Anapanasati Meditation Retreat - Sudarshanaloka, Coromandel
Friday 26 January 2024 – Sunday 4 February 2024
During this meditation retreat, we train in breathing with mindfulness according to the Ᾱnāpānasati Sutta from the Majjhima Nikaya of the Pali Canon; the Buddha's principal discourse on mindfulness meditation.
The Ᾱnāpānasati system works with a deepening awareness of the senses in the context of body, feeling and mind; viewed from different perspectives of mindfulness that we practice and explore in meditation – and silence.
The Buddha says of this training:
Friends, this is the direct path for the purification of beings, for the surmounting of sorrow and lamentation, for the disappearance of dukkha and discontent, for the acquiring of the true method, for the realisation of nibbāna.
Meditation arises from the need to engage more deeply with our experience and to understand the nature of that experience. With Ᾱnāpānasati we are embarking upon a whole process of spiritual development and integration that in the end, although not always pleasant or easy, is ultimately the only thing that is satisfying.
The Ᾱnāpānasati meditation practice is woven into a system of practice which, when developed and cultivated, is of great fruit and great benefit.
This year there is an option to join us for the first three nights only, coinciding with Auckland Anniversary weekend, or the full ten day retreat.
Strictly no mobile phones or internet access permitted on retreat.
Cost
Full retreat option - Jan 26 to Feb 4 - $730 (full) / $680 (low), Youth Special: $540 for those under 35 who are willing to camp (you'll need to bring your own camping gear), , Anniversary weekend option - Jan 26 to Jan 29 - $330 (full) / $290 (low), Youth Special: $180 for those under 35 who are willing to camp (you'll need to bring your own camping gear), , Please don't let money be a barrier - contact us for options
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