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  • Half-Day Retreat in Silence

    Ekoji 3411 Grove Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

    During this Half-Day Retreat we will be practicing sitting and walking meditation, there will be a Dharma reflection and some time for questions and sharing. During the retreat we will be in “noble silence.” This means that we won’t be talking to each other (except during designated times). We will also turn off our phones and other devices. This is all in order to minimize external distractions, promote mindfulness and inner stillness, and respect the practice of fellow meditators. After the Half-Day Retreat there is an optional social gathering from 4:30 – 5:15 PM, some snacks are provided.

  • Monthly Sunday Sit – Freedom is Just This

    Ekoji 3411 Grove Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

    The Buddha provided the wanderer Bahiya with a profoundly direct and brief model that dislodged his familiar sense of self. Upon hearing this teaching, Bahiya instantly and fully realized the fundamentally awake, free nature of reality. Could we directly experience a hint of what Bahiya did? Could we open a thread in our practice that leads in this direction? We will explore this and more in this half-day retreat.

  • Monthly Sunday Sit: The Freedom We Feel When Love and Wisdom Become One

    Ekoji 3411 Grove Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

    The enlightened Vipassana teacher Nani Dipa Ma once said that at a certain point love and wisdom become one. We don't have to be highly realized beings to explore and directly feel this truth. In our time together, we will review how the 3 characteristics of experience - change, not self and suffering - merge with love through reflection and practices of loving kindness as well as compassion. We will also consider the freedom that this understanding and felt sense imparts.