An Unlimited Mind: Smashing Through Samsara

The Buddha often used the metaphor of a path to describe his teachings—a journey leading to Enlightenment. But what happens when we encounter obstacles along the way that hinder our progress? In his seminal and radical talk “Breaking Through Into Buddhahood”, Sangharakshita presents a much more dynamic and even destructive approach to transformation than is sometimes associated with the Buddhist path. In this talk we are told that “sometimes we have just to break through, with the help of a sort of charge of spiritual dynamite regardless of consequences — it can’t always be smooth, it can’t always be easy, it can’t always be gradual.”

What would it be like to smash through your old habits of negativity to a mind dwelling in love, compassion, patience? Imagine breaking through all your psychological conditioning into complete freedom, spontaneity and unlimited creativity! What about transcending your over-reliance on the rational mind opening up the imagination and meaning? And what would it be like to destroy the shackles that bind us to the tyranny of time, exploding into an experience of the everlasting now?

On this long weekend retreat we will  be exploring these questions through talks, reflections, meditations, silence and friendship, in the magical surroundings of the County Sligo.