by staff2080 | Sep 4, 2023
At the heart of the Buddha’s teachings we find these two qualities of compassion and wisdom that I call “loving and letting-go”. During our days of practice together we will be touching into these qualities, bringing them more fully present through our awareness of...
by staff2080 | Sep 2, 2023
This retreat has been canceled due to health challenges.
by staff2080 | Sep 2, 2023
Awareness is the natural capacity of the mind, it simply recognizes the present moment. During this retreat we will cultivate a wise and relaxed interest in awareness as it recognizes that experience is being known. It is awareness that illuminates the underlying...
by staff2080 | Aug 27, 2023
Many of us have encountered statues or images of Budai, a Buddhist monk, generally depicted as a happy, pot-bellied monk carrying a large cloth sack. Once Budai was stopped on the street by another monk, who questioned him regarding the fundamental meaning of the...
by staff2080 | Aug 27, 2023
One of the central concepts to the Buddha’s teaching was that of the five khandhas, usually translated into English as “five aggregates” of form, feeling-tone, conceptualization, impulse and consciousness. With correct practice, the five aggregates can...
