Ending Suffering Through the 4 Noble Truths and Noble 8 Fold Path (In-Person & Online)
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Seattle, WA 98105 United States
Zoom Link here (unless registration or email required – see description below)
Description
Join us on October 4th from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM PT for a day long retreat focused on Ending suffering through the 4 noble truths and the noble 8 fold path in contemporary times. The retreat will be led by Nana Gyesie and a number of Assistant Teachers and Local Dharma Leaders to include Sooz Appel, Judith Avinger, Nina Laboy et al.
About the retreat:
The world in 2025 presents new challenges, yet the fundamental nature of suffering (dukkha) remains unchanged. Stress, anxiety, uncertainty, and dissatisfaction arise not just from personal struggles, but from the way we relate to life itself.
The Buddha’s first teaching—The Four Noble Truths—was a direct confrontation with this reality:
Dukkha exists—suffering is woven into conditioned life.
The cause of dukkha—attachment, craving, and clinging fuel suffering.
The cessation of dukkha—liberation is possible.
The path to the end of dukkha—the Noble Eightfold Path provides the way.
This retreat will take participants beyond intellectual understanding into direct experience of freedom.
We will explore:
How suffering arises in daily life (personally and collectively).
How the Eightfold Path provides a practical method to break free.
What awakening means in contemporary life.
This retreat is not about temporary relief—it is about real transformation.
Questions
For questions about the event, please contact registrar@seattleinsight.org.
Registration & Donation
Registration for this Day of Mindfulness is required. All ticket holders for the daylong retreat will receive the Zoom link via email the day before the event. If you need to cancel your registration, please email registrar@seattleinsight.org prior to the beginning of the event.
The suggested event donation is $30 plus teacher dana. Your registration donation covers the cost of organizing the event only and does not go to the teacher. Dana (freely-offered giving) for the teachers can be made at the time of the event, or there are dana links on the Assistant Teachers page and the Local Dharma Leaders page .
Donations to SIMs can be made here.
Teacher/Organizer
Event Venue
Seattle, WA 98105 United States
If there is no location or map here, it means this is an online only meeting.
Description
Join us on October 4th from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM PT for a day long retreat focused on Ending suffering through the 4 noble truths and the noble 8 fold path in contemporary times. The retreat will be led by Nana Gyesie and a number of Assistant Teachers and Local Dharma Leaders to include Sooz Appel, Judith Avinger, Nina Laboy et al.
About the retreat:
The world in 2025 presents new challenges, yet the fundamental nature of suffering (dukkha) remains unchanged. Stress, anxiety, uncertainty, and dissatisfaction arise not just from personal struggles, but from the way we relate to life itself.
The Buddha’s first teaching—The Four Noble Truths—was a direct confrontation with this reality:
Dukkha exists—suffering is woven into conditioned life.
The cause of dukkha—attachment, craving, and clinging fuel suffering.
The cessation of dukkha—liberation is possible.
The path to the end of dukkha—the Noble Eightfold Path provides the way.
This retreat will take participants beyond intellectual understanding into direct experience of freedom.
We will explore:
How suffering arises in daily life (personally and collectively).
How the Eightfold Path provides a practical method to break free.
What awakening means in contemporary life.
This retreat is not about temporary relief—it is about real transformation.
Questions
For questions about the event, please contact registrar@seattleinsight.org.
Registration & Donation
Registration for this Day of Mindfulness is required. All ticket holders for the daylong retreat will receive the Zoom link via email the day before the event. If you need to cancel your registration, please email registrar@seattleinsight.org prior to the beginning of the event.
The suggested event donation is $30 plus teacher dana. Your registration donation covers the cost of organizing the event only and does not go to the teacher. Dana (freely-offered giving) for the teachers can be made at the time of the event, or there are dana links on the Assistant Teachers page and the Local Dharma Leaders page .
Donations to SIMs can be made here.