Summary: 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
