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SUMMARY:Three summer retreats in Netherlands
DESCRIPTION:Shaila Catherine will lead 3 summer retreats in Netherlands\nDATES: \n\nSaturday\, July 27 – Sunday\, August 4\, 2019\nConcentration Through Anapanasati Samadhi\nMonday\, August 5 – Tuesday\, August 13\, 2019\nInsight Through Anapanasati\nThursday\, August 15 – Sunday\, August 18\, 2019\nEnergy\, Effort\, and Ease in Meditation\n\nRETREAT DESCRIPTIONS: \nSaturday\, July 27 – Sunday\, August 4\, 2019\n8 night Anapanasati Samadhi retreat\nConcentration Through Anapanasati Samadhi\nThe teachings on this retreat will emphasize the development of concentration using the breath as the primary meditative object. The daily morning instruction session will introduce mindfulness with breathing as a concentration practice and will systematically develop the skills that can lead to the deep absorption states of jhana. Dhamma talks will explore a range of subjects to support the growth of wisdom and insight. This silent retreat is intended for experienced practitioners who have already developed some degree of skill working with hindrances and mindfulness or insight practices. There will be periods of sitting and walking meditation\, dhamma teachings\, question and answer sessions\, and group and individual  consultations with the teacher. \nPrerequisites and Preparations: This retreat is intended for practitioners who already have some experience with insight meditation and have attended at least two previous mindfulness or insight meditation retreat or have an established daily meditation practice for at least one year. Prior to the retreat please read Focused and Fearless\, by Shaila Catherine\, and the Ananpanasati Sutta https://suttacentral.net/mn118/en/bodhi. \nMonday\, August 5 – Tuesday\, August 13\, 2019\n8 night Insight Meditation Retreat\nInsight Through Anapanasati\nThis silent meditation retreat will focus on the insight instructions that are embedded in the Anapanasati Sutta. The teachings will explore the dynamics of insight\, and illuminate the perceptions of impermanence\, dukkha\, not-self\, dispassion\, cessation\, and letting go.  \nPrerequisites and Preparations: This retreat is intended for practitioners who already have some experience with insight meditation and have attended at least two previous mindfulness or insight meditation retreats or have an established daily meditation practice for at least one year. Prior to the retreat please read the Ananpanasati Sutta https://suttacentral.net/mn118/en/bodhi. \nThursday\, August 15 – Sunday\, August 18\, 2019\n3 night Weekend Retreat\nEnergy\, Effort\, and Ease in Meditation\nAn Insight Meditation retreat led by Shaila Catherine\nThis insight retreat will emphasize skills for developing Right Effort to support mindfulness\, concentration\, and insight. By learning to use our energies wisely\, we can set down the burden of competitive striving\, infuse our activities with ease\, cultivate balanced beautiful qualities\, open to a fresh and free way of engaging with experience\, and incline the mind toward profound peace. \nThe factor of effort is included in many of the most important Buddhist Lists including the Noble Eight-fold Path\, the Seven Factors of Awakening\, The Five Faculties\, The Five Powers\, and the Four Bases of Success. \nMorning instructions on this retreat will explore effort as described in the Sammappadhāna Samyutta\, The Connected Discourses on Right Striving (SN 49.1). This brief teaching presents a flexible four-part approach to skillfully meeting situations\, both in formal meditation practice and in life. \nEveryone is welcome. This weekend retreat is appropriate for both new and experienced practitioners. It will include group meditation instructions\, dharma teachings\, and either group or individual consultations with the teacher. \n\nAttendance Requirement: Participants are asked to arrive at the start of each retreat\, and depart at the end of the retreat. Please do not register for a retreat if you expect to arrive late or depart early. Fees are based on the full retreat; if a situation arises that requires an early departure\, fees will not be reduced or refunded. \nFor more information and registration details visit www.sanghametta.nl \nhttps://www.sanghametta.nl/index.php/programma-en-activiteiten/english-retreats/426-shaila-catherine-2019-1-en
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LOCATION:Naarden\, Netherlands\, Naarden\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Requires Registration,Retreats with Shaila
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SUMMARY:Effortless Mindfulness – author Lisa Dale Miller
DESCRIPTION:Effortless Mindfulness: Genuine Mental Health Through Awakened Presence\nby Lisa Dale Miller\nPublished by Routledge April 2014 \nThe event will include meditation and the author’s talk. \n \n7:30-9:00 Evening Program includes meditation and a talk. \n9:00-9:30 Reception with tea and treats. \nEffortless Mindfulness promotes genuine mental health through the direct experience of awakened presence—an effortlessly embodied\, fearless understanding of and interaction with the way things truly are. The book offers a uniquely modern Buddhist psychological understanding of mental health disorders through a scholarly\, yet clinically useful presentation of Theravada\, Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhist teachings and practices. Written specifically for Western psychotherapeutic professionals\, the book brings together traditional Buddhist theory and contemporary psycho-neuro-bio-social research to describe the conditioned and unconditioned mind. This in-depth exploration of Buddhist psychology includes complete instructions for psychotherapists in authentic yet clinically appropriate Buddhist mindfulness/heartfulness practices and Buddhist psychological inquiry skills. The book also features interviews with an esteemed collection of Buddhist teachers\, scholars\, meditation researchers and Buddhist-inspired clinicians. \nIn his foreword to the book Ron Siegel\, PhD wrote\, “In the pages that follow\, Lisa Dale Miller takes us on an integrative adventure\, exploring the intersection of ancient Buddhist teachings with modern neurobiology and clinical research and practice. While the work of many pioneers have facilitated the integration of mindfulness practices into health care and society by intentionally extracting them from their Buddhist roots\, this book offers a different service: it looks unflinchingly at Buddhist understandings of the origins of human suffering and how various meditative techniques were designed to alleviate this suffering by fostering a radical psychological liberation.” \nAnam Thubten Rinpoche wrote in his foreword\, “You will find that the scholarship and many years of meditation practice of the author are reflected on every page.  It is intellectually satisfying and also serves as a rich contemplative guide for mindfulness meditation and Buddhism in general. No matter what your background might be\, as scholar\, meditator or seeker\, you will find many valuable insights in this work. It is such a joy to see Lisa’s gift in presenting many essential Buddhist thoughts in contemporary language and making them come alive.” \nEffortless Mindfulness is available through Amazon\, B&N\, iTunes\, etc.\, in digital and paperback editions.\nPlease visit www.awakenedpresence.com for more information about the book.
URL:https://staging.imsb.org/event/weekly-sitting-and-dhamma-talk-2015-03-03/2019-07-27/
LOCATION:St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church\, Edwards Hall\, 2094 Grant Road \, Mountain View \, CA\, 94040\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Guests and Series,Weekly Meditation
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