Led By: Ananta & Srisara
Tuesday, June 10th at 4 p.m. to Sunday, June 15th, 2024 at 1 p.m.
In Person at Pendle Hill Quaker Retreat Center
338 Plush Mill Road, Wallingford, PA 19086
Event Description:
On this retreat, we will focus on deceptively simple practices that can take us deep into meditation, opening us to delight, joy, and play — and nourishing us to face challenges.
The two essential elements of practice will be the breath and the heart, supported by an exploration of the Anapanasati Sutta. Anapanasati is a 16-stage mindfulness of breathing practice that focuses on the body, feelings, mind, and insight. Together, these will help us to calm, refresh, and energize the mind, while opening the heart to respond with love and compassion.
We practice silently, with some discussion, ritual, and chanting to access collective care and compassion, in an effort to wake up together in community.
We hope you’ll join us.
Agenda:
To follow!
Accommodation:
All rooms are shared twin rooms with shared bathrooms. Take a look at the space here.
About the Leaders:
Ananta has practiced within the Triratna Buddhist Community for 25 years. He has spent over three years on retreat. He was Ordained in 2007 and is a leading teacher of Triratna New York and of the Triratna US & Canada Men’s ordination training team.
He is the CEO of Karuna USA, a Buddhist-inspired international nonprofit tackling poverty and discrimination in South Asia, and formerly led global youth empowerment initiatives with the United Nations. He is a certified Mindfulness teacher with Brown University.
Srisara is a devoted Buddhist and a long-time member of the Triratna Buddhist Community. She was ordained in 2018 and is the first “homegrown” order member, having first come in contact with Triratna in New York City in 2003.
Srisara weaves Buddhism into all aspects of her life, including her work as a psychotherapist, and delights in the teachings on impermanence and our extraordinary capacity toward change. She feels most at home in nature and brings a wealth of practice and experience to her teachings.
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