Mindfulness, Insight and Liberation – for Experienced Students

by tmt | Nov 29, 2019

While silent meditation retreats are invaluable for revealing the power of training the mind, many meditators find it challenging to establish a continuity of awareness when they are not supported by the discipline of retreat, looking instead to attain particular...

Jhanas & Emptiness – for experienced students

by tmt | Nov 29, 2019

This silent retreat will explore training in the meditative absorptions and how they support deepening insights into emptiness. The meditative absorptions (Jhanas) are taught from the lineage of Ayya Khema. Teachings and awareness practices which support maturing...

From Mindfulness to Pristine Mind

by staff2080 | Nov 29, 2019

When we experience mental and emotional agitation, unhappiness, and stress, it is because our minds are in a distorted state. Pristine Mind is free from stress. It is filled with unconditional happiness. It is our natural state of mind. To find happiness within...

Mindfulness Immersed in the Body – An Embodied Awakening

by tmt | Nov 29, 2019

In this retreat we will use the Buddha’s teachings on Mindfulness of the Body as the working ground for our wisdom awareness practice. In the Rohitassa Sutta, the Buddha states that “it is in this fathom-long body with its perception and mind that I describe the...

Pure Heart, Unshakeable Peace – An All-Dana Retreat

by tmt | Nov 29, 2019

By using the timeless teachings of the Buddha on emptiness and the Four Noble Truths, we move beyond our sorrows and grievances, cultivating virtue, joy, wisdom, and fearlessness. And as we realize the heart’s true peace, we create immeasurable blessings both for...