Ethan Nichtern
Ethan Nichtern is an American author and Buddhist teacher. His book The Road Home: A Contemporary Exploration of the Buddhist Path (Farrar, Straus and Giroux - North Point, 2015), which was selected as one of Best Books of 2015 by Library Journal,[1] and as one of 9 Books That Define 2015 by Tech Insider.[2] His other books include The Dharma of The Princess Bride (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2017) and One City: A Declaration of Interdependence (Wisdom Publications 2007). He is also the founder of the Interdependence Project, a nonprofit organization for secular Buddhist study as it applies to activism, arts and media projects, and Western psychology. He is based in New York City.
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Born | 1978 Los Angeles |
Parents | David Nichtern (father) |
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Nichtern has discussed the relevance of Buddhism in the 21st century on ABC/Yahoo News,[3] CNN,[4] NPR[5] ABC News, Vogue.com,[6] and The New York Times.[7]
Nichtern is the son of musician/composer David Nichtern, who is also a Buddhist teacher, and Janice Ragland, a painter who later became a psychotherapist. He was born in Los Angeles, California in 1978 and raised in New York City. In 2016, he married Marissa Dutton[8] and the two separated and later divorced in 2021.
References
- Nelson, Elizabeth; French, Liz; Sanderson, Derek; Shea, Erin; Sendaula, Stephanie; Verma, Henrietta (11 November 2015). "Best books 2015:Core nonfiction". Library Journal. Archived from the original on 15 November 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- Baer, Drake (8 December 2015). "9 books that defined 2015". Tech Insider. Archived from the original on 12 December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- Haines, Sara (8 May 2014). "If it's easy, you're cheating". Up for Anything. Yahoo! News. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- "Interview with Ethan Nichtern". CNN. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- "Brit Hume to Tiger Woods: Drop Buddha, try Jesus". NPR. 7 January 2010. Archived from the original on 21 January 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- Singer, Sally (1 April 2014). "How to meditate 2.0: Vogue's Sally Singer commits to ten minutes of daily silence". Vogue.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- Copage, Eric V (18 June 2015). "A father and son embrace meditation". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- Copage, Eric V (8 July 2016). "Practicing the perfections of meditation, and love". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
External links
- About Ethan, from Nichtern's official website
- Overcoming Spiritual Bypassing, a Dharma Talk for Tricycle: The Buddhist Review (May 2015)
- Press release detailing Nichtern's book deal with Farrar, Straus and Giroux for The Road Home