Fall '08 College Retreat - "Study, Reflect, & Practice"
A retreat for university educators and college students at all levels who are interested in meditation and its correlation to our life at school, in our family, and in our minds.
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| When |
2008-11-07 16:00
to 2008-11-09 16:00 |
| Where | Deer Park Monastery |
| Contact Name | Deer Park Registrar |
| Contact Email | deerpark@dpmail.net |
| Contact Phone | (760) 291-1003 ext. 100 |
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“Meditation is not to get out of society, to escape from society, but to prepare for a re-entry into society. Only when our mind is at peace can we help bring peace to society. Meditation helps us take care of our mind and our body, and prepares us to remain in society, because we are aware that if we leave society, we will not be able to help change it. This is our hope for peace.”
Every year our monastery holds two weekend retreats for college students and educators from UCLA, CHAPMAN University, local San Diego State Universities and Colleges and other academic institutions as well. The weekend attendance to the monastery has become part of some of these courses. Past course topics included: zen meditation and psychology; living and building community, peace making and the tools of reconciliation, deep communication, and living in the present.
We shall offer meditation practices as a tool for learning and expanding our minds and as a way to help us cope and deal with life challenges- reducing tension within ourselves and with others, improving our communications, and helping us touch the wonders of life that are available.
Meditation can help us stop, recognize, handle, and understand deeper the workings of our mind. There will be lectures related to the theme selected for that retreat. We will also practice sitting and walking meditation, and eating and breathing in mindfulness. There will work shops, discussion groups, and other special activities. Please join us in the exploration.
Click here to register ONLINE, or download registration form in WORD or PDF.
