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SUMMARY:Deep Emptiness
DESCRIPTION:  \nDeep emptiness is none other than deep compassion\, leading to the end of suffering. \nIn “Compassion and Emptiness” we explore the teachings that Bhikkhu Analayo highlights in his book of the same name. These combine the divine abodes with the progressive series of emptiness contemplatins found in the Shorter Suññata Sutta I’ve found that on these retreats we rarely have sufficient time to adequately explore all of the contemplations. It may seem audacious to suppose that we can even approach the emptiness of the formless attainments (ārupa dhyāna). But they are all pointing to ways in which we fabricate ‘self’ and ‘world’ and\, though subtle\, they relate to aspects of our everyday\, moment-to-moment experience. \nWe believe we’re experiencing separate forms or things ‘out there’\, arising in space (and time)\, that we have a quality that experiences this\, namely ‘consciousness\,’ in which really-existing ‘things’ arise\, including ‘my-self’. We also believe that whatever we perceive is objectively real\, along with ‘me’ the perceiver. All of this is mental fabrication and the sutta shows us the way to liberation by seeing and knowing directly that they are fabrications. \nThe contemplations will proceed from heartfelt kindness and compassion\, but the main focus will be on exploring the empty nature of space\, consciousness and ‘things’ – especially the ‘me thing’ as an independent\, lasting and potentially satisfactory self. We’ll follow the contemplations through to signlessness\, in which there are no reference points at all. Whether this leads to the final ‘stage’ – nibbana – remains to be seen! \nThis retreat stands in its own right – it would be helpful but is not necessary to have been on a Compassion and Emptiness retreat previously.
URL:https://www.tejananda.net/retreat/deep-emptiness/
LOCATION:Vajraloka\, Tyn Y Ddol\, Corwen\, Denbighshire\, LL21 0EN\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Beyond Separation - at Dhanakosa
DESCRIPTION:  \nEarly in life\, a deep\, unconscious view arises which comes to afflict our whole being. If we could put it in words\, it might be “I am separate”. It is a sense of being divided both from our own experience and from others. This sense of separation\, even alienation\, can be very painful in itself and underlies a great deal of our self-caused dukkha. Yet\, it an illusion – it is not what and how we really are. \nThe Buddhist tradition has addressed this self-construct\, its consequences and dissolution\, in many ways. But all reflect the Buddha ’s fundamental teaching of anatta\, ‘not-self’. This teaching isn’t suggesting that somehow we don’t really exist. Rather\, it is pointing us back to directly seeing and knowing our original undivided\nnature – what we are and always have been. \nKnowing directly that there is no separate self here opens us naturally to seeing that a separate other is not to be found either. Our reality is whole and undivided. With the collapse of this subject-object dichotomy\, a great deal of the suffering bound up in this belief dissolves. \nWe’ll explore non-separation directly on the basis of both integration and positive emotion: calm\, embodied\, aware presence and unconditional love. From here\, we’ll explore our immediate experience directly to see not only how we create and sustain the illusion of separation and a self-other divide but also how this illusion can dissolve\, like a mirage or a dream. \nThis retreat is suitable for people with at least six months regular meditation practice and who have attended at least one full week retreat before. For more information\, read the retreat information sheet. \nAt Dhanakosa retreats are by donation. The figures below are a suggested donation
URL:https://www.tejananda.net/retreat/beyond-separation/
LOCATION:Dhanakosa\, DHANAKOSA Buddhist Retreat Centre\, Balquhidder\, Lochearnhead\, FK19 8PQ\, Scotland\, Balquhidder\, Scotland\, FK19 8PQ\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="Dhanakosa":MAILTO:info@dhanakosa.com
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SUMMARY:Coming to our Senses
DESCRIPTION:  \n“No eye\, ear\, nose\, tongue\, body\, mind; no colour\, sound\, smell\, taste\, touch or what the mind gets hold of\, nor even act of sensing.” \nThese familiar words are from the Heart Sutra\, as we’ve been reciting it in Triratna pujas for many years. It’s a list of the twelve ayatanas\, or internal and external sense bases. These have been very important in dharma teachings\, from the earliest records onwards. They represent our entire experience of the world and ourselves in relation to it. And yet\, in the Heart Sutra they are negated – NO eye\, ear\, nose\, and so on. What could this mean? \nBut first things first. We’ll begin by becoming fully embodied. Not just in the sensate body\, but in all five ‘body senses’\, including seeing\, hearing\, smelling and tasting. And the mind will definitely have an important part to play as we proceed. Coming to our senses in this way is vital for meditation and awareness (satipaṭṭhāna) practice. It’s also the prerequisite for taking things deeper\, so that we can explore\, in experience\, what the mysterious ‘no’ that the Heart Sutra puts in front of the list might be pointing to. \nThis will bring certain ‘everyday’ assumptions we have about our sense experience into question. Including the very notion that the ayatanas represent “our entire experience of the world an ourselves in relation to it”. By taking up this one detail from the Heart Sutra\, we may open to its very essence – the nature of the perfection of wisdom or insight\, prajñāpāramitā itself. \nSuitable for people with at least three years of regular meditation practice. \n———— \nThe programme on each day will be (UK times): \n07.30 – 09.30 practice\, teaching and inquiry \n15.30 – 17.00 chanting\, meditation and the opportunity to join a breakout group to discuss your practice \n19.30 – 21.00 practice\, teaching and inquiry \n(I’ve adjusted the times slightly from usual to make it more accessible in Australia and New Zealand) \nI won’t be able to offer one to one reviews during the retreat but if you would like to have one or more follow-up reviews (10 to 20 minutes)\, send me an email to the address below after the retreat finishes. \n———— \nThis retreat and subsequent reviews or mentoring are offered on the principle of reciprocal generosity (dana). There is no charge\, but your generosity in supporting my livelihood and work is greatly appreciated. If you are unable to afford anything at present\, I would much prefer that you attend nevertheless. \nTo register interest in this online retreat\, please email me at tejananda.online@proton.me I will acknowledge your booking and send out full details including zoom link a week or so before the retreat starts. \n 
URL:https://www.tejananda.net/retreat/coming-to-our-senses/
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SUMMARY:The Awakening Heart and the Divine Abodes - co-led with Rijumitra
DESCRIPTION:  \nBodhicitta – the awakening heart – is both the heart–response of wisdom to the suffering of living beings everywhere and the urge to realise full awakening for the benefit of all. This retreat will focus on love\, compassion\, joy and equanimity – the four ‘divine abodes’ or brahmaviharas – in the context of cultivating bodhicitta. \nTo support this\, we’ll also introduce tonglen\, the ‘sending and receiving’ practice which opens the heart to universal compassion. \nThe divine abodes are also known as the ‘boundless states’\,¬ because they are inclusive of all living beings without exception. The practices that we’ll explore together on this retreat are all ways of opening our hearts and responding to the joys and sufferings of living beings – opening to the inseparable wisdom and compassion of the awakening heart itself.
URL:https://www.tejananda.net/retreat/the-awakening-heart-and-the-divine-abodes-co-led-with-rijumitra/
LOCATION:Vajraloka\, Tyn Y Ddol\, Corwen\, Denbighshire\, LL21 0EN\, United Kingdom
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