What’s New At Insight Meditation Center
The January – March 2011 Newsletter is now available for download.
“Passing It On” is now available for purchase as a paperback at Create Space and Amazon. “Passing It On” is a collection of writing and art by lay practitioners connected with the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California. It shows that helpful teaching can be found in the ordinary lives of lay practitioners. The collection celebrates our everyday lives, but not in a way that ignores its complexity. The personal essays, short stories, poetry, and art explore the challenges we face and…
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Buddhism offers teachings, practices, and profound realizations for two different dimensions of life: the relational and the non-relational. Classically, these two were referred to as the conditioned and the unconditioned dimensions. A modern way of distinguishing them is to point out that the first has to do with that which occurs or exists only in relationship to other things. The second is that which is independent of any relationship to anything else. In human terms, the first involves all the…
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Five Thursday Evenings: February 10,17, March 3, 10, 17 In this five week series, we will explore how mindfulness of the body can help us to become more familiar with our minds. We will begin with mindfulness of the elemental nature of physical experience. Over the weeks of the course, we will explore a variety of mental processes, such as emotions, feeling tone, perception and knowing, and look at how we can become mindfully aware of these processes in relationship…
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Tuesdays, May 3 to June 14, 7 to 9pm No meetings on May 17, June 7 For those who would like to formally take refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha, we will have four classes exploring the meaning of “taking refuge.” Then, on the evening of June 14, we will meet for a sitting, dharma talk, and refuge ceremony. Those who have been in the refuge ceremony before are encouraged to come again to provide support and inspiration. Taking…
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May 29th – June 5th, 2010 With Andrea Fella, Tempel Smith, Anushka Fernandopulle For further information see: http://www.spiritrock.org/
September 10 – October 22, 2011 With Carol Wilson, Guy Armstrong, Sally Armstrong, James Baraz, and Andrea Fella For more information, see http://www.dharma.org
August 10 – 14, 2011 RETREAT FULL Flyer Information Application Andrea Fella has been practicing Insight Meditation since 1996, and, under Gil Fronsdal’s guidance, began teaching meditation classes in 2003. She is particularly drawn to intensive retreat practice, and has done a number of long retreats, both in the United States and in Burma. During one long practice period in Burma, she ordained as a nun with Sayadaw U Janaka. Andrea is especially drawn to the wisdom teachings of the…
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July 15 – 29, 2011 in the style of Sayadaw U Tejaniya. With Andrea Fella. Space limited. Prerequisite: one seven day residential retreat. For further information contact Dan Acland at dan@danacland.com
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center June 17 – 22, 2011 With Andrea Fella and Greg Scharf For further information: http://www.cloudmountain.org
Sponsored by Bellingham Insight Meditation Society April 1-10, 2011 Taught in the style of Sayadaw U Tejaniya With Andrea Fella and Heather Martin For further information: http://www.bellinghaminsight.org/
We were happy and surprised at the large, enthusiastic turnout at the community meeting Sunday. For those of you who weren’t able to attend, Gil described the property we are purchasing for the future “Insight Retreat Center.” He spoke about how, after 4 years of searching, we have finally found a property well suited for our vision of having a residential retreat center. Among the many positive aspects of this property is the very warm welcome we received when we…
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Saturday, April 2, 2011, 9:30am – 4:00pm In this day we’ll explore some of the practices that meditation and the creative arts share. Through concentration, mindfulness, imagination, and energy we’ll deepen an open awareness of both meditation and creativity. Bring materials for drawing and writing and a lunch. Carolyn is a poet and teacher, a Sati Center board member, and a Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leader.
Saturday May 28- Monday May 30, 2011 This retreat is now full. If you wish to be put on a waiting list, contact Liz Powell on the Application link below. Jikoji Retreat Center, Los Gatos. Flyer Information Application Practice together as a family during a relaxed weekend that will alternate structured retreat practice with hiking and sharing circles. We will help to create the retreat together, from cooking to simple work projects, camping or sharing dorm rooms. Families will be invited to…
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Thursdays, January 13, to February 3, 2011, 7:30pm – 9:00pm A 4-week series on Sila (virtue, moral conduct), the cornerstone upon which the entire Noble Eightfold Path is built. Tony Bernhard is one of Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leaders. He sits on the board of the Sati Center, is a member of the Spirit Rock Planning Committee and hosts sitting groups and teaches dharma in Davis, CA.