Humility, dignity, and integrity are three attitudes of the mind-heart that allow us to transform our daily lives into our monastery for practice. All of our dharma practice has prepared us for a deep realization of these three attitudes. When we cultivate humility, dignity, and integrity, they empower us to counter balance the ego’s clinging and grasping. They enable us to accept the inevitable suffering and dissatisfaction as taught in the First Noble Truth.
What we discover is that these liberating attitudes allow us to be with, even soften into, those things which ordinarily we harden against and free us from a reactive mind. This is a genuine opportunity for you to put in place a transformative way of relating to life with wisdom and compassion. The retreat will consist of sitting and walking meditation, short dharma talks, and time for questions and responses. You will also get the opportunity to practice with Phillip Moffitt’s “Naturally Arising” practice method. This retreat is open to students with all levels of experience.
Bio
Phillip Moffitt is a Buddhist meditation teacher and writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He served as Co-Guiding Teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center from 2010 to 2018. Phillip is the creator of the Naturally Arising practice method and the honorary co-founder of the online retreat center Dharma Ground.
Phillip is also the founder and president of Life Balance Institute, a nonprofit organization offering programs focused on helping people develop the inner skills needed to live with clarity and intention—especially during major life transitions. He is the author of three books: Dancing with Life: Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in the Face of Suffering; Emotional Chaos to Clarity; and Awakening through the Nine Bodies.
Questions
For questions about the retreat, please contact registrar@seattleinsight.org.
Registration & Donation
There will be a Friday evening program and a weekend non residential retreat. You can join either in person or online on Zoom. No registration is required for the Friday evening program. Registration is required for the weekend retreat.
All ticket holders 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.
Your registration donation covers the cost of organizing the event only and does not go to the teacher. Dana (freely-offered giving) for Phillip can be made at Life Balance. For checks: Please write your check to Life Balance Institute and mail to Life Balance Institute, P.O. Box 725, Tiburon, CA, 94920.
Donations to Seattle Insight Meditation can be made here. Thank you for your generosity.
