This program will be held in person at our center in Cambridge with CIMC’s Covid protocols in place:
- All participants must be fully vaccinated and document their Covid vaccination status via CrowdPass within 24 hours of registration. You will be invited to do so upon registration for the program.
- Masks may be required for this program, except during lunch (a vegetarian meal will be provided—see our additional information tab). A decision on masking requirements will be communicated to all registrants two weeks prior to the program.
This retreat is limited to 48 participants. Registration will close at 4:00pm on Thursday, June 23. Late and walk-in registration will not be available.
Through the six sense doors, humans are constantly in relationship with whatever is happening. From our interactions with each other, to a sound that reaches the ear, there is relationship. The important question in terms of Dharma practice is, "What kind of relationship is it?" Will it be one that supports happiness or suffering?
We will use the important mental factor of Investigation to help us explore what our relationship is with any given moment. Mindfulness of the body will be cultivated and used to support knowing whether the relationship it one that is skillful or unskillful.
This retreat will be supportive for both beginning and more experienced meditators. Our day together will include talks, discussion, sitting and walking meditation.
Full and partial scholarships are available. Everyone is welcome.
Chas DiCapua has been practicing mindfulness and Buddhist meditation, primarily in the Theravada school, for 30 years. In 2003 he was invited to be the Resident Teacher at the Insight Meditation Society where he continues to serve in that role. He is interested in how the basic material of our everyday lives, including relationships, can be used as a vehicle for awakening. A graduate of the IMS/Spirit Rock teacher training, Chas teaches retreats at IMS and at various centers and sanghas throughout the country.