Resources

Daily Retreat Schedule

4:00 AMMorning Bell
4:30 AMChanting & Meditation
6:30 AMBreakfast
8:00 AMGroup Sitting
11:00 AMLunch (Main Meal)
6:00 PMEvening Discourse

What to Bring

  • Loose, comfortable white clothing
  • Personal toiletries and towel
  • Meditation cushion (if you have a preference)
  • Water bottle and flashlight

Code of Conduct

To maintain a supportive atmosphere for meditation, all students are asked to observe Noble Silence and the Eight Precepts throughout the course.

Dhamma Resources (PDF)

Chanting Book

Daily morning and evening verses.

Discourse on Metta

Guide to loving-kindness meditation.

Common Dhamma Terms

Anicca

Dukkha

Anatta

Impermanence; the transient nature of all conditioned things.

Suffering or unsatisfactoriness; the inherent stress of existence.

Non-self; the absence of a permanent, unchanging soul.

“Mano-pubbangama dhamma, mano-settha, mano-maya…”

Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought.

— Dhammapada, Verse 1

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