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Gratification, Danger and Escape: An Insight Dialogue Retreat

Residential Program
Dates: Oct 10, 2015 - Oct 18, 2015
Days: Saturday - Sunday
Number of Nights: 8 nights

Instructor(s): Gregory Kramer

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In an oft repeated teaching, the Buddha pointed out the possibility of gratification from sensation, from perception, and even from the constructing processes we innocently call "me" and "we." But he also pointed out the danger inherent in this gratification-seeking: impermanence, loss, attachment, and stress. It's all part of the same deal. And the cycles of gratification and loss grab us so strongly that we take our struggles and wanting as the best life has to offer. We fail to see the pain in it. Agitated, the body-mind cannot calm down enough to apprehend how things actually are: contingent and empty of self-center. The way through this morass in all cases leads to clear seeing and the happiness of peace. The escape from danger the Buddha teaches is called the noble eightfold path. We will touch the gratification, confront the danger, and delve into the escape that knows the only way out is through. This program will combine silent vipassanā and Insight Dialogue. Our meditation will harness the power of mindfulness and concentration, the guidance of the Dhamma, and the accelerating and penetrating factor of relationship, to explore the liberative nature of the eightfold path.


Prerequisites:

This program is for those who have sat either three 7-day or longer silent retreats or who have experience with Insight Dialogue and have sat two 7-day or longer silent retreats.