Naturally Arising Samadhi (Concentration)
Phillip Moffit, Dana DePalma, Tuere Sala, Alex Haley, Ying Chen
October 1 - 10, 2024 On-Land at Spirit Rock
RETREAT TO BE HELD ON THE LAND!
Prerequisite: Completion of at least two 7-night (or longer) or three 5-night silent residential Insight Meditation retreats (online retreats are not eligible) BEFORE registering.
Description:
The Buddha emphasized Samādhi practice as one aspect of the Eightfold Path. It can bring joy to your practice and lead to the skillful use of pleasure in the meditative process.
This retreat develops concentration through specific meditative practices that utilize the mind’s natural capacity to become collected and unified. The focus will be on both developing concentration and exploring the experience of a concentrated and contented mind as a natural, mysterious, and beneficial phenomena. Teachers will also give instructions for utilizing concentration during Insight practice.
The primary teaching method will be two daily guided meditations, each 45-60 minutes long. Participants are strongly encouraged to listen to guided meditations and a short talk by Phillip Moffitt explaining this naturally-arising approach to Samādhi practice. This retreat will be held in noble silence except for the guided meditations, talks, and teacher-led practice support meetings.
Unique Opportunity for a 18-night Retreat:
Prerequisite for 18-night Retreat: Completion of one (or more) 9-night (or longer) silent, residential, insight meditation retreat(s). You will be required to list retreat experience during the registration process: the teachers’ names, dates, location/center, length (# of nights), and style of the retreat(s). Online retreats do not meet this prerequisite.
If you would like a longer retreat period (18 nights), you could attend BOTH Naturally Arising Samādhi (Concentration) (Oct 1-10) and the Fall Insight (Oct 10-19) retreats back-to-back. We will reserve 30 spaces for this extended retreat opportunity. These spaces sell out quickly, so register as early as possible. High priority offered to those who are attending both retreats for a single room accommodation.
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