RETREAT DESCRIPTION
This retreat will be offered on a LOTTERY BASIS. We will accept registrations from Sunday, September 14, through Tuesday, September 16, and pull the lottery on the morning of Wednesday, September 17.
As the New Year unfolds, offering both promise and challenge, discover a stable foundation for the mind and refuge for the heart. The Buddha described the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, or Satipaṭṭhāna, as the “direct path to realization.”
Over the course of this weekend retreat, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho draw from years of experience in the Thai Forest Tradition to guide practitioners in finding refuge and renewal by observing their experience through the four timeless frameworks of body, feelings, mind, and Dhamma-categories. The stillness of a forest like Cloud Mountain beautifully supports the practice of mindfulness, naturally enhancing awareness of these frames of reference. Join us as we start the New Year by re-grounding in the Four Satipaṭṭhāna, the “proper resort” for those seeking peace.
Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho will offer talks, meditation instructions, and interviews. This silent retreat is suitable for meditators of all experience levels.
Partial attendance is not offered on this retreat. Additionally, please consider attending this retreat only if your current life circumstances allow you to engage in an important modern renunciation practice of staying offline and off phone/text during the entire course of the retreat (some exceptions related to pressing family situations may be granted.)
CURRENT PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY PROTOCOLS:
Cloud Mountain maintains ongoing public health and safety measures. Our protocols vary by season, but some level of masking continues to be an ongoing part of our requirements on retreat.
Please follow this link for UPDATED INFORMATION ABOUT OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS.
SCHOLARSHIP INFO
Scholarship funds are available on all retreats to assist those with financial challenges. For more information, read the Scholarship section of our overview information.
RETREAT COST
Generosity Tier : $415 plus dana offerings to teacher(s) and staff
Base Tier : $315 plus dana offerings to teacher(s) and staff
Subsidized Tier : $265 plus dana offerings to teacher(s) and staff
Following in the Buddhist tradition, none of your registration fee will go to the teacher(s). Please consider offering teacher dāna at the event to support their livelihood. (Dāna is a term for generosity, or freely offered giving. You can find more information about this way of offering the teachings and the "economy of gifts" on our Donation page.)
TEACHERS
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