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Report from a Practicing Member

Personally, I have received many benefits from our group practice, especially from the interviews with Venerable Dr. Dhammapiya Sayadaw . Please see my report card below from last weeks interview on 9-20. I wrote this to show my appreciation. Background Meditation is normally called a skill of mental training, but the ultimate truth is that Vipassana meditation is in reality a process of processes. All things are manifested in a process of phenomena in constant change. All things--including the act of observation in daily life or in meditation, the observing mind and the object--are in a process of flow from the direct experience of practice, flowing in the flow and with the flow. As Sayadaw Shaw O Min states in his booklet, Right Attitude in Meditation , "...The object is not important. The mind that is working in the background-working to be aware, i.e., the observing mind- is more important..." In a slow process of mental training, to shift attention from the observed obj

November 7-Day Insight Meditation Retreat

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Stilling the Restless Mind- a 7 day Insight Meditation retreat lead by Venerable Seelananda. This will be held in a idelsitic location- the American Bodhi Center . The retreat date is from November 26th, 2009 to December 2nd, 2009. The American Bodhi Center is dotted with rolling hills and brooks and is full of geographical variety. It serves as a cultural, educational, and altruistic activity center for Buddhism. The Bodhi Center has a grand meditation hall and comfortable living quarters for meditators. Surrounded by quiet forest (see video and phots) accommodating either individual or groups retreat. To register please call 979-921-6969 or download for retreat information, registration and consent forms .