The city that never sleeps
still needs somewhere to come to rest.
New York City is one of the most energised — and most exhausting — places on earth. It is also home to some of the most serious meditation practitioners in the world: people who have read widely, sat long retreats, and learned quickly that wellness apps do not go deep enough. Mindfulness in Buddha's Way is for them.
Every Tuesday at 8:30 PM Eastern, Buddhist monks open the Mahā Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta — the Buddha's original, unabridged discourse on establishing mindfulness — and study it passage by passage. No adaption, no technique-layer. The source text itself, in plain English, live on Zoom. Free, always.
- Day
- Every Tuesday
- Time (ET)
- 8:30 PM ET
- Format
- Online only · Live on Zoom
- Cost
- Free — always
Hosted at 7:30 PM Winnipeg time · newcomers welcome at any session
New York has every kind of meditation. This is the first kind.
The city has Zen centres in the West Village, Insight groups in Park Slope, Tibetan centres in Midtown, and corporate mindfulness programs on every floor of every tower. All of them, in some form, draw on the same ancient well: the Pāli Canon — the earliest recorded teachings of the Buddha.
Mindfulness in Buddha's Way goes to that well directly. No intermediary tradition, no modern repackaging. We read the Mahā Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta — the great discourse on the four foundations of mindfulness — as the Buddha delivered it: systematically, precisely, and with the clear intention that those who practise it can be free.
Tuesday evenings at 8:30 PM Eastern are a natural pause point in the New York week. Whether you are in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, or across the river — open the Zoom link at 8:30 and trade the noise for ninety minutes of something older than the city by two and a half thousand years.
Study, reflect, practise.
Read the suttas
Working directly with the original discourses, translated and explained passage by passage. No prior knowledge required.
Discuss insights
Open conversation on how the teachings meet contemporary questions and everyday experience — from stress and grief to attention and joy.
Practise together
Guided mindfulness practice rooted in the suttas — not a separate technique, but the teachings themselves in motion.
Every Tuesday at 8:30 PM Eastern — join from anywhere in the tri-state area.
The session runs live on Zoom at 8:30 PM ET, year-round. The same link, the same time, every Tuesday — whether you are in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, or beyond. No registration, no cost.
- Your local time
- 8:30 PM ET
- Every Tuesday · ET
- Meeting ID
- 859 0486 9546
- Passcode
- 11175
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