Discover the beauty of Buddhist meditation and lift your mind out of the ordinary. Compassion and wisdom — the two great trainings on the path to enlightenment — depend on a solid foundation of basic Buddhist practice. This retreat builds that foundation through teachings and meditations on the initial, intermediate, and great scope stages of the Lamrim: the stages of the path to enlightenment.

Guided by senior meditation practitioners, each session includes a short teaching, guided meditations, and chanted prayers from Prayers for Meditation. You are warmly welcome to attend a single session, a full day, or the entire retreat.
Schedule:

Tuesday, July 14th
6:30pm-8:15pm
Introduction & Meditation on 
the Preciousness of Our Human Life

RETREAT:
Thursday, July 16th – Sunday, July 19th

Schedule:

Thursday, July 16th
9:00 – 10:00 am
Meditation on death
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Meditation on the dangers of lower rebirth
6:30 – 7:30 pm
Meditation on going for refuge

Friday, July 17th
9:00 – 10:00 am
Meditation on karma
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Meditation on renunciation
6:30 – 7:30 pm
Meditation on our determination to recognize, reduce, and abandon self-grasping ignorance — the root of samsaric rebirth

Saturday, July 18th
9:00 – 10:00 am
Meditation on our determination to enter and make progress on the path to liberation
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Meditation on the ultimate truth of cessation
2:00 – 3:00 pm
Meditation on cherishing all living beings
3:30 – 4:30 pm
Meditation on universal compassion

Sunday, July 19th
9:00 – 10:00 am
Meditation on the supreme good heart, bodhichitta
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Meditation on our determination and promise to sincerely practice the six perfections
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Meditation on training in yogic direct perceivers