Urban Meditation Retreat with Venerable Dr. Vimokkha Medhino

8-9 April 2017 | 9am – 4pm each day, no overnight stay

Metta Centre, 7-9, Cross Street, Bankstown, NSW

Ven. Vimokkha returns to the Metta Centre from Thailand again for a weekend urban retreat, further exploring “Pragmatic Approach to the Nature of Mind”.

Ven. Vimokkha is the Abbot of Wat Pippaliwanaram, with a M.A. (Buddhist Studies) and Ph.D.(Buddhist Studies) from Mahachulalongkorn University (MCU). He has an extensive experience in teaching insight meditation internationally. Ven. Vimokkha’s book, “The Development of Mindfulness for Insight Meditation” builds on his pragmatic approach to the development of mindfulness.

Retreat Program Saturday Session 9.00 – 10.00     Seeing the Mind with Wisdom 10.00 – 10.30   Workshop on Mindfulness and Awareness by Walking Meditation 10.30 –  11.30   Short-cut to the one-pointedness of Mind in Samatha Meditation 11.30 – 12.30    Lunch 12.30 – 13.00    Walking Meditation 13.00- 14.00     Kāyagatāsati (Mindfulness immeresed througout the whole body) 14.00 – 14.30    Question and Answer session 14.30 – 15.15    Śūnyatā ( Emptiness Meditation ) 15.15 – 15.30    Coffee Break 15.30 – 16.30    Practicing Ānāpānasati (Breathing Meditaton) in Daily life 16.30 – 17.00    Question and Answer session Participants return home and resume the next day. Sunday Session 9.00 – 10.00      Sixteen Stages of Ānāpānasati (Breathing Meditation) 10.00 – 10.30    Question and Answer session 10.30 –  11.30   Development of Knowing and Seeing in Satipaṭṭhāna 4 (The Four Foundations of Mindfulness) 11.30 – 12.30    Lunch 12.30 – 13.30    How to integrate Śūnyatā –  Kāyagatāsati –  Ānāpānasati  in the practice 13.30- 14.00     Walking Meditation 14.00 – .15.15    Development of Five Powers 15.15 – 15.30   Coffee Break 15.30 – 16.30    Liberation by Vimokkha 3 16.30 – 17.00    Question and Answer session