Shambhala Meditation Center of New York (originally scheduled for Governors Island Parade Grounds)
118 West 22nd St. between Sixth & Seventh Aves., sixth floor
Sunday, September 11, free, RSVP recommended but not required, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
212-675-6544
www.theidproject.org/lovealone
www.ny.shambhala.org
There are many ways to pay tribute to the horrific attacks that took place downtown ten years ago, with special memorial events scheduled all over the city today and tomorrow. One of the calmest and most personal will be going on at the Shambhala Meditation Center of New York, where such organizations as the Interdependence Project, the Shambhala Center, the Jewish Meditation Center of Brooklyn, the Village Zendo, Won Buddhism of Manhattan, and the Buddhist Peace Fellowship are teaming up for a free public meditation. (The event was originally scheduled to be held at the Governors Island Parade Grounds but has been moved because of expected bad weather.) Among the teachers who will be providing guidance and spiritual leadership to people of all faiths are Acharya Judy Leif, Shastri Ethan Nichtern, and Alison Laichter. The five-hour meditation will include a Loving-kindness (mettā bhāvanā) contemplation focusing on compassion.