Retreats in Switzerland
Awakening the healing potential within, Medicine Buddha retreat:
13th (eve)
- 18th May
At Les Granges
At times the strong incentive to turn to the practice arises when faced
with the inevitable reality of pain, illness and decay of the body-mind
in our loved ones or in us. How ready are we to meet these changes with
gentleness, patience and skill?
This retreat offers the tools to activate the powers of healing and to cultivate
a strong conviction and reliance on our own wisdom and potential for healing.
The Medicine Buddha meditation increases the healing powers for oneself
and others; it decreases physical and mental illness and suffering. It is
considered to be a strong wholesome practice that can clean up unwholesome
states and establish the practitioner in the perfections of the parami -
giving, morality, patience, energy, concentration and wisdom.
The first part of the retreat will include teachings on the four levels
of illness, the study of the Medicine Buddha text and its meditation, also
exercises and guidance on how to apply this practice in daily life.
In the second part of the retreat we will deepen our practice of this teaching of the Medicine Buddha and explore the chanting of the mantra and its healing benefits for oneself and for those in need.
The first five days form the foundation with inputs, teachings and exercises; the second five days offer conditions of a silent retreat to support the deepening of the practice introduced. During this silent retreat there will be a two-hour session a day with the teacher, while the rest of the day will be for personal practice with group sittings and opportunity to meet with the teacher individually.
For bookings, contact: Amarana on:
a.spaeti@gmail.com
Foe information about the venue : www.vegetarisches-hotel.ch
Insight Retreat - Kusala and Instant Presence
12th (eve) – 17th October
At Les Granges
The
practice of Insight means ‘looking deeply‘ with a vividly awake
mind.
To be able to ‘look deeply’ we first need to be in a state of calm,
kusala. Kusala, a Pali word, literally means a good room, a conducive space
in which we feel able to move, to inquire, to explore and grow.
Kusala is the cultivation of gentleness, of playfulness leading to a mind filled
with curiosity, a vividly awake mind.
Having established a calm mind then we wake it up by ‘looking deeply’ at
our choosing and avoiding. Just ‘looking deeply’, not trying to fix
it, to change it, to justify it. Like a benevolent witness we simply look at
the arising and dissolving of the movements of our mind. So simple, so kind and
so wise!
When the choosing and avoiding have calmed down, we are at ease, relaxed, then only then, the mind rests in its natural state, luminous, awake and free from distractions and clingings. It is not something that we practice that is why it is called Instant Presence. It is always present day and night only our choosing and avoiding obscure its manifestation.
For bookings, contact: Amarana on:
a.spaeti@gmail.com
Foe information about the venue : www.vegetarisches-hotel.ch
All costs include accommodation and course fee. Participants need to bring food to share and dana for the teacher
DANA
In the tradition of the Buddha, Dharma teaching is given freely.
The
course fees for the meditation retreats cover organising the retreats,
running costs of the centre, accommodation and rental of Maitreya House/Cwm
Cottage,
At the end of each retreat students are invited to give dana to the teachers
for their guidance, time and availability.
Dana is a Pali word meaning "generosity, offering" and is one of
the virtues that supports the letting go and the loosening of "self".
Dana reflects the value you place on the teaching and appreciation for
the guidance of the teacher, the joy of giving and what is realistic
for you. Each participant arrives at the amount voluntarily.There will
be a talk on the practice of dana during each course.
How to Book
