Gradual Path, Luminous Heart

And how is the heart’s release by Metta/love developed? What is its destination, apex, fruit, and end? It’s when a mendicant develops the heart’s release by love together with the awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture,...

The Unfolding of Awareness and Wisdom

This retreat focuses on cultivating steady awareness in every moment of practice—sitting, walking, and daily activities. As we meet experience with openness, understanding naturally grows. Awareness is not about forcing the mind into a particular state, but about...
Volunteer Work Party,  October 17 – 18

Volunteer Work Party, October 17 – 18

Come join us for a weekend of projecting at Cloud Mountain! This is offered as a time to come together as a sangha in a relaxed and informal environment of work and fun to take on a variety of projects to spruce up and perfect the retreat center. We’ll have...

Finding Refuge

The Buddha’s path offers us refuge in the midst of the challenges of life. In our practice together, we will be developing the Five Spiritual Faculties – saddhā (confidence or faith), viriya (sustained energy), sati (presence, awareness), samadhi...
Volunteer Work Party,  October 17 – 18

Volunteer Work Party, October 18 – 19

Come join us for a weekend of projecting at Cloud Mountain! This is offered as a time to come together as a sangha in a relaxed and informal environment of work and fun to take on a variety of projects to spruce up and perfect the retreat center. We’ll have...