Keeping Balance in a Constantly Changing World

An Insight Meditation Retreat with Bridget Rolens

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Thursday, April 28 – Sunday, May 1, 2022

Registration opens February 28, closes April 21.

There is no set registration fee. This retreat is being offered on a dana basis to make the retreat more accessible to everyone.  Mid America Dharma is relying on offerings from retreat participants to cover our operating costs and the costs of making this retreat possible.

To give dana to Mid America Dharma for this retreat, please click here.

None of the donations offered to Mid America Dharma go to the teacher for offering the teachings. Teachers receive financial support for their work strictly by a separate, voluntary donation. You can learn more about this on our Teacher Support page. We encourage you to support the teacher and the continued sharing of the Dhamma through a financial contribution.

The Buddha spoke of the eight worldly winds of change: pleasure and pain, gain and loss, praise and blame, fame and insignificance. Every human life is a mix of the changing “fortunes” that arise out of conditions over which we can never exert full control. If we have the view that our happiness depends on having pleasure, gain, praise and fame we will be constantly thrown off balance as we inevitably experience pain, loss, blame and insignificance. There is a happiness that is not at the mercy of these winds of change. It comes from the cultivation of equanimity, of letting go of things being other than what they are and learning to be with whatever we are experiencing. Equanimity makes it possible to stand in the middle of the constantly changing circumstances of life without the suffering of clinging.

We will explore this teaching of the Buddha and its application in our lives through instruction, sitting and walking meditation, personal reflection and group discussion.

This retreat is appropriate for both those new to mindfulness practice and those with experience.

To assure everyone has a safe and wholesome retreat, we ask each retreatant to honor The Five Precepts throughout the retreat. Read more about The Five Precepts here.

For more information read our FAQ, email us or call Phil Jones at 573-673-6713