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Week 4 of Shinzen's Retreat - Mindfulness: The Translation
Shinzen's What Is Mindfulness? retreat is on its final week! This week, like last week, we have two episodes of Shinzen's teachings to share. Today, we're launching Shinzen's talk "Mindfulness: The Translation" and on Thursday he'll be concluding the retreat with a talk on "Mindfulness: The Possible Revolution." Remember each talk is accompanied by a guided meditation. More » -
Week 3 of Shinzen's Mindfulness Retreat: Mindfulness the Path Part 2
As we mentioned on Monday, Shinzen's What Is Mindfulness? retreat is split into two parts this week. He continues to explore how we can situate the core skill sets of mindfulness (concentration, equanimity and sensory clarity) in a larger framework. In Part 2 of "The Path of Mindfulness," Shinzen explains how mindful awareness facilitates self-knowledge, positive habit change and a spirit of love and service. If you are a Tricycle Supporting or Sustaining Member, you can now watch this week's retreat here. If not, join or upgrade your membership here. More » -
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September Retreat: What is Mindfulness? From Shinzen Young
This month we are offering an extended retreat led by Shinzen Young: What is Mindfulness? Shinzen will offer a comprehensive theoretical overview of how mindfulness is defined and practiced from various points of view. While most Tricycle retreats are four sessions, Shinzen's retreat runs over six sessions each with accompanying guided meditations. He dives deep into the history and translation of mindfulness while expanding traditional definitions of how we understand the effects and applications of a mindfulness practice. More » -
Leaving the Baggage Behind: Week 2 of Anam Thubten's Retreat
Today marks the second week of Anam Thubten's retreat on the Art of Awareness. This week's talk is titled "Leaving the Baggage Behind." He shares with us the notion of courage as a universal spiritual path for facing our unconscious negativities and veils of defensive mechanisms. Facing our individual and collective karma with courage enables us to realize life's intrinsic richness and interconnection. Awareness, he teaches us, is the simple illuminating presence that purifies our psychological issues and allows us to live fully even at times when our human journeys feel like "one big challenging initiation." More » -
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Mindfulness of Death: Week 4 of Bhikkhu Bodhi's retreat
It's week four of Bhikkhu Bodhi's retreat on The Four Protective Meditations, and after making it through the recollection of the Buddha (week one), lovingkindness (week two), and the contemplation of the body (week three), it's time to tackle what for many of us is the most difficult subject of all: death. In the final week of Bhikkhu Bodhi's retreat he brings us face-to-face with the reality of our own mortality. "Death," Bhikkhu Bodhi says, "is the one inescapable fact of human life. More » -
Taking a devotional approach to the Buddha
Last week, Bhikkhu Bodhi led us through a meditation called "Recollection of the Buddha," in which he asked us to reflect on three of nine traditional qualities ascribed to the Buddha. These three are:araham: one free from all mental defilements and thereby liberated from the round of rebirthssamma sambuddha: one who has penetrated the truth and taught others about the true nature of things and the path to its realizationbhagava: the one endowed with numerous excellent qualities who compassionately takes on the role of teacher More »
