The discourse on the 4 Foundations of Mindfulness is the core manual for vipassana meditation in the teachings of the Buddha. It is the original seed of the modern mindfulness movement.

This trilogy on the 4 Foundations offers a series of practices and presentations to get folks familiar with the basic plan and intentions of the discourse. It also acts as a step-by-step preview to vipassana methods, from first sitting down to train the attention all the way along the rhythmic road to liberation.

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I    Dwelling Happily in the Present Moment

Saturday Oct 27  9 – 5 pm 

Mennonite Church 

* beginning a Foundations of Mindfulness practice for newcomers to meditation

* and for those who want to refresh or expand their techniques

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II    Emotions

Opening Session Friday Nov 2 

Daylong Session Saturday Dec 1    9 - 5

Spiritus Christi & Mennonite Church

* using the first three foundations – awareness of body, feeling-tones, and mental formations

* the Buddha's blueprint for a life of mindfulness

* emotions are waves of energy made of the 6 senses

* sense experience tangled together co-creates the suffering self;  mindfulness untangles the senses and flows the energy

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III    The 4th Foundation

2 Sessions January 18 & 25 1 – 5 pm

Spiritus Christi

* using the 7 Factors of Enlightenment and other patterns of  experience

* hindrances, calming factors, energizing factors

* how balance and acceptance bring our practice all the way to fruition

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Registration deadlines

for part II, October 31st

for part III, December 1st

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Full descriptions with times, locations and other retreats

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