Metta Dharma Foundation

Steadying the Mind, Opening to Insight

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, however, will integrate concentration, mindfulness and insight into a single meditative path,

                using mindfulness of breathing as the foundational practice.

                       Practicing in this way, the mind becomes more collected and centered, leading to deepening states of

                concentration, peace, clarity and calm abiding, and culminating in states of unification of mind known

                as jhana.  At the same time, awareness will be guided to open into mindfulness of the body and states

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

                       This integration of concentration, calm, mindfulness and jhana builds a strong foundation for the arising of insight.

             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.