Jhānas, Satipatthana and Dependent Origination

Description

This retreat combines the two main elements of the Buddha’s model of liberation: cultivating the meditative absorptions (jhanas), which lead to calm and clarity; and using the concentrated mind to gain insight into the nature of reality.

We will explore the insight practices given in the famous Satipatthana Sutta and we will also delve extensively into the Buddha’s teaching of the dependent origination (paticca samuppada) of phenomena.

Experience required

Participants need to have completed two seven-night residential (or online) silent Insight Meditation retreats previously.

The Teacher

Leigh Brasington has been practicing meditation since 1985 and is the senior American student of the late Ven. Ayya Khema. Leigh began assisting Ven. Ayya Khemma in 1994, and began teaching retreats on his on in 1997. He is also authorized to teach by Jack Kornfield.

Leigh has taught the jhanas, along with multiple insight practices, at over one hundred and fifty residential retreats throughout the United States and Europe. He is the author of the books Right Concentration: A Practical Guide to the Jhanasand Dependent Origination and Emptiness:StreamsOfDependentlyArisingProcessesInteracting. Find more about Leigh’s teaching and schedule at http://leighb.com.

On group retreat, we have the following cancellation policy:

• 60 days prior to retreat: Full refund, minus a $200 cancellation fee
• 60-20 days prior to retreat: Half refund
• 20 days or less prior to retreat: No refunds