Patience:
A Daylong Retreat with nico hase
Saturday, May 13th
10 am to 4 pm pacific time
What can you lean on when everything seems to be shaking?
In a word: patience.
Not a limp patience with no guts. But patience as a parami, khanti parami: the warrior's capacity to bear witness to what is, whatever it is.
From this compassionate stance of bearing witness, we can act with clarity, wisdom, and energy, working for the good of everyone involved.
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In this one-day online retreat, nico will explore the parami of khanti ("patience") and how it can see us through pain, doubt, difficulty, and sorrow . . . all the way to the end of suffering.
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 fifth in a series of twelve online daylong retreats on the paramis.
The ten paramis (“furtherances” or “perfections”) 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.
The first 12 people to register for the retreat will have an opportunity to meet with nico during the sitting and walking periods.
For scholarship information, or if you have any questions about this retreat, please email retreat manager Rachael Smith at rtannersmith@gmail.com.
nico hase lived in a monastery for six years before earning a PhD in counseling psychology and becoming an Insight Meditation teacher full time. He currently mentors mindfulness teachers, teaches online and in-person retreats, and speaks with students in one-on-one sessions. He and his beloved life partner devon are the authors of How Not to Be a Hot Mess: A Survival Guide for Modern Life.