Rocky Mountain Insight

Buddhist Presentation of Pat’s Trip to Southeast Asia - Feb 22

Presentation will be after walking meditation and 20 minute sitting meditation beginning at our usual time, 7:00 pm. Slideshow will be about 45 minutes with a chance to ask questions and share stories.

Therigatha: Poetry of Enlightenment by Buddhism's First Women - Feb 25

As visible as the arts and artistic expression are in Zen and Tibetan Buddhism, so too the Theravada tradition includes inspiring poetic expression pointing to the experience of enlightenment.

Join us in discovering the Therigatha, a collection of the first Buddhist women poets. The class will draw on this ancient text dating from contemporaries of the Buddha's to women writers three hundred years after his death.

Come contemplate these beautiful works. Men and women are joyfully invited to share in this experience.

Therigatha: Poetry of Enlightenment by Buddhism's First Women - Feb 26

As visible as the arts and artistic expression are in Zen and Tibetan Buddhism, so too the Theravada tradition includes inspiring poetic expression pointing to the experience of enlightenment. This evening's talk will focus on this ancient text dating from contemporaries of the Buddha's to women writers three hundred years after his death. Join us for an evening of inspiring poetry and contemplation. Author of Pathway to Freedom: Applying the Teachings of the Buddha, it is Lucinda's profound joy to share the Dharma.

Anapanasati: Mindfulness of the Breath - Mar 6

The class draws upon Larry Rosenberg’s book Breath by Breath and will focus On the Sixteen Contemplations of the Breath taken from the Ananpanasati Sutta And the Four Foundations of Mindulness.

The first class cultivates four contemplations in the Body Group leading to sensitivity and calming the whole body.

The second class cultivates four contemplations in the Feelings Group leading to sensitivity of pleasure and calmness and four contemplations in the Mind Group leading to steadiness and liberation.

The third class cultivates four contemplations in the Wisdom Group leading to a realization of impermanence which helps us relinquish or let go.

Vipassana Meditation: Intro class - Apr 12

Insight (Vipassana) Meditation, from the Buddhist tradition, includes practices to calm and concentrate the mind. Calm and concentration allow insights that lead to clarity and wisdom.

Spring 2012 Meditation Retreat - Apr 27 to 29

Ease your body and mind with a weekend, silent, retreat at the Franciscan Retreat Center located at Mount St. Francis. If you have never attended a silent meditation retreat before, you are in for a moving experience. A silent retreat is a rare and precious opportunity to focus solely on the most earnest questions of the heart and to spend some days in silence in a beautiful, natural setting.