October Day Retreat – Seeing through Craving and Aversion: the Eight Worldly Dharmas

Name: October Day Retreat – Seeing through Craving and Aversion: the Eight Worldly Dharmas
Start: 2024-10-19T09:30:00+01:00
End: 2024-10-19T17:00:00+01:00
Location: London

October 19, 2024 @ 9:30 am Europe/London

We might feel that somehow we should try to eradicate these feelings of pleasure and pain, loss, and gain, praise and blame, fame and disgrace. A more practical approach would be to get to know them, see how they hook us, see how they color our perception of reality, see how they aren’t all that solid. Then the eight worldly dharmas become the means for growing wiser as well as kinder and more content.”
– Pema Chödrön

This day retreat offers a chance to explore the Mahayana Buddhist teachings on the Eight Worldly Dharmas; praise and blame, fame and disgrace, loss and gain, pleasure and pain.

Through a dharma talk, group discussion and contemplation we will explore the wisdom and practical techniques which can help us recognise the fleeting nature of these experiences and lessen their power to hook and sway us.

Our monthly day retreats offer a day to deepen meditation practice, share contemplative lunch and tea, and hear a Dharma talk or teaching. They are taking place in person at the Centre in Clapham.

The retreat days are open to people in the early stages of exploring the spiritual path as well as those who have already studied this material to some extent. Anyone interested in attending, who has not yet begun to meditate, is welcome to do so following attendance at one of our Wednesday night open meditation sessions. There, one can receive an introduction to meditation practice.

Timings

Arrival from 9.30am, sitting will start at 10.00am, the day closes at 5pm.

Cost

The cost is £35.

A concession fee of £25 is available to anyone that has an annual income below £25,000, and of £20 is available to anyone that has an annual income below £20,000. Please contact [email protected] to arrange a concession or with any other questions.

We do not want cost to be a barrier to anyone attending and understand that these are challenging times financially for many people – please do not hesitate to contact us if you require a further concession.

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