Visiting senior teacher Acharya Allyn Lyon gave tonight’s Open House talk, speaking about reasons one might choose to meditate (to develop peace, to explore the nature of mind, or to discover the world’s richness, for instance) and generally entertaining the large audience with her characteristic earthiness and humour. Click on the icon below to listen to her talk.

Download “Why Meditate?” with Acharya Allyn Lyon (MP3: 39.4 MB; 43 min)

ALLYN LYON was appointed an acharya in 2000, after several years serving as Director of Shambhala Mountain Center and in other Shambhala administrative positions. Since then she has been traveling and teaching while creating a home base in Tepotzlan, Mexico, where she is the resident acharya. Her main interest in teaching dharma is the nature of mind and how it functions: “What is mind? How does practice work with mind? What is real?” But if there’s a bottom line, Allyn says, “it’s that I really enjoy practicing the dharma, teaching and sharing my love of the dharma with students.” For more about Acharya Lyon, click here.

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