Retreat Reports: Other Retreats
Not all of our retreats have been Chan retreats. John Crook was also authorised to teach Tibetan Mahamudra, and from time we have hosted outside teachers from other traditions. This page features reports from such retreats. These reports are published anonymously and may be lightly edited.
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Silent Illumination February 2015
Anonymous |Read more of: Silent Illumination February 2015Extracts from a report on the Silent Illumination retreat of February 2015.
Thursday
Simon gives another amazing, and uncannily accurate, Dharma talk. It is a huge relief to hear about compassion in Chan. Simon says, “In case you haven’t noticed, you’re all on a solitary retreat” – that would explain it! If this is a solitary retreat, albeit with supportive conditions, no wonder I’ve been…
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Western Zen Retreat with Hilary and Rebecca, February 2015
Anonymous |Read more of: Western Zen Retreat with Hilary and Rebecca, February 2015I was amazed to see how much came up during the communication exercises.
It went on till the last exercise unhindered by my attempt to tie things up and put a nice bit of wrapping paper around them.
It can be summarized in 'Who am I when nothing is happening?' because I really do not know who I am when I am not continually adding to my sense of self by putting a few more compliments in my nice…
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