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 *** The Heart Sutra is one of the most familiar of all Buddhist texts and, inevitably, there are innumerable takes […]
Body Heart Mind Awake – taking the backward step This is my first 'personal' online retreat, exploring the title I've given to my website. Mind is usually taken to mean all kinds of mental activity, but what we’re interested in here is ‘mind itself’ – the awake, aware quality of mind. Awakeness is here […]
In Zen, a sesshin is a period of especially intense all-the-time formal practice. For three days on this retreat, we will adopt - and adapt - this approach. Each day, there will be several two-hour periods of sitting and walking, and we’ll be opening to the presence of awareness in all of our activities […]
