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Your Garden Grows at Midnight: A Day of the Paramis (hybrid: in-person)

Program Type:
Teacher:
Time:11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Date:Sunday - February 11, 2024
Sessions:1
Benefactor Rate
$85
Non-Member Rate
$65
Member Rate
$55

This program will be hosted both in-person and online (hybrid). This is the registration page to join devon hase in person at our Center in Cambridge. (Register here if you prefer to attend online.)

Please bring a vegetarian lunch or plan to go out during the lunch break. Masks will be optional.

How do we keep steady when everything is falling to pieces—when the shakiness of life fills us with fear and sorrow? Through practicing the ten perfections, the pāramīs, we begin to learn how to use our heartbreaks and challenges as a path to peace. In fact, these ten daily-life practices lead to a depth of calm and integrity that grows even in the midst of our darkest moments, just as a garden grows through the darkest nights. The wonder of the natural world – its beauty, truth, and refuge – can support us in cultivating a natural resiliency, recognizing our deep belonging in the family of things.

Join us for a day of nature practice, reflecting on interdependence and growing these ten beautiful heart qualities, right here, right in the middle of everything. Our time together will include meditation, discourse, discussion, and time for questions and answers. All are welcome, no prior meditation experience required.

Full and partial scholarships are available up to 72 hours before the start of the program.

Listen to a Dharma talk by devon: Still Flowing Water: Reflections on Nature, Intimacy, and the Power of Accompaniment on the Path

devon hase loves long retreats. Cumulatively, she has spent four years in silent practice in the Insight and Vajrayana traditions. Since discovering meditation in 2000, she has put dharma and community at the center of her life: she spent a decade bringing mindfulness to high school and college classrooms and now teaches at the Insight Meditation Society, Spirit Rock, and other centers around the globe. She enjoys supporting practitioners with personal mentoring, and her friendly, conversational approach emphasizes relational practice and the natural world. Along with her life partner nico, devon co-authored How Not to Be a Hot Mess: A Buddhist Survival Guide for Modern Life. She continues to spend a good part of the time in wilderness retreat in Oregon, Massachusetts, and elsewhere. For more, visit www.devonandnicohase.co

There are no prerequisites for this program. Everyone is welcome.

Workshop

Attending an In-Person Workshop at CIMC (see below for attending online workshops)

  • Please arrive at least 15 minutes early to check-in and to find a comfortable place in the meditation hall.
  • While at the Center all phones, pagers, beeping watches and other electronic devices must remain completely turned off at all times.
  • Parking at CIMC is limited; we suggest taking public transportation to the Center whenever possible.
  • Lunch will not be provided. Participants are invited to bring their own vegetarian meal to the Center or may buy lunch in the neighborhood. A list of local restaurants and food stores will be available.
  • Food and beverages, including water, are not allowed in the meditation halls.
  • We strongly recommend you dress in layers since the temperature in the meditation hall will vary throughout the day. The hall thermostat is set to a comfortable temperature range; however, please give yourself a range of clothing options, as individual preferences for warmth or coolness differ widely and cannot be accommodated.
  • Please leave shoes on the shoe shelves on the first floor and keep your valuables with you at all times.
  • CIMC provides zafus (round cushions), zabutons (large mats), meditation benches, blankets, and chairs for your use. At the end of the program, we request that participants brush off their zabuton and plump up their zafu. All other items should be returned neatly to where they were found.
  • CIMC is a refuge. Out of compassion for those who may have chemical sensitivities, please avoid using scented products—lotions, deodorant, after-shave, hair products, perfume, clothes laundered with scented detergent, or dryer sheets—before you come to the Center.

Attending an Online Workshop

  • We will be using Zoom for this workshop. Before your workshop begins, be sure to download Zoom and familiarize yourself with using the program, including the chat feature. Specifics about how we will be using Zoom during your workshop will be covered at the beginning of the workshop; however, we are not able to provide technical support during the workshop.
  • We ask that you treat our virtual meditation hall as if we were together in person, in the same room. The teachers and other yogis benefit greatly from your full presence and careful attention.
  • Join each session of the workshop a few minutes early. This will support the teachers and your fellow participants.
  • Ideally, power off phones and smartwatches for the entire time scheduled for the workshop on each day. Please don’t check your devices during breaks. We suggest that you put an “away” message on your email and voicemail and leave your devices in another room during your workshop hours.
  • Please keep your video on during our time together as much as you can. This supports a sense of connectedness and sangha.
  • Closed Captions for CIMC Programs are generated through “live streaming” via Rev.com. CIMC programs are not live-streamed to any other platform for any other use.
  • You will receive a welcome email from CIMC a day or two before your program that will include the zoom link and further information.