January 2016
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Southern Insight Meditation are delighted to be hosting the next
dharma gathering at Staveley Camp in January 2016.
Dharma Gatherings were started by Christopher Titmuss, initially
in India.
They now also run in Australia,
the UK and the USA.
A dharma gathering has some
silent meditation, but it also includes workshops, discussion
forums, dharma talks, and open inquiry sessions, which provide
numerous opportunities for discussing the teachings of the
Buddha.
It
is a lot of fun and there are plenty of opportunities to meet
and spend time with good friends and to bring along the family.
It is an excellent way to
cultivate a strong sense of community.
These gatherings cultivate a depth of inquiry into the heart of
awakening.
They help us explore how the
Buddha’s wise and compassionate teachings can be integrated into
the political, social, cultural and environmental spheres of our
daily lives to bring about a culture of awakening for the
welfare and benefit of all beings. There is a greater emphasis
on engaged Buddhist practice than occurs in the silent retreats
that we run.
A dharma gathering is a
fantastic introduction to the dharma. Beginners are very
welcome!
This year we will have 6
teachers attending the gathering:
Subhana Barzaghi, Jeremy Logan,
and Arthur Wells will lead.
Di Robertson and Julie
Downard from Southern Insight, and Sean Weaver, a new Zen teacher
from Golden Bay, will also be attending and contributing to the
gathering.
Subhana Barzaghi
has practised meditation for over 30 years, and teaches in both
the Insight Meditation and Zen Buddhist traditions. She teaches
seven-day intensive retreats in India, Australia and New
Zealand. In 1996, Subhana became the first Australian Zen Roshi
and is the spiritual director of the Sydney and Melbourne Zen
centres. She is also the founder of the Kwan Yin Zen Centre in
Lismore. Subhana is the mother of two children and works as a
counsellor and psychotherapist in Sydney.
Jeremy Logan
has been involved in insight meditation for the last 30 years,
spending several years in the east and in Europe learning and
practicing meditation. He has been teaching retreats since 1991
in New Zealand and has taught in India. He lives in the
Wairarapa, working as a counsellor and facilitating Stopping
Violence programmes for men. He recently featured on the front
page of the Listener.
Arthur Wells is a Quaker and a
teacher in the Diamond Sangha Zen lineage. His background is in
social work and counselling, like Jeremy, with a long experience
in leading stopping violence programmes for men. Arthur used to
teach comparative religion at University and is working towards
an inclusive, secular, scientifically sound account of Buddhist
practice.
Pricing for Dharma Gathering 2016
Prices cover food and
accommodation (either bunkroom or camping) and costs associated
with running the Gathering.
They do not include dana for the teachers.
Adults:
7 days : $325 (Friday - Friday) ;
4 days : (Friday - Tuesday) $225;
2 days : (Friday - Sunday) $150
Children
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High school in 2015
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Primary
school in 2015
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Pre-school in 2015
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7 days
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$150
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$100
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$10
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4 days
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$105
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$70
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$5
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2 days
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$70
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$45
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Dana:
These costs to not include payment to
the teachers so please bring separate cash for Dana.
Dana is a gift by each person in the spirit of
generosity to the teacher in return for her knowledge and expertise. The
teachers will receive only what you
offer as dana. The amount given is up to the giver.
Click
here to register
If you have any enquires please email us
at
southern.insight.meditation@gmail.com .
please put
dharma gathering as the subject
or phone:
Chrys Horn -
027 286 8653 or
Sarah Tritt 027 669 3824
