21st Century Buddhism, The IDP Podcast, features weekly lectures and discussions by IDP Teachers, Interviews with well known authors and personalities and artful explorations of Buddhist teachings in the form of sound collages, and spoken word pieces. Recent Guest Lectures have included Reverend Billy, Simran Sethi, Sharon Salzberg, Brad Warner, Susan Piver, Sera Beak, David Nichtern, Arawana Hayashi, Daniel Goleman, Eric Spiegel, Dr. Miles Neale, Elizabeth Reid, Gina Sharpe, Chas DiCapua, Colin Beaven, Darren Littlejohn, Kyabgon Phakchok Rinpoche, Jonathan Kaplan, Acharya Adam Lobel, Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown, Susan Piver, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Lodro Rinzler, Phil Richman, Lara Adler, Michael Stone, Joseph Mauricio, Tomas Sander, Koshin Paley Ellison, Spring Washam, Pilar Jennings, Alan Senauke, Acharya Fleet Maull, Natalie Goldberg, Ari Pliskin, Sarah Weintraub, Gina Sharpe, Andy Karr, Kinloch C Walpole, Nicola Amadora, Martine Batchelor, Stuart Moody, Beth Terry, Gil Fronsdal, Tiffany Shlain, Jennifer Fox, Robert Chodo Campbell, Konchok Yangphel, Fred Cooper, Robina Courtin, Joseph Loizzo and Nancy Thompson, Sokuzan Bob Brown
Following up on his conversation with Ed Catmull, co-founder of Pixar, IDP Board Chair Tarikh Korula talks with Lawrence Levy, Pixar’s former CFO, about his book, "To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History". Levy was...
In this podcast, IDP Board Chair Tarikh Korula talks to Lana Wilson about her new film, The Departure: Ittetsu Nemoto, a former punk-turned-Buddhist-priest in Japan, has made a career out of helping suicidal people find reasons to live. But this work has come...
In this podcast, IDP Board Chair Tarikh Korula talks with Jerry Colonna, a tech coach that Wired magazine called the “Man Who Makes Founders Cry.” Jerry Colonna is an executive coach who uses the skills he learned as a venture capitalist to help entrepreneurs. He draws...
In this podcast, IDP Board Chair Tarikh Korula, talks with Hope Hall, a documentary filmmaker, photographer, and teacher. Her short films have been selected for over 40 film festivals worldwide and have received numerous awards. She began working for President Obama during his 2008 campaign, from...
In this podcast, IDP Board Director Tarikh Korula talks with Joe DiNardo, a businessman and attorney who was married to his wife Marcia for 15 years when she was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer. DiNardo used to his years of meditation practice to help get through the grief of losing her...
In this podcast, IDP Board Director Tarikh Korula interviews Sharon Salzberg, the co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society, a world-renowned teacher, and bestselling author. Sharon has written ten books — from her seminal Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness to her latest, ...
In this podcast IDP teachers Kimberly Brown and Dan Cayer discuss their experience with both physical and mental suffering, how it informs their teaching, and the ways they've learned to bring patience, kindness, and compassion to themselves. Kimberly Brown is the executive director of The...
In this interview, Brandon Holmes and Dr. Shanté Smalls discuss the benefits of meditation, committed practice and maintaining a sense of clarity in the current political climate. This podcast is provided by the generosity of listeners like you. Become a Member or make a...
In this podcast, IDP Board Director Tarikh Korula interviews Ed Catmull, the co-founder of Pixar and president of Disney Animation Studios. Both men practice mindfulness and meditation, and their conversation explores the ways contemplative techniques can inform businesses to create compassionate...
The Interdependence Project's Executive Director, Kimberly Brown, recently spoke to teacher, friend, and mentor Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche about his new book, Emotional Rescue: How to Work with Your Emotions to Transform Hurt and Confusion into Energy that Empowers You. They also discussed...
Zen priest and bestselling author Brad Warner discusses his new book Don’t Be a Jerk, which paraphrases Dōgen’s Buddhist classic work The Shōbōgenzō: The True Treasury of the Dharma Eye for modern times. Brad explains the middle way Dōgen’s teachings describe and explores his...
Meditation is a skill everyone can practice, using simple techniques to become present with your mind and your body. Join IDP executive director Kimberly Brown and learn traditional methods developed for modern people. Sit still, develop your concentration, and bring a sense of ease and kindness to...
