Teachers
Phillip Moffitt, Dana DePalma, Alex Haley, Ying Chen
Location
Online
Description
“Of course we can always imagine more perfect conditions, how it should be ideally, how everyone should behave. But it is not our task to create an ideal. It’s our task to see how it is, and to learn from the world as it is. For the awakening of the heart, conditions are always good enough.”
— Ajahn Sumedho
Prerequisite: One week-long Nine Bodies Insight Retreat
Recognition is a key empowerment. Recognition is also a facility of mind that can be known in of itself, not dependent on what is recognized. Therefore we can enhance our capacity for recognition and also utilize it for calming the mind and not getting lost in story. When we recognize what is true in a moment of being aligned and available, our choices are guided by wisdom and compassion as well as creativity and authenticity. We are able to recognize what is suffering and non-suffering, realize we have choice, and resolve to choose non-suffering—and our experience of the very nature of this realm changes.
This retreat is for practitioners already familiar with Nine Bodies Insight, including each of the Bodies’ primary characteristics and how to access them, and also familiar with Insight Meditation, including how to work with the hindrances and how to direct and sustain attention. The practices and teachings offered on this retreat will build from these foundations.
The retreat includes two detailed guided meditations per day, teaching sessions, and cohort (small group) practice meetings. Please plan to attend all of these sessions (listed in bold below) due to our emphasis on learning in community and the progressive nature of these teachings.
The small group cohort meetings will be either Sun/Tues/Thurs OR Mon/Wed/Fri at the same time of day – either 12:30 or 2:00 PT (note: we have shifted the times earlier than on previous retreats). Phillip will not be leading cohort groups, however he will be offering guided meditations and teachings every day.
The retreat is not recommended for those experiencing acute grief or other strong mental challenges.
This retreat is not a training to teach; attending this retreat does not in any way authorize teaching the Nine Bodies Insight practice method.
Saturday, November 16 - Opening Day
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Welcome and Opening Session
Sunday, November 17 - Friday, November 22 - Daily Schedule
5:30 a.m. Silent Meditation (Main Hall - Optional)
6:30 a.m. Personal Practice (Optional)
8:00 a.m. First Guided Meditation (Main Hall)
9:10 a.m. Walking/Movement Practice
9:45 a.m. Silent Meditation (Main Hall)
10:30 a.m. Walking/Movement Practice
11:00 a.m. Second Guided Meditation (Main Hall)
12:00 p.m. Meal Break (Main Hall Closed for 10 minutes for recording processing)
12:30 p.m. Main Hall Open
12:30 p.m. Cohort Practice Meetings (for some groups) OR Walking/Movement Practice
2:00 p.m. Cohort Practice Meetings (for some groups) OR Walking/Movement Practice
3:00 p.m. Silent Meditation (Main Hall) + Affinity Groups - Alternating
3:45 p.m. Walking/Movement Practice
4:15 p.m. Silent Meditation (Main Hall)
5:00 p.m. Moment of Silence & Practice Skills Talk (Main Hall)
5:20 p.m. Short Break
5:30 p.m. Evening Teaching Session (Main Hall)
following the teaching - Chanting Refuges (Main Hall)
6:30 p.m. Continued personal practice (Optional) (Main Hall Closed for 5 minutes for recording processing)
7:30 p.m. Candlelight Silent Meditation (Optional)
Saturday, November 23 - Closing Day
8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Guided Meditation and Closing
Model of Mutual Support
All Dharma Ground programs, including this retreat, are offered by donation. For this retreat, donations to Dharma Ground and teachers are offered separately. The first donation opportunity is at the time of registration and goes to Dharma Ground, the nonprofit organization hosting this retreat. The suggested donation range for the hosting organization is $275 - $850. The second donation opportunity is at the end of the retreat and goes to the teachers.