The Four Protective Meditations (256R21)
Ayya Anandabodhi, Ayya Santacitta and Ayya Dhammadipa
May 3 - 7, 2021
Registration open until the end of the day (Pacific Time) on May 2, 2021. A waiting list will be created if the retreat fills early.
The Four Protective Meditations: Developing Courage to Meet the Way Things Truly Are (A Monastic Retreat)
Description:
This retreat brings together practices that brighten the mind and open it to our highest aspiration, while grounding us in our immediate experience of change.
The four meditations are:
- recollection of the Buddha
- metta meditation
- contemplation of the body
- reflection on death
By nourishing and strengthening the heart and mind, and giving us courage to explore the true nature of embodied life, these meditations protect us from getting lost in hopes and fears, guiding us toward awakening.
All are welcome! No one will be turned away for lack of funds as space allows. For more information, please email Registration@spiritrock.org.
About the Teachers
Ayya Anandabodhi
Ayya Anandabodhi first encountered the Buddha's teachings in her early teens, igniting a deep interest in the Buddha's Path of Awakening. She lived and trained as a nun in the Forest Tradition at Amaravati and Chithurst monasteries in England from 1992 until 2009 when she moved to the US to help establish Aloka Vihara Forest […]
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Ayya Santacitta
Ayya Santacitta was born in Austria and did her graduate studies in Cultural Anthropology, focusing on dance, theatre and ritual. She also worked in avant-garde dance theatre as a performer and costume designer. In 1988 she met Ajahn Buddhadasa in southern Thailand, who sparked her interest in Buddhist monastic life. She trained as a nun […]
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Ven. Dhammadipa has been practicing Buddhism since 1987. She became a resident at Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery in 2017, and began samaneri training in the Theravada Forest Tradition in the West in 2018. Her shift to the Theravada tradition is a natural extension of her longtime metta practice and study of the suttas. She also serves as […]
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