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Registration is open for the 2020 Kyaswa Fusion Retreat in the Sagaing Hills of Burma!

This unique 3-week retreat offers a rare opportunity to practice Metta (lovingkindness) and Vipassana (insight) methods with skilled Burmese monastic and Western lay teachers in the Sagaing Hills of Upper Burma. The first 5 days will focus on Metta practice to lay the foundation for a deeper emphasis on Vipassana during the rest of the retreat. 

Filled with centuries-old pagodas, monasteries, and nunneries, the Sagaing hills are regarded as the spiritual heart of Burma and one of the most important practice centers of Theravada Buddhism. Kyaswa Monastery is itself a 600 year old practice and study center that plays a vital role in the health and vibrancy of nearby Wachet village. 

Yogis are supported in every way by  the heritage of living Dhamma and benefit from a rigorous schedule, individual interviews, carefully prepared food, nightly chanting from local nuns and accommodation in individual kutis nestled along the scenic hillside. 

Click HERE to learn more and to register!

Four of this, Eight of that, Five of this, Seven of that: The Buddhas path to mental wellness.

Our next retreat is with Grahame White, July 20 (5 pm) – 26 (11 am), 2018 at the Palolo Zen Center.

In our everyday life, we often find that there is mental agitation, upheaval, and conflict. To come out of this, the Buddha advised that we try our best to walk the path that he discovered under the Bodhi Tree. He offered advice and encouragement for us to achieve our goal of mental wellness. This course will explore the many useful practices, in meditative terms, given by the Buddha. Topics will include: The four foundations of mindfulness, the noble eightfold path, the five powers and, the seven factors of enlightenment

This course will be suitable for both beginners and those with more experience – All are welcome! A few spaces left, sign up now.

https://vh1220.z2systems.com/np/clients/vh1220/event.jsp?event=199&

Our next weekend retreat on O’ahu.

Wise and Compassionate Presence

June 29 – July 1, 2018

This weekend retreat, suitable for both beginners and experienced students, will focus on mindfulness as a path to insight and to opening the heart.  We will have a special emphasis on the practices of gratitude as a way of supporting wisdom and compassion.  The retreat will be held in silence, with periods of sitting practice as well as walking practice.  There will be opportunities to speak with the teacher. Retreat starts Friday afternoon and continues to Sunday afternoon. Residential participation is required.

https://vh1220.z2systems.com/np/clients/vh1220/event.jsp?event=184&

Weekend retreat in April

April 27 – 29, 2018

Kayanupassana: Contemplation of the Body with Care 

With Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey

The Sacred Falls International Meditation Center, Hauula, Hawai’i

Now open for registration.

The body can be the source of great pleasure and great pain and therefore the root of great attachment and aversion. The Buddha showed it can also be used as a field for the cultivation of wisdom and compassion. Join Jesse for this intensive silent vipassana meditation retreat where we will emphasize an approach toward liberation using a mindful and kind-hearted relationship with the manifold experiences of the body. Training with breath, the 4 elements, and touch-points throughout the body will help develop a profound understanding of the nature of life bolstered by lovingkindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity.