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The Experience of Retreats
Retreat Schedule
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Cost/Dana
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Retreat Daily Schedule
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

"Now this, monks, is the noble truth of suffering: birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering; union with what is displeasing is suffering; seperation from what is pleasing is suffering… in brief, the five aggregates subject to clinging are suffering.”
~ The Buddha
SN 56:11

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Thanksgiving Retreat

Wednesday, November 26 to Sunday, November 30, 2008
(4 Nights)

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Level: Any
What does Any mean?

Teacher: Community Monastics

These retreats uses basic mindfulness (vipassana/insight) practice as a springboard for seeing the reality of the mind. The practice will include sitting, standing, and walking meditation, Dhamma talks, question and answer periods and optional teacher interviews.


Note: First time people should be at Bhavana by 4:30 p.m. on the first day of the retreat. Everyone else should be here by 5:00 p.m.. All retreats end after lunch on the last day.
Although every retreat is slightly different here is a typical retreat daily schedule.