Buddha said, “The question is whether you want to liberate yourself. If you do, practice the Noble Eightfold Path. Wherever the Noble Eightfold Path is practiced, joy, peace, and insight are there.”
These half-day Saturday retreat/workshops are designed to help us calm our minds in the midst of our busy lives and to explore some of the principle teachings in Buddhism. For eight Saturdays, once-a-month, we will study the Fourth Noble Truth: The Eight-Fold Path. Each workshop will always include two meditation periods and a talk and an experiential component or discussion. They can be taken individually or as a series.
This spring and summer, we will study the fourth through eighth “limbs” of the Eight-Fold Path The Eight-Fold path leads us to knowing what is helpful and what is hurtful. It enables us to refrain from that which causes our suffering. These wonderful teachings of the Buddha are the building blocks for our spiritual life and for awakening. All the eight elements of the path suggest their interrelationship and our interbeing nature. These elements are the way to realize the path to peace.
$45 each (members: $35)
With Raisei Marc Anderson
Saturday, March 7, 9:30 am–Noon
With Eko Jeff Kelley
Saturday, April 25, 9:00 am–12:30 pm
With Raisei Marc Anderson
Saturday, May 16, 9:00 am–12:30 pm
With Sosan Theresa Flynn
With Byakuren Judith Ragir
Saturday, July 18, 9:00 am–12:30 pm
With Ken Ford
Saturday, August 8, 9:00 am–12:30 pm