Summary: 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
