This retreat draws inspiration from the Mahayana Trikaya (“three body”) teaching that points to who we actually are via three simultaneous dimensions of reality:
- Nirmanakaya: coming home to presence within this body, this world
- Sambhogakaya: befriending the dynamic flow of feeling and energy, and the relational dimension of being
- Dharmakaya: opening to the luminous, boundless dimension of awakened being
We will delve into poetic themes of “coming home” and “belonging” as an emotionally engaging and relational approach to insight that allows:
- Respect and appreciation of core human needs – belonging, safety and dignity
- Holding of the tension between our ideals and our current (often messy) experience
- Healing the illusion of separation and the habits of dualism
- Learning to feel sensations of belonging at the levels of self, community, place, world and to express compassionately responsive activity
- Deepening of mindfulness and metta as practices capable of helping us see the true nature of reality
This retreat will include guided and unguided meditations, mindful enquiry, 1:1 practice reviews, teacher input, large and small group exercises and discussions, movement (somatics), chanting and ritual. This is a silent meditation retreat. Participants should expect to go into silence on the first full day, and come out of silence on the last full day.
The retreat is suitable for people who already practice within the Triratna Buddhist Community and are familiar with the mindfulness of breathing, the metta bhavana and basic Buddhist principles, as taught within Triratna. You will have at least six months meditation experience and a regular, ideally daily, meditation practice. For more information, read the retreat information sheet.
£100