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One Year Anniversary Party: Clearing Obstacles for the New Year!

One Year Anniversary Party
Clearing Obstacles for the New Year

Mon, January 27
6:30 - 8:30 PM
Tibet House & Online

Join Megan Mook, Kevin Townley, and Lopön Karla Jackson Brewer for Dharma Friends' One Year Anniversary Party, featuring a live Chöd blessing by guest teacher Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer, plus performances by legendary spoken word poet Bob Holman and musician Shonali Bhowmik.

Our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY kicks off a 3 month cycle of themed meditations and teachings, focussing on transforming obstacles into assets. Each month, we'll explore different aspects of the highly effective meditation practice, Feeding Your Demons, inspired by the Tibetan Chöd tradition and developed by Lama Tsultrim Allione. Participants can drop in at any point during the 3 month cycle, or attend all 3 events and deepen their practice consecutively.

Chöd is a highly revered Tantric ritual based on the Tibetan Buddhist principle of turning our inner demons  / obstacles into friends and allies on the path. It is rarely publicly performed in the West.

Expect a birthday party vibe with treats and surprises, balanced by a deeply transformative spiritual experience. We can't wait to celebrate and kick off the New Year with you!

Past Themes Include
Dakinis and The Divine Feminine; Tantric Technologies with Dr. David Kittay of Columbia University; Opening the Mind Eye Mind with Sokuzan; Embodied Wisdom; Karma and The Six Realms; Compassionate Listening; and The Five Wisdom Families As Reflected in Art.

Artistic Guests
We’ve hosted Rob Ward on viola, Haleh Liza Gafori reading original Rumi translations; Stephen Dydo on quin; 5 NYC comedians riffing on the 5 afflictive emotions, Jackie Stewart, Jimmy Reed and George McPherson doing sound meditations, Shoshonna Gleich showing original short film, and more!