 Weekend Residential Retreats Friends of the Heart is offering the following weekend retreat (part of 4 day retreat to June 3rd)
Our retreatants say this about it: "Harmony Dawn is just about perfect, as a retreat centre!" "Thank you, thank you thank you. I found this experience to be a wonderful gift." - Lovingkindness spring retreatant, 2007 Comments on our Spring 2007 Lovingkindness retreat "Despite having never meditated before, I felt very comfortable on this retreat with the instructions, guidance, and the teacher, who was very approachable and went out of her way to give me extra consideration." "While I originally found the silence discomfiting, I eventually got used to it. Well done and well organized." "The timing of the schedule was impeccable. Stillness and activity felt perfectly balanced."
For information
Lovingkindness -- Tonglen and Metta Practice Lovingkindness is radiant warmth and openness; a natural and heartfelt Tonglen is a simple and profound mind-training practice of 'taking and sending' where we reverse the flow of our usual 'me first' way of relating to the world. These practices cultivate positive states and do more; they change us from the inside. Forgiveness, compassion and patience expand and the mind moves into stillness. Insight, clarity and equanimity arise as we discover the deeper
You are welcome to come only to the weekend portion which focuses on metta and tonglen or stay for the full 4 days. On Sunday we will move into investigation or Insight practice with our open hearts. 4 day retreat info.
If you are interested, here are some sources for advance reading.
For Tonglen meditation
May you enjoy this precious moment.
Registration Retreat Precepts At the beginning of retreat and for the duration of the retreat, all participants are asked to undertake a commitment to harmonious living. We take at least the first 5 Precepts and depending on retreat and teacher, the additional 3 precepts. These will be explained in depth prior to start of retreat. If you have any questions, please contact us. The retreat organizer or teacher will be happy to answer any questions.
Advance Reading for All Retreats Please have a look at our brief guide to approaching retreat meditation at Turn Your Retreat Into an Advance by Catherine Jetsun Yeshe and Joyce Allen. When we do retreat at Friends of the Heart, we are not trying to retreat from anything, but rather advancing toward our aspirations. Daily life does not normally offer us the quiet spaciousness needed to go beyond a certain threshold of calm in meditation. During retreat, we have the opportunity to move through repeated meditation cycles, allowing us to go deeper each time in a safe, quiet, compassionate atmosphere. If you wish to make a donation to Friends of the Heart
or to Catherine Jetsun Yeshe, we have setup Paypal to receive payments
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of the Heart. We prefer to work through paypal as it is time consuming
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The Canadian dollar amount will be automatically converted for your
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