Your Life is Your Practice
Teacher:
Narayan Helen Liebenson
When:
April 16-19, 2015
Where:
Galilee Centre
Arnprior, Ontario
Cost:
Scale: $355/$405/$460
Deposit: $180
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Insight meditation (vipassana in Pali, the language of the original Buddhist teachings) is the simple and direct practice of moment-to-moment mindfulness. Through careful and sustained observation, we experience for ourselves the ever-changing flow of the mind/body process. This awareness leads us to accept more fully the pleasure and pain, fear and joy, sadness and happiness that life inevitably brings. As insight deepens, we develop greater equanimity and peace in the face of change, and wisdom and compassion increasingly become the guiding principles of our lives.
The Buddha first taught vipassana over 2,500 years ago. The various methods of this practice have been well preserved in the Theravada tradition of Buddhism. TNI retreats are all rooted in this ancient and well-mapped path to awakening, and draw on the full spectrum of this tradition’s lineages.
This silent retreat is suitable for both beginning and experienced meditators. An optional daily period of Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement will be offered by Janet Maxwell.
About Narayan Helen Liebenson
Narayan Helen Liebenson is a guiding teacher at the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center and has been teaching at the Center since it opened in 1985. Narayan is also a guiding teacher at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA. She is the author of When Singing, Just Sing: Life as Meditation and is a regular contributor to Buddhadharma: A Practitioner's Quarterly. Her training includes over 30 years in the Theravada tradition as well as in Chan with the late Master Sheng Yen.
Registration Information
Location: Galilee Centre, 398 John Street North, Arnprior, Ontario, http://www.galileecentre.com/. This lovely retreat centre is located near the centre of Arnprior, overlooking the Ottawa River and bordering on an old-growth forest.
Arrival Time: 3:30-5:30 pm, Thursday, April 16. The retreat will conclude before lunch on Sunday, April 19. Everyone is welcome to stay for lunch.
Cost: TNI is dedicated to offering affordable rates to all. We offer a sliding scale with low, mid and high rates that allow retreatants to pay according to their means. Paying at the low rate covers the minimum expense of holding a retreat. The high rate helps ensure TNI’s viability as an organization. The deposit is included in all of our fees.