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2008 SCHEDULE OF RETREATS FOR DHARMA ZEPHYR
SANGHAS
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DATE |
WHAT |
TEACHER |
PLACE |
| April 5 | Mindfulness with breathing | Santikaro | |
| April 6 | "Living with the Noble Truths as Guides: investigating life, each day, in the terms of the Buddha -- suffering and the end of suffering." | " | |
| May 10 |
*Cultivating Wise Speech
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Donald Rothberg | |
| May 11 |
Cultivating
Inquiry and Investigation
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| June 28-29 | Three principal methods of Shamatha. We will develop an integrated and balanced sense of how each Shamatha offers numerous and lovely angles in the course of gaining concentration. | Marvin Treiger | |
| July 26,27 | One day Reno - one day Carson City |
John Travis
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| August 22,23,24 |
Details TBA
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Amita | |
| September 6 |
Details TBA
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John Travis | |
| October 25 | One day Reno | Larry Yang |
May 10 –. A retreat day integrating periods of sitting and walking meditation with talks, discussion, interactive practices, and poetry. It will cover three main areas: (1) the basic teachings of the Buddha on wise speech, and foundational mindfulness practices for our speech; (2) practicing wise speech in difficult conditions; and (3) expanding our practice of wise speech--in the larger context of our culture; in understanding the limits of concepts; and in speaking more and more out of kindness and compassion.
May 11 - Cultivating Inquiry and Investigation in Our Practice: Inquiry (or investigation) is one of the seven factors of awakening in the teachings of the Buddha, one of the factors which both expresses the nature of an awakened being and, when cultivated, helps us to awaken. Inquiry can energize our practice in a powerful way, leading to a deepened interest in our experience and in learning. Yet inquiry is often not taught in a prominent way, in part because it can be confused with that kind of repetitive, discursive thinking that is not helpful for deepening practice. In this daylong, we will develop practical skills in inquiry, understanding how inquiry depends on a relatively silent mind, and particularly focusing on five methods of inquiry: (1) inquiry in the context of mindfulness practice; (2) deep listening "beneath" the surface of experience; (3) using a teaching as a lens through which to look more deeply; (4) radical questioning; and (5) deconstructing core habitual beliefs. We will combine short talks with experiential practice in these methods.
