Special Guest Speaker: Robert Chender
Stabilizing the View
An Online Event — Sunday, October 1, 2023, 10 am – 12 pm
In this talk, we will explore “view,” which is the frame in which we see, or the way we interpret our experience, and how understanding and stabilizing right or wise view (as opposed to mistaken view) can help us in our meditation practice and in our life. Right view has been tested and verified by practitioners for thousands of years, and at the same time it isn’t going to contradict anything you may believe.
We all have frames of reference that we have grown up in, where various stories are taken to be true, either in religious or political or economic or romantic spheres. If we don’t know the frame we’re in, i.e., we don’t have sufficient insight, we can’t tell what’s actually true.
Meditation practice is the way we can understand and ultimately confirm right view. Through quieting our minds sufficiently, we can allow our experience to arrive in a more unfiltered way, and develop the insight to see beyond the surface into the truth of what is.
So if you’ve ever sat around late at night and wondered, “what is reality?”, this talk is for you.
Robert Chender has been a student of Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche since 1974, who authorized him to teach and give meditation instruction. In recent years, in addition to his Buddhist and Shambhala teaching, he has frequently taught mindfulness in corporate settings, particularly to lawyers (he is one, albeit retired). A few recent credentials: Former chair of the board, New York Shambhala Meditation Center; Founder, New York City Bar Association Mindfulness and Wellbeing Committee; Founder and board member, Mindfulness in Law Group (UK); Board member, Mindful Workplace Community (UK); Board member, Foundation for a Mindful Society (Canada); Board member, Mindfulness in Law Society (US); Core teacher, 2024 Mindfulness in Law Teacher Training; Certified Teacher, Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute; BA, Vassar College and JD, NYU School of Law.
Stabilizing the View
An Online Event — Sunday, October 1, 2023, 10 am – 12 pm
In this talk, we will explore “view,” which is the frame in which we see, or the way we interpret our experience, and how understanding and stabilizing right or wise view (as opposed to mistaken view) can help us in our meditation practice and in our life. Right view has been tested and verified by practitioners for thousands of years, and at the same time it isn’t going to contradict anything you may believe.
We all have frames of reference that we have grown up in, where various stories are taken to be true, either in religious or political or economic or romantic spheres. If we don’t know the frame we’re in, i.e., we don’t have sufficient insight, we can’t tell what’s actually true.
Meditation practice is the way we can understand and ultimately confirm right view. Through quieting our minds sufficiently, we can allow our experience to arrive in a more unfiltered way, and develop the insight to see beyond the surface into the truth of what is.
So if you’ve ever sat around late at night and wondered, “what is reality?”, this talk is for you.
Robert Chender has been a student of Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche since 1974, who authorized him to teach and give meditation instruction. In recent years, in addition to his Buddhist and Shambhala teaching, he has frequently taught mindfulness in corporate settings, particularly to lawyers (he is one, albeit retired). A few recent credentials: Former chair of the board, New York Shambhala Meditation Center; Founder, New York City Bar Association Mindfulness and Wellbeing Committee; Founder and board member, Mindfulness in Law Group (UK); Board member, Mindful Workplace Community (UK); Board member, Foundation for a Mindful Society (Canada); Board member, Mindfulness in Law Society (US); Core teacher, 2024 Mindfulness in Law Teacher Training; Certified Teacher, Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute; BA, Vassar College and JD, NYU School of Law.
Stabilizing the View
An Online Event — Sunday, October 1, 2023, 10 am – 12 pm
In this talk, we will explore “view,” which is the frame in which we see, or the way we interpret our experience, and how understanding and stabilizing right or wise view (as opposed to mistaken view) can help us in our meditation practice and in our life. Right view has been tested and verified by practitioners for thousands of years, and at the same time it isn’t going to contradict anything you may believe.
We all have frames of reference that we have grown up in, where various stories are taken to be true, either in religious or political or economic or romantic spheres. If we don’t know the frame we’re in, i.e., we don’t have sufficient insight, we can’t tell what’s actually true.
Meditation practice is the way we can understand and ultimately confirm right view. Through quieting our minds sufficiently, we can allow our experience to arrive in a more unfiltered way, and develop the insight to see beyond the surface into the truth of what is.
So if you’ve ever sat around late at night and wondered, “what is reality?”, this talk is for you.
Robert Chender has been a student of Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche since 1974, who authorized him to teach and give meditation instruction. In recent years, in addition to his Buddhist and Shambhala teaching, he has frequently taught mindfulness in corporate settings, particularly to lawyers (he is one, albeit retired). A few recent credentials: Former chair of the board, New York Shambhala Meditation Center; Founder, New York City Bar Association Mindfulness and Wellbeing Committee; Founder and board member, Mindfulness in Law Group (UK); Board member, Mindful Workplace Community (UK); Board member, Foundation for a Mindful Society (Canada); Board member, Mindfulness in Law Society (US); Core teacher, 2024 Mindfulness in Law Teacher Training; Certified Teacher, Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute; BA, Vassar College and JD, NYU School of Law.
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