Hosted By: Tejananda
Friday, November 24th at 3 am EDT to Tuesday, November 28th, 2023 at 2 pm EDT
Online via Zoom - see session times below
Event Description:
Seven days of meditation, lively exploration, and strong, supportive friendship: a space to explore our deepest and truest nature.
Our deepest and truest nature, right now, is the Dharma. We can imagine—and ultimately experience—this as the total openness of the ‘Dharma body,’ which is pure emptiness: empty of any dividedness whatsoever.
Our world is literally made up of this total openness, together with the illuminating clarity of awareness and unlimited, spontaneous ‘compassionate energy.’ Traditionally, the union of these is referred to as ‘mind itself’ or ‘the nature of mind.’
Of course, if we’re caught up in the bewilderment of delusion, we don’t realize that the true nature of our mind is these three ‘bodies.’ We identify with our own very solid-seeming body and with our sense of ‘me’ as a substantial ‘self’ separate from everyone and everything else. This very natural mistake is a product of our deluded mind, and is the source of so much unnecessary suffering.
Over the five days of this online retreat we’ll be exploring our own body, just as it is, and the relationship between deluded mind and its true nature. As we settle and relax into this open perspective, we may well discover that the ‘compassionate energy,’ the love and sensitivity of our deepest heart is—and always has been—informing every moment of our Dharma practice. Indeed, our whole life...
To take part in this intensive meditation retreat, we ask that when reserving your place you affirm you have been practicing meditation regularly within Triratna for at least three years. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about this or your own potential attendance on the retreat.
Attend any or all meditations in Zoom.
This event will be recorded and may be published online for others to access. Only the leader's video will be used unless by permission.
Session Times:
First daily session (2 hrs): USA PST 12:00 midnight | México CST 2:00 am | USA EST 3:00 am | IE & UK 8:00 am | Europe CET 9:00 am | India IST 1:30 pm | Australia AEDT 7:00 pm | New Zealand NZDT 9:00 pm
Second daily session (1.5 hrs): USA PST 7:00 am | México CST 9:00 am | USA EST 10:00 am | IE & UK 3:00 pm | Europe CET 4:00 pm | India IST 8:30 pm | Australia AEDT 2:00 am (next day) | New Zealand NZDT 4:00 am (next day)
Third daily session (1.5 hrs): USA PST 11:00 am | México CST 1:00 pm | USA EST 2:00 pm | IE & UK 7:00 pm | Europe CET 8:00 pm | India IST 12:30 am (next day) | Australia AEDT 6:00 am (next day) | New Zealand NZDT 8:00 am (next day)
Event Registration:
Register at the link below.
Suggested Donation for the Whole Retreat:
$175 / £125 / €150 or $35 / £25 / €30 per day.
Get one ticket and come to any session you wish!
This event is offered by donation rather than charging a compulsory ticket price. We want to do this because we know many are struggling financially through the pandemic. The amount we suggest reflects the huge amount of work and love that goes into putting on events we hope will benefit everyone attending. If you can, please donate today to help us continue with our work, support Dharma teachers who very generously lead events with us, and support others to attend who cannot afford to pay. Thank you!
About the Hosts:
Tejananda has been teaching and leading retreats for many years at Vajraloka Retreat Centre in Wales, UK, one of Triratna’s earliest and foremost centres of in-depth meditation practice. He also teaches around the world, with a special connection to the Dharma community in and around San Francisco in the USA.