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Samadhi Daylong Retreat with Richard Shankman

Saturday, April 11, 2009 from 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM (PT)

San Francisco, CA

Samadhi Daylong Retreat with Richard Shankman

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Unraveling the mix of ideas about what samadhi is and its proper place in dharma practice can be difficult. There is a wide range of views, opinions, and disagreements among teachers, and meditators may be exposed to a diversity of approaches to the core teachings and the meditative path. Students may become confused about the degree or type of samadhi they should cultivate or how to incorporate concentration into their meditation practice.

After an in-depth examination of samadhi and jhana in the source texts, we will discuss these controversies, compare different views, and consider how these various ideas can inform and enrich our meditation practice. The daylong will include meditation practice periods.

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First Unitarian Universalist Church
1187 Franklin
San Francisco, CA 94101

Saturday, April 11, 2009 from 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM (PT)


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SF Insight, the San Francisco Insight Meditation Community, is dedicated to offering the teachings of the Buddha as they develop in the West. Our orientation is toward intensive lay practice. We offer classes, meditation retreats and other events as a community (sangha) devoted to the embodiment of awakening in our lives.

Eugene Cash is the founding teacher of the San Francisco Insight Meditation Community of San Francisco. He teaches at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and leads intensive meditation retreats internationally. His teaching is influenced by both Burmese and Thai streams of the Theravada tradition as well as Zen and Tibetan Buddhist practice. He is also a teacher of the Diamond Approach, a school of spiritual investigation and self-realization developed by A. H. Almaas.