Insight Meditation
will lead a retreat in Richland, Washington.
Meditation Retreat
on Saturday, June 8, 2024
The Power of Spiritual
Friendship
Registration is now
open for a daylong mindfulness meditation retreat on Saturday, June 8
with Keri Pederson. A graduate of the IMS/Spirit Rock Teacher Training
Program, Keri is a meditation teacher at Seattle Insight Meditation Society.
The retreat will be held from 9:00 am until 4:00 pm at All Saints Episcopal
Church in Richland. The retreat will consist of a mix of seated meditation and
walking meditation with instruction and a Dharma talk and will be
suitable for beginners and experienced meditators.
To register
for the retreat, please send an email to Tim Barbour at Tbarbour.mr@gmail.com.
Fee for the retreat will be $10. Please use the online donation form to pay the
retreat fee (https://donorbox.org/support-insight-meditation-society-mid-columbia),
and leave a comment indicating that the donation is for the retreat on June
8th. The fee will be waived for those who can't afford it. Those who are
registered for the retreat will receive an email a day or two before the
retreat with additional information about the retreat.
Here is a more
detailed description of the central topic of the retreat:
The
Power of Spiritual Friendship
The Buddha rather
famously said that spiritual friendship (kalyana mittata) is not just one half,
but the whole of the holy life. He also identified spiritual friendship as
a model for healthy relatedness within ourselves and within our communities, as
well as a prerequisite for awakening. What are we to make of this emphasis
on beautiful, wholesome friendship running through a teaching that also invites
us to investigate fully and take responsibility for ourselves, and come to our
own understanding? In our time together Friday evening and during the day
on Saturday, we will explore the qualities of spiritual friendship that the
Buddha pointed to, its potency and its challenges, and how we can nurture it as
a vital support for (and expression of) awakening.
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Debra Martin from
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Day-long Zen retreat
at Vista Hermosa retreat house, Prescott, WA
Sponsored by Walla
Walla Dharma Sangha