Please join us!
Please join us!
with assistance from Bhante Chandrathissa
Insight Dialogue retreat for the monastic and experienced (in bhavana) lay community.
Good friends, companions, and associates are the whole of the spiritual life. (SN 3.18)
In this Insight Dialogue retreat, we will explore the teachings of the Buddha and how it applies when we are meditating together. How does mindfulness and relationality unfold while practicing with the support of the mindfulness and presence of a spiritual friend. Much of our dukkha is relational. You are invited to investigate how the relational can support the cultivation of the factors of awakening and thus create further insight in the conditions for awakening together.
The retreat will be held in Social Silence as we explore the power of listening and speaking from silence. There will be times of silent sitting, mindful movement, and dialogue in groups of 2 or more, with precise direction of contemplation.
The program includes individual sitting and walking meditation, Insight Dialogue meditation, Dhamma contemplation, and group discussions with the teachers. Outside of the interactive sessions, silence is practiced as an integral part of the retreat.