Join IDP teachers Kim, Kate, and Mona for an evening of discussion and contemplation in a friendly and supportive environment where they share their experience as meditators and community members, and by answering questions about meditation and IDP's unique offerings. This podcast is provided...
Pain, chronic illness, aches and other physical limitations can create a seemingly endless and exhausting cycle of mental and physical distress. In this workshop, Dan Cayer draws on his training as an Alexander Technique teacher and his own experience with chronic pain to demonstrate how...
Ven. Dr. Pannavati has designed a special set of teachings to help us understand the many questions that arise when considering how to engage our practice with our world. Should we try to make change? How can we do it without being angry? How can we let go of outcome? ...
Ven. Dr. Pannavati has designed a special set of teachings to help us understand the many questions that arise when considering how to engage our practice with our world. Should we try to make change? How can we do it without being angry? How can we let go of outcome? ...
Ven. Dr. Pannavati has designed a special set of teachings to help us understand the many questions that arise when considering how to engage our practice with our world. Should we try to make change? How can we do it without being angry? How can we let go of outcome? ...
Ven. Dr. Pannavati has designed a special set of teachings to help us understand the many questions that arise when considering how to engage our practice with our world. Should we try to make change? How can we do it without being angry? How can we let go of outcome? ...
Ven. Dr. Pannavati has designed a special set of teachings to help us understand the many questions that arise when considering how to engage our practice with our world. Should we try to make change? How can we do it without being angry? How can we let go of outcome? ...
Ven. Dr. Pannavati has designed a special set of teachings to help us understand the many questions that arise when considering how to engage our practice with our world. Should we try to make change? How can we do it without being angry? How can we let go of outcome? ...
Ven. Dr. Pannavati has designed a special set of teachings to help us understand the many questions that arise when considering how to engage our practice with our world. Should we try to make change? How can we do it without being angry? How can we let go of outcome? ...
Ven. Dr. Pannavati has designed a special set of teachings to help us understand the many questions that arise when considering how to engage our practice with our world. Should we try to make change? How can we do it without being angry? How can we let go of outcome? ...
Acharya Arawana Hayashi is an accomplished Buddhist teacher, dancer, and activist. "The Art of Making a True Move" invites participants to develop authenticity and genuineness by discovering their natural creativity as they are guided through a gentle process of paying ...
Acharya Arawana Hayashi is an accomplished Buddhist teacher, dancer, and activist. "The Art of Making a True Move" invites participants to develop authenticity and genuineness by discovering their natural creativity as they are guided through a gentle process of paying ...
Acharya Arawana Hayashi is an accomplished Buddhist teacher, dancer, and activist. "The Art of Making a True Move" invites participants to develop authenticity and genuineness by discovering their natural creativity as they are guided through a gentle process of paying ...
In this week's podcast Amma Thanasanti concludes her talk on Sex and Awakening. Amma Thanasanti is the founder of Awakening Truth, an organization committed to creating a Bhikkhuni training monastery and facilitate ways monastics and lay practitioners can work together...
In this week's podcast Amma Thanasanti discusses Sex and Awakening. Amma Thanasanti is the founder of Awakening Truth, an organization committed to creating a Bhikkhuni training monastery and facilitate ways monastics and lay practitioners can work together to support whole...
With the recent increased visibility of racism in the mainstream media, many people who aren't vulnerable to racist oppression are starting to ask the question, "How can I help?". In this week's podcast, recorded at IDP in March, our Sit Down, Rise Up...
With the recent increased visibility of racism in the mainstream media, many people who aren't vulnerable to racist oppression are starting to ask the question, "How can I help?". In this week's podcast, recorded at IDP in March, our Sit Down, Rise Up Coordinator, Kate...
In this week’s podcast author and founder of the Interdependence project Ethan Nichtern continues his discussion with Dan Harris. Dan is a journalist for ABC News, meditator, and author of "10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and...
In this week’s podcast Ethan Nichtern sits down and talks with Dan Harris. Dan is a journalist for ABC News, meditator, and author of "10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Really Works — a True Story. In Part 1...
In this episode Ethan Nichtern talks to Ruth Ozeki about her writing and the Dharma. Ruth has an upcoming daylong writing and Zazen workshop on April 26th, 2015 at the Brooklyn Zen Center. More information can be found on their website at https://brooklynzen.org/event/2015/4/26/to-study-...
