Wise Speech arises out of silence
Wise Speech rests in and arises out of a spacious peaceful, deeply connected silence. So I want to begin our
Category: retreat
After the Retreat
Last Thursday, our first class after our daylong retreat, one student entered quipping, ‘Ah, the laundry,’ referencing Jack Kornfield’s book
Come Home to the Senses — Day Long Retreat
In the midst of a series of extremely cold windy days, the morning of our daylong retreat started with more
The Dhamma Brothers
I recently saw the documentary The Dhamma Brothers. I had been following the news story over the past years of
Day Long Retreat
Last Thursday, instead of a 90-minute class, I led a day-long silent retreat at the guest house and gardens of
Taking Refuge, Taking Root
At the beginning of a silent Buddhist retreat we ‘take refuge.’ This is a moment of deepening and clarifying our
Phew!
Last week I didn’t teach due to my husband’s surgery, but requested that the class meet on its own, and
The Lasting Value of a Meditation Retreat
Last week we talked about the Three Refuges, ‘The Triple Gem’ of the Buddha, the dharma and the sangha, or
Bells, Bowing and Buddhas
Looking over this blog, you may have gotten it that I’m gaga over bells. There’s a bowl bell at the
The Sweet Silence of the Sangha on Retreat
In an August post I gave a pretty thorough accounting of the retreat experience at Spirit Rock. This late November
