20/04/2024
https://chenrezig.au/event/an-introduction-to-the-four-close-placements-of-mindfulness-with-sherab-holley/
The Four Close Placements of Mindfulness
Retreat
14-16 June 2024 at Chenrezig Institute
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The retreat will combine guided meditation sessions, focusing on both the cultivation of Shamatha (Calm Abiding) and Vipassana (Insight Meditation) with teachings on the four close applications of mindfulness drawing on all Buddhist traditions. The retreat will begin on Friday evening with an introductory session and run through Saturday and Sunday with two sessions in the morning and two in the afternoon. An evening session on Saturday will allow time for silent meditation and discussion.
The four close applications of mindfulness is a complete path taught by the Buddha, cultivating mindfulness focussed on the four aspects of the body, feelings, mind (mental states) and phenomena (mental objects). The practice combines both Shamatha (Clarity) and Vipassana (Insight) meditation and forms the basis for all further Insight meditation. Through exploration of our own embodied experience and mental states, we can probe into how we overlay reality with our preconceptions and thus, begin to unravel our fixed and rigid views which cause us to suffer needlessly.
The Buddha described this practice as being “…the direct path, for the purification of beings, for the overcoming of sorrow and lamentation, for overcoming pain and grief, for reaching the authentic path and for the realisation of Nirvāṇa."
This retreat will offer an opportunity to take ’time out’ from our busy lives to immerse ourselves in a practice that brings balance and peace to the mind and healing to the body. This practice provides us with the skills to become aware of when mental afflictions distort our mind and disturb our equilibrium. When we can recognise afflictions as they arise, we can choose to restore balance and peace to the mind, leading to a greater sense of wellbeing and control over our reactions.
While the teachings are drawn from the Buddhist tradition, one does not need to be Buddhist to engage in these practices. This is a practical path to achieving a calm and balanced mind that can be applied to whatever activity one wishes to focus on.
The four close applications of mindfulness is a complete path taught by the Buddha, cultivating mindfulness focussed on the four aspects of the body, feelings, mind (mental states) and phenomena (mental objects). The practice combines both Shamatha (Clarity) and Vipassana (Insight) meditation and fo...