award winner and two-time Grammy nominee. His new book, Awakening From the Daydream: The Wheel of Life, will be released in early 2013 on Wisdom Publications. www.davidnichtern.com

This podcast features a lecture by Ethan and David Nichtern titled "Why Not Meditate?" It was recorded on February 20th, 2012 in New York City. This is the first of a two part podcast. Shastri Ethan Nichtern is the founding director and Senior Teacher in Residence of the Interdependence...