The Awakening Heart and the Divine Abodes

Led by Tejananda and Rijumitra

This retreat will focus on the four brahmaviharas or 'divine abodes' – love, compassion, joy and equanimity – in the context of the cultivation of the Bodhicitta (the awakening heart), and the tonglen or 'giving and receiving' practice. Bodhicitta could be described as both the heart-response of wisdom to the suffering of living beings everywhere and the urge to realise Buddhahood for the benefit of all.

The practices that we'll explore on this retreat are all ways of opening our hearts and responding to the joys and sufferings of living beings – opening to the wisdom and compassion of Bodhicitta itself.

Start Date: 8th Oct 2010
End Date: 17th Oct 2010
Price: £324/288