Insight Through Satipatthāna –
This residential meditation retreat will be conducted in the Theravāda Buddhist tradition with a
focus on Satipatthāna, the meditation practice of the “four foundations of mindfulness.”
The practice strives for continuity of mindfulness through the noting of physical and mental objects as they arise in each moment. The retreat includes sitting meditation, walking meditation, and maintaining mindfulness throughout one’s daily activities. Course will be taught in English.
During the retreat, all meditators are expected to observe the traditional eight precepts and to
practice with a high level of commitment, effort, and dedication. Noble silence must be maintained; meditators should speak only with the teacher and course administrators. Starting on July 18 the daily practice begins each morning at 4:00 AM and ends at 9:00 PM each evening.
Venerable Uda Eriyagama Dhammajīva Thera is a meditation master from Sri Lanka. On a daily basis, he provides training in both tranquility (samatha) and insight (vipassanā) meditation to about twenty monks resident at the monastery. Venerable Dhammajīva spent several years of training under Sayādaw U Panditābhivamsa, a leading Burmese meditation master who follows the lineage of the great Venerable Mahāsi Sayadaw. He is fluent in Sinhalese, English, and Burmese and has authored and translated many meditation books from Burmese to English and into Sinhalese.