Looking at balance in mediation through the prism of appropriate vision and appropriate concentration.

During this daylong we will work with the habits that bind us and stop our potential for wisdom and compassion from manifesting fully. We will use the meditative tools found in the Vipassana and Zen traditions, like watching the breath, listening and questioning, to see how we can engage creatively with our habits and transform them into positive functions.

During this daylong we will work with the habits that bind us and stop our potential for wisdom and compassion from manifesting fully. We will use the meditative tools found in the Vipassana and Zen traditions, like watching the breath, listening and questioning, to see how we can engage creatively with our habits and transform them into positive functions.

Explanation of de-grasping wisdom and compassion and meditative experience.

Explaining the four great efforts in connection to practice and daily life including tools of awareness and the three characteristics.

An exploration of the three trainings and reflection on cultivation and effect.

Awakening as a process of degrasping instead of being the production of a state of enlightenment that cannot be eaten in salad. The suggestion that the path consists of sudden awakening followed by gradual practices

How can meditation help us break free of our mental, emotional, physical habits?