Weekend meditation retreat at Aryaloka Buddhist Center, Newmarket, NH
Fri Jan 21st 7 PM ~ Sun Jan 23 3:30 PM
The Living Breath
Learn how to become intimate with your breath and experience the fullness of being alive. On this retreat we’ll practice the art of mindfulness – which the Buddha taught as the path to full awakening in the Anapanasati Sutta.
Through talks and guided practices, we will explore the first two (of four) sections of the Anapanasati Sutta. We’ll delve into the finer points of meditating with the body and feelings, as a way to move deeper into spaciousness and silence.
Anapanasati Sutta
First Tetrad (Body Group)
1. While breathing in long, one knows: “I breathe in long.” While breathing out long, one knows: “I breathe out long.”
2. While breathing in short, one knows: “I breathe in short.” While breathing out short, one knows: “I breathe out short.”
3. One trains oneself: “Sensitive to the whole body, I breathe in. Sensitive to the whole body, I breathe out.”
4. One trains oneself: “Calming the whole body, I breathe in. Calming the whole body, I breathe out.”
Second Tetrad (Feelings Group)
5. One trains oneself: “Sensitive to rapture, I breathe in. Sensitive to rapture, I breathe out.”
6. One trains oneself: “Sensitive to pleasure, I breathe in. Sensitive to pleasure, I breathe out.”
7. One trains oneself: “Sensitive to mental processes, I breathe in. Sensitive to mental processes, I breathe out.”
8. One trains oneself: “Calming mental processes, I breathe in. Calming mental processes, I breathe out.”
This retreat is exclusively for the sangha from Boston, Portland and NY City. To register contact info@aryaloka.org The cost for the weekend retreat is $185. If you have any questions, please contact us at Nagaloka
