Retreat Title: The Dynamics of Insight
Led by Led by Kamalashila and Tejananda
In our system of practice, spiritual death, or insight, is followed by spiritual rebirth. As meditation practice, spiritual rebirth can take the form of visualising a Buddha or Bodhisattva - symbolising the awakened being that we can become. But there is also a principle involved: spiritual death leads to seeing through a delusion, while spiritual rebirth embodies what we ‘open to’ after such a seeing-through.
As the metaphors of ‘death’ and ‘rebirth’ suggest, as well as opening up new
perspectives, both of these phases of insight may have their challenges. When
threatened by insight, the ego tends to fight back - a ‘Mara’s attack’! This can
take the form of fear, anxiety or doubt - in fact a whole range of possible reactions.
So on this retreat we want to explore spiritual death and rebirth in a clear, integrated and compassionate way. Deepening in our practice depends on working with what presents itself - whether it’s openness and pleasure, or contraction and pain. Difficulties are an opportunity but we need the confidence that comes from knowing how best to approach them. This retreat will explore both the difficulties, and the opportunities, of the path to Awakening.
This retreat is suitable for people who have been meditating for at least 3 years
Start Date: 26th Aug 2016
End Date: 4th Sep 2016
Deposit: £70
Price: £360 (Full Price) / £324 (Conc Price)
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