Generosity is the Answer:
A Daylong Retreat with Oren Jay Sofer & devon hase
Saturday, January 13
10 am to 4 pm pacific time
With everything happening in the world, it's easy to feel contracted, frightened, cut off from others.
How do we reestablish the connection?
According to the Buddha, dana parami (generosity) is the first step. It's a beautiful step: nourishing, uplifting, onward leading. And it culminates, amazingly, in the end of suffering.
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In this one-day online retreat, Oren & devon will explore the parami of dana ("generosity") and the ways in which it can reconnect us to ourselves and others, as well as lead us to a stable well-being, even in the midst of turbulence.
The day will begin with an hour of conversation and an opening talk around the theme. We’ll then sit and walk for four hours in lightly guided practice, before reconvening for a closing talk and further dialogue.
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This daylong is the first in a series of ten online daylong retreats on the paramis hosted by Refuge of Belonging, a collective founded by nico hase & Devin Berry that is dedicated to sustaining the relationships and the deepening the dharma that people experience in insight meditation retreats.
The ten paramis (“furtherances” or “completions”) are foundational to the Buddhist path of awakening. Spanning states of the heart from kindness and equanimity to resolve and renunciation, they offer us a time tested way forward, a manner of cultivating what most truly benefits ourselves and others, both right now, in this moment, and as a stepping stone to final liberation.
Oren Jay Sofer teaches meditation, mindfulness and Nonviolent Communication internationally. He holds a degree in Comparative Religion and is the author of the best-selling book Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication, and Your Heart Was Made for This: Contemplative Practices to Meet a World In Crisis with Courage, Integrity, and Love. For more about Oren, please see www.orenjaysofer.com/about.
devon hase began meditation training in 2000. She has practiced intensively in the Insight and Vajrayana traditions and currently teaches at the Insight Meditation Society, Spirit Rock, and other centers. Along with her life partner nico, she is the co-author of How Not to Be a Hot Mess: A Survival Guide for Modern Life.