Living a Truly Human Life – Newcomer Meditation Retreat
Living a Truly Human Life – Newcomer Meditation Retreat
Friday 15th March 2024 - Sunday 17th March 2024
Led by Sadayasihi and Prasannadeva
When
6pm Friday 15th – 2.30pm Sunday 17th January 2024
Where
Mucklagh House, County Wicklow.
This former country lodge is cosy, comfortable, and surrounded by woods. It’s a 90 minute drive from Dublin City. See below for a Google Map.
Who this retreat is for
The retreat leader
The retreat will be led by Sadayasihi and Prasannadeva, both of whom teach Buddhism and meditation at the Dublin Buddhist Centre.
What will be explored
What does it mean to live a truly human life from a Buddhist perspective?
It starts with a sense of integration – feeling that our energies are flowing together in the same direction, feeling free from internal disharmonies, feeling more unified, less distracted, and more ‘together’. Then, we work to become more emotionally positive, resourced, and look upon the world with a greater love. All this can be done through Buddhist meditation practice.
Meditation is a means of transforming the mind. It helps us change the way we relate to ourselves and the world around us. In particular, the Mindfulness of Breathing meditation is an excellent way to cultivate integration, and the Development of Loving-Kindness meditation an excellent way of cultivating positive emotion.
On this retreat we will be exploring how we can engage more deeply with these two practices, becoming more integrated and more emotionally positive, and thereby how we have make the most of the precious opportunity to live a more truly human life.
What people say
The retreat is a brilliant way to deepen your meditation after the intro to meditation course. Restful and insightful. Highly recommended!
– Rick, Wicklow weekend retreat
The most worthwhile thing I’ve done in a long time.
– Hugh, Wicklow weekend retreat
If you want to get off the motorway of modern life for a while and park somewhere quiet to reflect and review the direction you are taking in your journey… A retreat with the Dublin Buddhist Centre can offer you a change of oil, new spark plugs, a cleaner windscreen, tightened suspension and quite possibly update your Sat-nav so that you may finally know where you are going.
– Colin, Wicklow weekend retreat
The cost
We do tiered pricing, depending on the circumstances.
€280 waged
€230 low-waged
€190 unwaged or student
What happens on retreat
Friday
6pm Arrival
6.30pm Dinner
8pm Welcome talk, introductions and guided meditation
Saturday
7.30am Meditation, including teaching
9am Breakfast
11am Meditation, including teaching
1pm Lunch
3pm Mindful walk around the beautiful Mucklagh grounds
4.15pm Meditation
6pm Dinner
7.30pm Talk on meditation in daily life, followed by meditation and some chanting
Sunday
7.15am Meditation
9am Breakfast
10.45am Meditation
12.30pm Short clear-up
1pm Lunch
1.45pm Reporting Out
2.30pm Depart
What people enjoy most
We asked previous retreat participants what the highlights were for them. They answered:
The food
All dishes are vegan, but don’t let that put you off. We’ve astounded by many omnivores on our retreats who admitted they had no idea vegan food could be so tasty and filling!
Every meal is cooked from scratch, and there is always enough for second helpings. No one ever goes hungry on our retreats.
The accommodation
The building is an old house, relatively recently converted, and is comfortable. Most bedrooms have two single beds and share a bathroom with an adjoining room. There are also two newly converted dormatories which have three single beds in each of them, and an adjoining toilet.
There is also a beautiful shrine room for meditating.
How to get there
Mucklagh house is an aproximately 90 minute drive from Dublin City Centre.
If you cannot drive yourself there will be an opportunity to car pool subject to availability, or there is a train serivce to Rathdrum departing from Connolly, Tara St, Pearse and Dun Laoghaire Stations, and a pickup from the train station will be arranged to take you to the retreat centre.
Mucklagh Lodge
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