Emptiness and the Heart Sutra – Online retreat for Australia and New Zealand

Seven days of meditation, lively exploration, and strong, supportive friendship: a space to explore why the wisdom of emptiness is, precisely, compassion.

Led by Tejananda, with Kusalacitta leading ritual and meditation in the afternoon slot

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The Heart Sutra is one of the most familiar of all Buddhist texts and, inevitably, there are innumerable takes on ‘what it means’. How do we square the opening statement that the skandhas (our psycho–physical constituents) are ‘empty’ with the following one that ‘in emptiness’ there are no skandhas, no senses, no conditioned–arising? Early western commentators saw the sutra as full of paradox – but what if it is not an attempt to bamboozle our minds, but a hands–on method of practice and realisation?

For people with at least 3 years of regular meditation experience 

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Daily sessions will be at the following times

Morning, with Tejananda:

QLD 6:00 AM

East Coast Australia 7:00 AM

New Zealand 9:00 AM

Afternoon, with Kusalacitta (including breakout groups): To be confirmed

Evening, with Tejananda:

QLD 5:00 PM

 East Coast Australia 6:00 PM

New Zealand 8 PM