Online retreat with Pema Chodron

An Online Weekend Retreat With Pema Chödrön

Live On: 09/15/2017 to 09/17/2017

Available Until: 11/16/2017

This online retreat includes talks, guided meditations, and question-and-answer sessions with Pema Chödrön. Tim Olmsted guides us in meditation practices that show us how to apply these insightful teachings to our everyday lives. Silence is observed on campus from the end of Friday night’s retreat session until Saturday dinner; online participants are invited to observe silence in their homes as well.
This online retreat is appropriate for professionals as well as beginners, advanced students, and everyone in between.

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The Faculty recommends you read the following books in preparation for the course:

• The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
• Preparing to Die: Practical Advice and Spiritual Wisdom from the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition by Andrew Holecek

Buddhafest Online / Pema Chodron video July 16 in La Crosse

Lion's Roar, an online Buddhist community, is hosting BUDDHAFEST 2017, an online event that includes films and talks, through July 23.

Six films and six talks are available for a fee. "Ticket holders" may watch on their own schedules.

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On Sunday, July 16, a July 11 talk by Pema Chodron will be shown in La Crosse as part of the Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche group's monthly sitting. If you wish to attend, please arrive in time to begin a sitting meditation at 9:30 a.m. The video will be shown beginning at 10 a.m. and will probably last for about two hours. For details, please email Sharon.

 

Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche group update

We will not have the meditation group meeting on July 2nd since it is the 4th of July weekend. 

However, Pema Chodron will be giving a special talk on July 11th and I would like to share it on either Saturday, July 15 or Sunday July 16th. If you would like to join me, please let me know which date would be best for you. Please email if interested. 

We look forward to our monthly meeting resuming on August 6th.

Film: Life and Teachings of the Buddha

Tonight at 7 p.m. Wisconsin Public Television will air a two-hour documentary on the life and teachings of the Buddha. Here is more information:

wptschedule.org/detail.php?epid=285672

Liberation Park Guest House news

After Guest House construction we are open for retreat

Please join us in the valley this year. 

Dear Friends of Liberation Park,

We would like to formally invite you to join us again for quiet retreat, healing, contemplation, meditation and study in this beautiful valley. With a HUGE thank you to the more than 320 individual and group donors, Guest House construction is complete.

 

Beginning May 15th we can schedule your retreat time and look forward to seeing each of you here. 

 

The forest hermitage, and two canvas cabins continue to await you in the valley. An additional two guest spaces - one in the guest house and one nearby - are also available for less rustic retreat. The Guest House itself provides kitchen, bath, laundry, library and covered deck areas.

Send us an email and we'll get you on the schedule for some much needed peaceful practice and study time.

As with any construction project there are a myriad of little finishing items, as well as extensive landscaping, clean up and maintenance to accomplish this year. If you'd like to participate in the finishing work, volunteers are also welcomed at all times!

 

With Much Gratitude,

Santikaro, Jo Marie & all The Valley inhabitants.

April 27 retreat: Weathering Life's Storms

Weathering Life's Storms: Wisdom, Courage and Skills for Real Challenges

Thursday, April 27, 10:30 a.m. - Sunday, April 30, 12:00 p.m.

There are still some openings to attend the Insight Chicago spring retreat with Santikaro in the beautiful grounds of the Portiuncula Center for Prayer, 9263 West St. Francis Road, Frankfort, IL.  To register for the retreat click here.

The theme of this retreat is Weathering Life's Storms: Wisdom, Courage and Skills for Real Challenges. Many of us have been experiencing the current political situation as a major storm in our lives, one that swirls us around chaotically. And many of us are also experiencing storms of a more personal nature at the same time, adding to the stress. For a more detailed description of the retreat, you can click here.

Questions?  Contact the retreat manager at registrar@insightchicago.org.

Ride-sharing:  If you need a ride or can offer a ride, please contactellen@insightchicago.org.

April 2 - Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Sangha

This is a reminder of the Monthly Meditation Group that will meet at our home this Sunday, April 2nd from 10:30am - noon. We plan to begin reading the first chapter of Dzigar Kongtrul's first book, It's Up To You with time for discussion after a 30 minute meditation period.

If you are new to this group, you can find more details at our page on this blog.

Please let me know if you are planning to attend and if you prefer a chair or cushion for meditation.

Thank you and hope to see you there.