This retreat, for new and experienced meditators, focuses on the earliest meditation instructions of the Buddha called "easing awake" through agenda-less, non-dual awareness. This practice works with loving kindness, joy, compassion and equanimity.
Sifting through the earliest records of the Buddha's talks (as compared to later commentators), we find a simple, elegant, and powerful practice. When he died, his teaching became an "ism", Buddhism. As it spread into other countries, cultures, and eras his teachings or "map" was copied and re-copied. Shortcuts, bypasses, scenic tours, and alternate destinations were added and deleted. Compared to the versions of his teachings most widely known, his original meditation emphasized:
**Tranquility: an open, receptive awareness favored over highly focused, one-pointed concentration
**Simplicity: loving kindness, serenity and insight all tightly integrated rather than treated as separate practices
**Stages: the practice matures through stages, each of which builds upon and goes beyond earlier stages (or "jhana")
**Ease: relaxing as more important than striving
No charge, donations accepted, please RSVP.
Presented by Easing Awake
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Sifting through the earliest records of the Buddha's talks (as compared to later commentators), we find a simple, elegant, and powerful practice. When he died, his teaching became an "ism", Buddhism. As it spread into other countries, cultures, and eras his teachings or "map" was copied and re-copied. Shortcuts, bypasses, scenic tours, and alternate destinations were added and deleted. Compared to the versions of his teachings most widely known, his original meditation emphasized:
**Tranquility: an open, receptive awareness favored over highly focused, one-pointed concentration
**Simplicity: loving kindness, serenity and insight all tightly integrated rather than treated as separate practices
**Stages: the practice matures through stages, each of which builds upon and goes beyond earlier stages (or "jhana")
**Ease: relaxing as more important than striving
No charge, donations accepted, please RSVP.
Presented by Easing Awake
This retreat, for new and experienced meditators, focuses on the earliest meditation instructions of the Buddha called "easing awake" through agenda-less, non-dual awareness. This practice works with loving kindness, joy, compassion and equanimity.
Sifting through the earliest records of the Buddha's talks (as compared to later commentators), we find a simple, elegant, and powerful practice. When he died, his teaching became an "ism", Buddhism. As it spread into other countries, cultures, and eras his teachings or "map" was copied and re-copied. Shortcuts, bypasses, scenic tours, and alternate destinations were added and deleted. Compared to the versions of his teachings most widely known, his original meditation emphasized:
**Tranquility: an open, receptive awareness favored over highly focused, one-pointed concentration
**Simplicity: loving kindness, serenity and insight all tightly integrated rather than treated as separate practices
**Stages: the practice matures through stages, each of which builds upon and goes beyond earlier stages (or "jhana")
**Ease: relaxing as more important than striving
No charge, donations accepted, please RSVP.
Presented by Easing Awake
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Sifting through the earliest records of the Buddha's talks (as compared to later commentators), we find a simple, elegant, and powerful practice. When he died, his teaching became an "ism", Buddhism. As it spread into other countries, cultures, and eras his teachings or "map" was copied and re-copied. Shortcuts, bypasses, scenic tours, and alternate destinations were added and deleted. Compared to the versions of his teachings most widely known, his original meditation emphasized:
**Tranquility: an open, receptive awareness favored over highly focused, one-pointed concentration
**Simplicity: loving kindness, serenity and insight all tightly integrated rather than treated as separate practices
**Stages: the practice matures through stages, each of which builds upon and goes beyond earlier stages (or "jhana")
**Ease: relaxing as more important than striving
No charge, donations accepted, please RSVP.
Presented by Easing Awake
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3355 Noble Ave, San Jose, CA 95132
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