Teacher: KimberlyBrown Lawrence Grecco "Whatever we're doing could be done with one intention. That intention is that we want to wake up, we want to ripen our compassion, and we want to ripen our ability to let go. We want to realize our connection with all beings." Pema...
"Whatever we're doing could be done with one intention. That intention is that we want to wake up, we want to ripen our compassion, and we want to ripen our ability to let go. We want to realize our connection with all beings." Pema Chodron In the New Year, we often make...
Developing a more receptive relationship to all of our experience allows us to manifest what is authentic in our lives while cultivating compassion for our vulnerability and struggles. Meditation helps us develop confidence to open our hearts to it all. In this podcast, recorded at The...
Developing a more receptive relationship to all of our experience allows us to manifest what is authentic in our lives while cultivating compassion for our vulnerability and struggles. Meditation helps us develop confidence to open our hearts to it all. In this podcast, recorded at The...
As qualities inherent in every human being, compassion and loving-kindness can be developed and cultivated through practice and training. With effort, each and every person can learn to be more compassionate, kinder, and more patient. Transform your relationship to yourself, your family, your...
As qualities inherent in every human being, compassion and loving-kindness can be developed and cultivated through practice and training. With effort, each and every person can learn to be more compassionate, kinder, and more patient. Transform your relationship to yourself, your family, your...
This open talk is about friendship; what does it mean to be friendly with ourselves and with others? How does meditation help us make friends with our minds? IDP Teachers Kate Johnson and Dr. Lani Rowe lead this wonderful community class which is designed for...
This open talk is about friendship; what does it mean to be friendly with ourselves and with others? How does meditation help us make friends with our minds? IDP Teachers Kate Johnson and Dr. Lani Rowe lead this wonderful community class which is designed for beginners as well as...
Lovingkindness, ("metta" in Pali, "maitri" in Sanskrit), is an inherent human quality which can be developed and cultivated with diligence and patience. In this podcast, IDP Teachers Ven. Lawrence Do'an Grecco and Kate Johnson explain how Metta ...
Lovingkindness, ("metta" in Pali, "maitri" in Sanskrit), is an inherent human quality which can be developed and cultivated with diligence and patience. In this podcast, IDP Teachers Ven. Lawrence Do'an Grecco and Kate Johnson explain how Metta meditation practice can generate an open heart...
"According to Buddhism we all possess—innately—astonishing potential within our own being, right now, to be more happy, more wise, more loving, more kind." This podcast was recorded in December 2013, during Venerable Robina Courtin's third visit to The Interdependence Project...
This year's meeting was led by Executive Director, Kimberly Brown, with Board Members Lani Feinberg-Rowe, Ellen Scordato, and Allison Canton. It took place at IDP in NYC, and was attended by ~20 local Members and one remote Member who joined us via Skype. We discussed past and present...
"According to Buddhism we all possess—innately—astonishing potential within our own being, right now, to be more happy, more wise, more loving, more kind." This podcast was recorded in December 2013, during Venerable Robina Courtin's third visit to The Interdependence Project. You...
IDP teacher, Zen monk, and Queer Sangha leader Lawrence Grecco interviews Chris Lemig, author of the new book, The Narrow Way. They discuss his moving memoir, and his difficulties as a gay man struggling to accept himself while also dealing with drug and alcohol abuse, and the transformative...
We all have a sex life, active or otherwise, alone or with others. Sex takes up a lot of mental and emotional space in our lives, yet while dharma teachings offer profound understanding of many aspects of human experience, sex too often gets ignored, despite its potency and frequency in...
Research has shown that mindfulness techniques benefit children as well as adults by enhancing concentration, increasing self awareness, and facilitating emotional regulation. In this interview, conducted by meditation teacher Adreanna Limbach, Dr. Heidi Marben discusses her work teaching...
Research has shown that mindfulness techniques benefit children as well as adults by enhancing concentration, increasing self awareness, and facilitating emotional regulation. In this interview, conducted by meditation teacher Adreanna Limbach, Dr. Heidi Marben discusses her work teaching...
We all have a sex life, active or otherwise, alone or with others. Sex takes up a lot of mental and emotional space in our lives, yet while dharma teachings offer profound understanding of many aspects of human experience, sex too often gets ignored, despite its potency and frequency in...
In the New Year, we often make resolutions to do things differently; to change our diet, visit new places, be kinder to our selves and others or get a new job. Usually, these resolutions remain unfulfilled because we’re not looking at what’s behind all our actions, speech, and thoughts: our...