Ethan Nichtern
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Ethan Nichtern | |
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| Born | 1979 (age 44–45) Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Parents | David Nichtern (father) Janice Ragland (mother) |
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.
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.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- 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
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