Returning Home: The Path of Meditation
2022 Summer Retreat at the Sudhana Center
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We are now full. We appreciate your interest in the retreat. Please register to be put on a waitlist. If spaces become available, we will contact you. If you have any questions, please email retreats@drbu.edu.
The path of meditation begins by turning inwards to find our caring heart that is interconnected with all beings. We often find ourselves seeking outside for security or wandering lost in our justifications, identities, wants and fears. This sense of lack takes us down a treacherous road -- sometimes happy, sometimes sad, and always at the mercy of external conditions.
By reconnecting with our bodies, breath, and heart, we begin to unwind the patterns of our ego and discover the joy in simple existence. Quite naturally, we become instruments for healing and peace for not only ourselves but a traumatized world. Join us for a week of stillness and movement where we begin to cultivate our inner home of boundless care and compassion that manifests in our outer home as selfless service. Spaces are limited. Please sign up early. When: Saturday, May 28, 3:00pm – Sunday, June 5, 11am, 2022 Program: We will follow a daily schedule of recitation, seated meditation, sutra study and community work. Due to the pandemic, all participants this year must attend in-person and participate full time. Covid-19 safety measures: In order to ensure everyone’s health and well-being, we require participants to be fully vaccinated, including a booster shot. There will be a Covid test upon arrival and regular testing during the retreat. Masks may be required indoors. Participants who test positive or develop symptoms during the retreat may need to return home. More details will be shared closer to the retreat. |
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Application process: Please fill out the application. Space-permitting, we will follow up with an interview via phone, Zoom, or in person. If you are not admitted to the retreat, your full payment will be refunded. Given the length of the form, you may find it helpful to work on your answers in a separate document and then paste them in.
Application: Please apply Fees for retreat:
We are committed to making sure that finance is not an obstacle in attending the retreat, please contact us for financial assistance at extension@drbu.edu if you have financial difficulty paying the retreat fees. Cancellation Policy: For cancellations made 10 days prior to arrival day, refunds will be available minus the $20 application fee. Cancellations made less than 10 days before retreat arrival day do not qualify for a refund. Registration is non-transferable. Tentative Schedule:
Check-in / Retreat start time / Retreat end date
Arrival day: Please arrive between 3pm-5pm to check-in and get your room assignment. Last day: The retreat will end at 11am |
Noble Silence:
To maintain an inner and outer environment of concentration, we will observe Noble Silence throughout the retreat. However, participants may speak during discussion periods and lectures, and as-needed during community work.
No Digital Devices:
Please 'unplug' and refrain from using digital technology like cell phones, laptops, tablets and music players during the retreat. This week is a rare opportunity to look deeply into our minds free of the distractions from our devices (while giving others the space to do so as well).
Service as Practice:
Service plays a central role in the overall retreat experience by bringing the Dharma into daily life, supporting others, and creating a sense of community. During the retreat, everyone will be given a simple work duty such as kitchen-prep, cleaning, and dish washing. We hope to foster an environment where work, study, and practice are all integrated into one holistic experience.
Location:
DRBU Sudhana Center
225 South Hope Street in Ukiah, California
Contact Us:
Please email extension@drbu.edu if you have any questions.
To maintain an inner and outer environment of concentration, we will observe Noble Silence throughout the retreat. However, participants may speak during discussion periods and lectures, and as-needed during community work.
No Digital Devices:
Please 'unplug' and refrain from using digital technology like cell phones, laptops, tablets and music players during the retreat. This week is a rare opportunity to look deeply into our minds free of the distractions from our devices (while giving others the space to do so as well).
Service as Practice:
Service plays a central role in the overall retreat experience by bringing the Dharma into daily life, supporting others, and creating a sense of community. During the retreat, everyone will be given a simple work duty such as kitchen-prep, cleaning, and dish washing. We hope to foster an environment where work, study, and practice are all integrated into one holistic experience.
Location:
DRBU Sudhana Center
225 South Hope Street in Ukiah, California
Contact Us:
Please email extension@drbu.edu if you have any questions.