Liberation through Non-Clinging: The Buddha’s Path from Suffering to Freedom

This retreat is open to people who have done at least two previous silent insight meditation retreats of nine days or longer.

Nine-Day Retreat

The goal of the Buddhist path is sometimes defined as “liberation through non-clinging.” But what is meant by clinging? In the First Noble Truth, the Buddha stated that there is dukkha (suffering, stress, distress, unsatisfactoriness), and he defined dukkha in short as “the five clinging-aggregates” of material form, feeling-tone, perception, formations, and consciousness.

To have any possibility of experiencing freedom, we first need to understand our relationship to the clinging-aggregates more clearly, so in this nine-day retreat for experienced meditators, we will explore a range of different practices that support the release of dukkha and the consequent capacity to live with more ease, happiness and freedom.

Each day will include a mix of guided and silent sitting meditation, walking meditation, optional mindful movement, small group discussion and individual meetings with the teacher.