A Five Night Silent Meditation Retreat
at the Won Dharma Center, NY
co-taught with Upayadhi

On the gorgeous campus of the Won Dharma Center with its big skies and rolling hills, we invite you to join us for contemplative and spacious meditation retreat. In this supportive context, we will explore several Bodhisattva figures who embody grace, including in unexpected places and through tremendous difficulty and hostility. As we open to this boundless love, we can be touched by grace, literally "graced" -- and can then offer it to others. Still, with all that is happening in this violent world, grace might seem elusive -- to receive, and to give. Grace encourages us to let go of what is unhelpful and to enter the enormity of our potential. Grace can be the gift of courage. 

In the beauty and expansive grounds and vistas of the Won Dharma Center, we will tap into the boundless qualities of the Bodhisattvas through formal and informal practices which open our hearts and mind. Weather permitting, significant parts of the retreat will be held outside in both formal and informal practices. With its sheltered meditation decks, gentle walking trails, open vistas, and friendly residential community, the Center offers a unique set of conditions to deepen our meditation practice. 

The retreat will include

• A spacious schedule, including unstructured time for rest, walks and just being.
• A range of meditation practices rooted in the Buddhist tradition.
• Weather permitting, sessions of outdoor seated and walking meditation.
• Dharma talks exploring the themes of the retreat.
• Mindful movement sessions.
• Opportunities for Buddhist chanting and ritual.
• Meditation interviews with the teachers.
• A closing listening circle.
• Non-silent meals at the start and end of the retreat, to ease in and out of silence.