Los Angeles is the city of dreams, obsessed with status, beauty, and power; a community focused on “me†. Amidst a Hollywood culture that is always looking for a new way to deny impermanence, Nictern asks , “Is there any possibility to connect with a person’s true nature to be fully awake? Is there any way to relax and open to a perspective beyond ‘what about me?’â€
Shastri Ethan Nichtern is the founding director of the Interdependence Project, an NYC based nonproft dedicated to Buddhist-inspired meditation and psychology, integral activism, mindful arts, and meaningful media.
He is also author of the acclaimed book One City: A Declaration of Interdependence (Wisdom Pubs). His writing has been featured on Huffington Post, Beliefnet, Tricycle Magazine, BuddhaDharma magazine, Reality Sandwich, and other online publications. He is currently on the part-time faculty at Eugene Lang College at New School University and lectures regularly at universities.
The Los Angeles Shambhala Meditation Center (http://la.shambhala.org) offers practice and study. It is part of Shambhala International, a community of urban meditation and rural retreat centers founded by the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and now led by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.
Price: $15.00 General Public ($10.00 Members, Seniors and Students), register at http://la.shambhala.org/program_details.php?id=75517&cid=208, call 323 255 5472, email: la@shambhala.org.
