January 27, 2025 6:30pm

January Dharma Friends: One Year Anniversary Party // Clearing Obstacles for the New Year

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Megan Mook | Kevin Townley | Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer

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CO-SPONSORED WITH TARA MANDALA

Monday, January 27

6:30-8:30pm ET | Hybrid

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DHARMA FRIENDS is a monthly community gathering hosted by Megan Mook and Kevin Townely. Each month features a specific Dharma / artistic theme, guided meditation, and rotating special guests.

Join Dharma Friends for OUR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY! Lopön Karla Jackson Brewer will perform a live Chöd ritual — sung in Tibetan and accompanied by traditional instruments, to help us clear obstacles for the New Year, while legendary spoken word poet Bob Holman and musician Lucy Wainwright Roche add to the celebratory vibes. Expect an evening of fun, deep Dharma, plus special surprises balanced by a cleansing spiritual ritual.

The Clearing Obstacles for the New Year PARTY kicks off a 3 month cycle of themed meditations and teachings, focusing on transforming obstacles on the path into helpers. Participants can drop in at any point during the 3 month cycle, or attend all 3 events and deepen their practice consecutively.

Tibet House members are invited to apply a 15% discount code THUSMEMBER

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Please note that we are offering this program with a number of fee variations so that all can attend according to your financial situation.  If you are able to give generously and sponsor this program, please note that it will go towards providing a substantial offering to the teachers guiding this event, and assisting us in covering the costs for the evening program.  Thank you in advance for your generosity.

For participants ages 18-35, this event is donation-based via a sponsorship from Dharma Gates. Dharma Gates is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to opening pathways into formal meditation practice for young adults. Working to eliminate conceptual, logistical, and financial barriers to practice, Dharma Gates offers by-donation multi-day retreats, online programs, sangha, and advising. To find out more, visit dharma-gates.org.

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FREE IN-PERSON (*AGES 18-35 ONLY), FREE ZOOM (*AGES 18-35 ONLY), $10 BASIC IN-PERSON, $10 BASIC ZOOM, $25 IN-PERSON, $25 ZOOM, $50 SPONSOR IN-PERSON, $50 SPONSOR ZOOM

Featuring

Megan Mook holds a Master’s in Buddhist Studies and is a long-term student of both Tibetan Buddhism and yoga. Megan has lived and studied in traditional monastic environments all over the world, thoroughly immersing herself in the practice of Buddhism, yoga, and natural healing. A member of the Tibetan Translators Guild of New York, Megan has worked on Tibetan scriptural translations with Dr. Robert Thurman and Dr. Lozang Jamspal, an 87 year old Tibetan Lama with whom Megan studied and traveled for several years. The heart of Megan’s teaching is tender-hearted clarity, accessed through compassion and embodied awareness. Megan regularly offers Buddhist philosophy classes and meditation retreats, and leads international Buddhist pilgrimages for Tricycle Buddhist Review. MeganMook.com
Kevin Townley is a writer, performer, and meditation instructor. His first book, Look, Look, Look, Look, Look Again: Buddhist Wisdom Reflected in 26 Artists, delves into the Five Wisdom Families of Tantric Buddhism through the lens of secular women artists. Kevin’s primary teacher is Kyoun Sokuzan, a Zen priest, who was first authorized to teach by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1978. Kevin teaches regularly in Susan Piver’s Open Heart Project sangha, and has also studied at the Interdependence Project where he completed their teacher training in 2012. In 2022, Kevin guest-curated the Rubin Museum’s Brainwave Series. Kevin is passionate about exploring the interplay between meditation and art, always encouraging others to bring their own innate humor and insight to their meditation practice. KevinTownley.nyc

Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer

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Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer, M.S. is a senior teacher at Tara Mandala where she has been practicing Chöd for over 30 years. Lopön Karla has assisted Lama Tsultrim Allione on many Chöd retreats and has co-taught Chöd since 2013. She leads the Tara Mandala NYC Sangha as well as a monthly BBAIPOC ((Black, Brown, Asian and Indigenous People of Color) meditation practice. Karla is an adjunct professor in the Women’s & Gender Studies Department and the Africana Studies Department at Rutgers, as well as a founder of Sine Qua Non: Allies in Healing, an Integrative Therapy Practice in New York City.  Karla is also an initiated priest in the West African system of Ifa.

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