Mastering the Self

(Part of the Tibetan Studies Program, co-sponsored with Tibet House U.S. All classes are held at Tibet House, 22 West 15th St., but registration is taken through the Open Center.)

Mark Epstein, MD, & Sharon Salzberg

Buddha taught many ways of gaining control of the self, but rather than a doctrine of mastery and submission, his method was much more subtle and far-reaching. He saw that it was possible, through a combination of compassion, understanding, instruction, practice and surrender, to loosen our habitual responses and achieve a self that is truly free.

AN EVENING LECTURE
Friday, March 5, 7–9pm
10WSB72P
Members: $18 / Nonmembers: $20

Mark Epstein and Sharon Salzberg will also be teaching:
3/6: Buddhist Therapies

Note: Robert Thurman was scheduled to teach this program as well  unfortunately will be unable to do to a sudden work commitment out of the country.

Mark Epstein, MD, is a NYC-based psychiatrist, a clinical assistant professor in the Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis at NYU, and the author of a number of books on the interface of Buddhism and psychotherapy, including Thoughts Without a Thinker, Open to Desire and, his newest, Psychotherapy Without the Self.

Sharon Salzberg, co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society, The Barre Center for Buddhist Studies and The Forest Refuge, is one of the U.S.’s leading meditation teachers and the author of several books, including Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience, Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness and, most recently, The Kindness Handbook.