Ethan Nichtern - Buddhism: A Cure For A Time Of Chaos?

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Connor Beaton

Relationships, Mental Health, Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In a culture that seems to be fraying and coming apart at the seams, does Buddhism have any possibilities? Last week I got to chat with celebrated Buddhist teacher and mentor Ethan Nichtern, and hear a bit about Buddhist psychology, Tantric Buddhism, and how the Middle Path can help us navigate not just our own minds but the world around us. I really appreciated Ethan's expertise; he effortlessly explains complex Buddhist ideas (and Western misconceptions). Dig in, friends. Ethan Nichtern is, as Sally Vogler of Vogue put it, “a supercool, deeply kind brainiac—imagine a very chilled-out blend of Pauls Auster and Rudd—who is also to-the-cushion born. A Buddhist teacher for over 19 years, Ethan has taught meditation and Buddhist psychology classes and workshops around New York City, North America, and Europe, along with working with students privately. He has primarily studied in the Shambhala and other Tibetan traditions, but has also studied Theravadan and Soto Zen Buddhism. He is also an avid yoga practitioner. He served as Shastri, or Senior Teacher-In-Residence, for the Shambhala Meditation Center of New York, from 2010-2018. He was formerly on the part-time faculty at Eugene Lang College at New School University and has lectured at Brown, Wesleyan, Yale, NYU, FIT, Antioch, and other universities, and as well as at many other meditation/yoga centers and conferences around the country and world. He is the author of the acclaimed book The Road Home: A Contemporary Exploration of the Buddhist Path. His most recent book, The Dharma of The Princess Bride: What The Coolest Fairy Tale of Our Time Can Teach Us About Buddhism and Relationships was in 2017. He is also the author of One City: A Declaration of Interdependence and the Novella/poetry collection, Your Emoticons Won’t Save You. Connect With Ethan -Website: https://www.ethannichtern.com/ -Twitter: https://twitter.com/ethannichtern -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ethannichtern/ -Books: https://ethannichtern.com/the-road-home -https://www.ethannichtern.com/dharma-of-the-princess-bride/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It is okay to listen fully and then disagree fully and then take strong steps to act based on what you think is true.
0:20.0	Disagreement, not agreement, is often the best outcome of listening well to another person.
0:26.8	Sometimes the best result of listening well is in seeing exactly how to disempower a harmful
0:34.1	perspective.
0:35.9	Those are the words of my guest today, Mr. Ethan Nichtern.
0:41.0	Ethan has been described as a, quote, super cool, deeply kind, brainiac, a sort of chilled
0:47.1	out blend of Paul's Oster and Rudd, who is also to the cushion born.
0:53.3	Those are the words of a columnist from Vogue.
0:56.1	So Ethan is a Buddhist teacher for over 20 years. He's taught meditation and Buddhist psychology,
1:01.8	which we talk extensively about on today's show. He has primarily studied the Shambala and
1:08.6	Tibetan traditions, but he's also studied Theravaden and Soto Zen Buddhism.
1:14.4	He is an avid yoga practitioner and has served Shostri and senior teacher in residence
1:20.7	for the Shambala Meditation Center of New York from 2010 to 2018.
1:26.4	He has done some incredible work. He's worked with some amazing teachers and
1:30.2	practitioners, and he has written a few books, one of which is called the Road Home, a contemporary
1:35.0	exploration of the Buddhist path. And his most recent book, which is quite interesting, we don't
1:42.3	talk about it on this show, unfortunately, the Dharma of the Princess Bride, what the coolest fairy tale of our time can teach
1:49.1	us about Buddhism and relationships. So what do we talk about today? We talk about a number of things.
1:56.0	We actually look at the practicality of Buddhism in a chaotic time. And Ethan does a great job of breaking down
2:05.5	some of the four-nobled truths, their application to our everyday life, how these principles are
2:13.5	often misconstrued and misrepresented. And we talk about certain Buddhist principles and different pieces of Buddhist psychology
2:22.5	that play into our everyday lives.
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