One Day Meditation Retreat

for English Speakers on March 17, 2012

The White Sands Buddhist Center is pleased to announce that there will be a retreat for English speakers at our monastery on Saturday, March 17, 2012. We cordially invite you to participate in this meditation retreat. Theme of this retreat is Transforming suffering through mindfulness.

 
9:00 am- Meeting (intro to Meditative Codes)

10:00 - Dharma Talk by Ven. Khai Thien, Ph.D.,

10:30 - Sitting meditation

11:00 - Question and answer

12:00 - Lunch in Mindfulness

1:00 pm- rest

2:30 - walking meditation

3:00 - Sitting meditation

4:00 - Discussion

5:00 - Public meditation and ceremony

6:00 - Dinner

 
“And, bhikkhus, this concentration through mindfulness of breathing, when developed and practiced much, is both peaceful and sublime, it is an unadulterated blissful abiding, and is banished at one and stills evil unprofitable thoughts as soon as they arise” (S.v, 321; Vin.iii, 70; Visuddhimagga VIII. 145)

 
“I too, bhikkhus, before my enlightenment, while I was still a bodhisatta, not yet fully enlightened, generally dwelt in this dwelling. While I generally dwelt in this dwelling, neither my body nor my eyes became fatigued and my mind, by not clinging, was liberated from the taints.” (Sn, V, 317)