“In the practice of exchanging self & other, paradoxes abound.” – Bob Thurman
Events
Menla Yogic Sciences Teacher Training
September 3-12:00 am - 3:00 am EDT
Join us for this totally unique yoga teacher training, exploring the philosophical and experiential interface between Hatha Yoga and Indo-Tibetan Vajra Yoga traditions in the pristine hidden mountain valley of Menla—a Medicine Buddha land. This will be an intensive immersion designed for students and teachers of Indian and Tibetan yogas wishing to take their practice […]
Buddha and the Yogis : Freedom on the Path to Compassion
October 12-3:00 pm - October 17-1:00 pm EDT
Join Richard Freeman, Mary Taylor & Robert A.F. Thurman for an all levels yoga and meditation intensive sponsored by Tibet House US Menla Retreat and Dewa Spa this October 12th – 17th, 2020 in Phoenicia, New York! Diving deeply into the complementary teachings of Mahayana Buddhism and classical Indian thought, we find at the core […]
The Dalai Lama Global Vision Online Summit
October 22-5:00 am - October 27-10:59 pm EDT
Join us for a 6-day FREE online event celebrating the life and vision of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, with a robust lineup of speakers, including monks and nuns, teachers and authors, scholars, scientists and personal friends of the Dalai Lama himself. The year 2020 has brought sharp focus to our collective struggles: a global […]
Saturday Night Live Q & A Dialogue: Questioning Buddhism
October 24-7:30 pm - 9:00 pm EDT
Saturday Night Live Q & A Dialogue with Sharon Salzberg & Robert A.F. Thurman October 24, 2020, Presented by Tibet House US | Menla Online! Join us for an evening of dialogue and contemplation with two pioneers of contemporary Buddhism. Questions can be submitted beforehand via the link provided in your registration confirmation email and […]
Art of Dying: Spiritual, Scientific & Practical Approaches to Living & Dying
October 31-9:00 am - November 1-5:00 pm EDT
When we launched the first Art of Dying conference in the spring of 1995 with our friends Tibet House US we had little idea that, not only would New York Open Center be engaged with this vital theme for a quarter of a century, but that our efforts would evolve into an Institute offering in-depth […]
Courses
Indian & Tibetan River of Buddhism :
Robert Thurman | EdX
Explore an overview of the history and philosophy of Buddhism throughout India, South and Southeast Asia, Tibet, and Central Asia, featuring the basics of the Buddhist view of reality and its educational principles of sciences, mind and social ethics with Bob Thurman.