WISDOM:
LET'S GO FOR IT!

WISDOM: LET'S GO FOR IT!

This retreat will be a time of remembering the Buddha's guidance on cause and effect. We will examine our experience to see how causes are present in effects and effects present in causes. We will also look at aspects of both "deluded mind" and "true mind" to see how we might best diminish ignorance and invite clarity.

Talks and discussions on this theme of "Interdependent Co-Arising" will be surrounded by the embodying practices of silent indoor and outdoor sitting and walking meditations, mindful eating in silence, yoga, work meditation with the staff of Southern Dharma, and ample fallow time to enjoy the beauty of Hap Mountain. There will also be personal interviews with Therese.

Recommended for both beginning and experienced meditators, this retreat will be conducted mostly in silence.

Therese Fitzgerald is the co-founder of the Community of Mindful Living in Berkeley, California. This Community developed Thich Nhat Hanh's teaching and Vietnamese social work base in the United States. Together with Maxine Hong Kingston, Therese helped start the "Veterans' Writing Group." She was ordained as a Dharma teacher by Thich Nhat Hanh in 1994 and co-founded Dharma Friends in 1999. Therese lives on Maui, where she works as a Dharma mentor, meditation retreat leader, and chaplain at Maui Community Correctional Center.