{"title": "Three Day Immersion in Mahamudra: A Direct Path to the Nature of Mind with Elaine Jackson", "start": "2026-11-06T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-06T20:30:00-05:00", "place": "Shantideva Center", "address": "6th Avenue 432, 11215", "price": "Suggested: $20 per session; other offering options: free, $5, $10, $30", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=571481&stype=-106&sTG=210&sVT=9243&sView=day&sLoc=0", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["religion/buddhist/meditation"], "description": "A three-day, in-person and online teaching on Mahamudra, a Buddhist meditation tradition pointing directly to the innate clarity, openness, and wakefulness of mind. 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It is led by Nick Shopa, a mindfulness meditation teacher and composer in New York certified through Dharma Moon and Tibet House, who leads lunchtime meditations on staff at Tibet House US and works privately with students. Drawing from contemplative wisdom and accessible science, the session, the first of the course, covers defining the worldview of mindfulness and meditation, right view, mindful breathing, cultivating equanimity, and Metta (loving-kindness) practice. 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