Vipassana Retreat with a Bodhisattva Motivation

The Buddha called Vipassana the heart of his teachings. Also known as Insight Meditation, this is the practice that connects all the major Buddhist traditions. Although mindfulness is often singled out in the modern Western context, the modern texts describe a multidimensional approach flanking this mental tool by profoundly human capacities such as introspective awareness, single-pointed concentration, and the motivation of great compassion to bring to fulfillment the innate potential of all living beings. In this afternoon retreat we are going to look more deeply at each of these aspects, in discourse, discussion and by playfully trying them out for ourselves.