PAST EVENT: The Heart of Love - Relationships Are Our Teachers

The Buddha taught that simply being present is not enough for awakening. It is necessary that we have insight while we are present; this is what is meant by being awake.  

and Mǟrte Vigerstad will be our guides as we explore how to engage our relationships in more fulfilling ways.    Shastri Nick Kranz

Nick Kranz has been a student of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche since 1997. He has developed an approach to cultural transformation with the practice of Social Meditation, and worked with Youth Leadership development in the Shambhala community for the last decade.  He is interested in the intersection of social entrepreneurship, and collaborative right livelihood.

Märta Vigerstad has been meditating since she was 8 years old. She has been Facilitating Social Meditation for 6 years and is a Meditation Instructor in the Shambhala Lineage. She works as a social worker in Baltimore City Public Schools providing individual…