Caught in a Web: Actions and their Results (podcast)




Meditation in the City: A Shambhala Podcast show

Summary: In this episode of the Meditation In The City podcast, senior teacher John Ankele discusses the ever-thickening web of habitual patterns and beliefs which ensnare us, personally and societally, and how meditation helps us break free. This talk was recorded live at our Weekly Dharma Gathering. Meditation In The City is the Shambhala Meditation Center of New York’s very own podcast. Take the action of sharing with your friends, and enjoy the results! John Ankele is a long-time teacher of Shambhala Training and is a video producer. His work has been broadcast on PBS and ABC-TV and has been shown at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), the Smithsonian, the United Nations and the Margaret Mead Film Festival. If you enjoy Meditation in the City, throw us a buck or two (or five, or fifty!). Any amount will help support this podcast. It’s easy, just click the link! Click here to donate: Podcast production by sonamgray.com The Shambhala Meditation Center of New York is part of an international community of nearly 200 meditation centers founded by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and led by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. The Shambhala Buddhist path, unique in the world of Western Buddhism, combines the teachings of the Kagyu and Nyingma traditions of Tibetan Buddhism with the Shambhala principles of living an uplifted life, fully engaged with the world. Programs and classes in Buddhist teachings, meditation and other contemplative disciplines are offered as well as individual meditation instruction. The Center is home to a vibrant, diverse community of members and friends who provide ongoing volunteer and financial support – creating a warm, genuine basis for the realizing the full potential of our authentic wisdom traditions.