Cultivating Kindness:
A Daylong Meditation Retreat with Devin Berry & nico hase
Saturday, August 12th
10 am to 4 pm pacific time
Life is hard. And if we're not careful, we can slip into a subtle hardness toward life, and to the ones we share our lives with.
What's the answer?
In a word: metta. Through the cultivation of lovingkindness, a basic stance of friendliness, we can soften into each moment, and use every relationship, whether it's easy or difficult, as a stepping stone to awakening.
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In this one-day online retreat, Devin & nico will guide meditators through a series of contemplations to cultivate and expand the quality of metta parami (“kindness”): that quality of the heart that makes friends with the world and everyone in it.
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 seventh 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.
For scholarship information, or if you have any questions about this retreat, please email retreat manager Rachael Smith at rtannersmith@gmail.com.
Devin Berry has been meditating for over 20 years. His practice is primarily informed by the classical teachings of early Buddhism and the Insight Meditation tradition. He has undertaken many periods of silent long-term retreat practice. Devin completed the Insight Meditation Society Teacher Training Program. He is passionate about the power of witnessing and storytelling as a liberation tool. He is deeply committed to the personal and collective liberation of marginalized communities knowing that through the integration of reflection and insight, clarity and wisdom give rise to wise action. To find out more visit devinberry.org.
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.