Finding the Mind
Urban Retreat
Saturday 28th – Sunday 29th December 2024, 10am – 5pm
Led by Vajrashura
At the end of the year, we can be lost in a strange mix of worldly over-consumption and spiritual under-nourishment! In all this, we can lose touch with the deeper nature of the mind and its significance in how we create our experience of self and world.
On this two-day urban retreat of meditation instruction and practice, Vajrashura will lead an exploration of The Satipatthana Sutta the Buddha’s teaching on mindfulness.
We’ll firstly connect with the context for mind, the body, and how the body feels. Then we notice the quality of mind we have within this bodily experience, and how we can creatively respond to this mind that we find ourselves with.
Finding the mind also involves realizing for ourselves what constitutes a healthy, positive, and fit mind, how we can cultivate this for ourselves, and how bringing into being this fit mind is itself the main part of the direct way to freedom as described by the Buddha.
When
Saturday 28th – Sunday 29th December 2024, 10am – 5pm
Where
Dublin Buddhist Centre
Unit 5, Liberty Corner
James Joyce Street
Dublin, D01 N5H6
- A deeper understanding of Buddhist teachings.
- Connection with meaning in your life.
- An opportunity to engage with the radical vision of life presented by the Buddhist teaching.
- A chance to practice with others in a supportive environment.
Vajrashura started practicing yoga and learnt to meditate while in university doing a Masters in High Performance Computing. He firstly did these through university societies, and then in the Dublin Buddhist Centre. He has worked as part of the Centre Team since 2002 and in 2007 he joined the Triratna Buddhist Order.
Since ordination, he’s been one of the DBC’s main teachers, leading many courses, retreats, and events each year, and is concerned with helping people go more deeply into meditation and Buddhism. He also is helping coordinate the new retreat centre project and looks after the DBC finances.
Suitable for: Open to anyone who has learnt the Mindfulness of Breathing and the Development of Loving Kindness with the DBC or any other Triratna Buddhist Centre.
Cost
We do tiered pricing, depending on the circumstances.
- €120 waged
- €80 concession