October 22-28 Meditation Retreat and Refuge Ceremony
at the Abbey, Canon City, CO
with Roshi Sarah Bender
contact: Brandy Lancaster BDL0824@gmail.com
Registration Deadline: October 6th
Once each year, our community offers an opportunity for a longer, silent meditation retreat. We step away from the pressures and engagement of our daily lives and allow ourselves to do what we so rarely do—stop, and share a radically simple schedule of meditation, walking, movement meditation and meals in silence. A Dharma talk is offered by the teacher once a day, and each person also has the opportunity to meet with the teacher once a day. This retreat practice has been developed over millennia, because it supports our ability to drop deeply into presence and open our minds to their natural state of inquiry and intimate connection with our real, actual life, our being right now. There is nothing you have to be or prove here. Stopping and getting so quiet is challenging, but when things—the little things, twigs, doorknobs, apple chunks and yes, even your companions begin to shine with an inexplicable inner light, then you know why we do this.
If you have questions and would like to speak with the teacher about retreat practice, please feel free to contact Sarah Bender at sembender@gmail.com