Metta Dharma Foundation

Samadhi and Wisdom

Residential Meditation Retreat

The Practice and Path of Mindfulness,

Jhana and Insight

       With Richard Shankman

       April 1 - 10, 2011

       Quaker Center, Ben Lomond, CA

     To Register download the following 3 forms: 

      1) Samadhi And Wisdom Retreat Registration Application

      2) Liabiltiy Release Form

      3) Retreat Information Form                                

     Cost:  $675 (cost does not include teacher dana)

                Concentration and jhana are often taught as separate practices from insight meditation.

                This retreat will integrate concentration, mindfulness and insight as a single meditative path, using mindfulness of

                breathing as the foundational practice.

                       Through mindfulness of breathing the mind becomes more collected and centered, leading to deepening states of peace,

               clarity and calm abiding known as jhana.  At the same time, awareness opens naturally into mindfulness of the body,

               states of the heart and the mind, revealing the four foundations of mindfulness.       

            if you have questions contact:  Info@Mettadharma.org

Richard Shankman has been a meditator since 1970 and teaches at dharma centers and groups nationally. He teaches mindfulness of the breath and body that integrates concentration and jhana with mindfulness and insight meditation.  He is a co-founder of the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies and Mindful Schools, and the author of The Experience of Samadhi: An In-Depth Investigation of Buddhist Meditation.