Dates: Monday, July 1, 3:00pm – Sunday, July 7, 11:30am; 6 nights
Sliding Scale: $1600 – $240, PLUS a donation to the teacher(s) and retreat staff. Code 266R19.

This retreat is now in progress.

This retreat is open to all self-identified people of color at all levels of meditation experience.

Retreat Description:
The richness of our histories, with equal parts of brilliance and suffering, joys and sorrows, sheds a light on our abilities to plant and sow the seeds of resilience. The qualities of loving awareness, compassion, and equanimity develop within us the capacity to embody the truth of our inheritance and reframe our future, steeped in the wisdom of the Buddhadharma. Practices of noble silence, as well as stationary, walking and movement meditation will allow us to ripen the possibility of living into the words, “We Are Our Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams.”

Dharma practice offers us a way to develop a deep and abiding freedom beyond external conditions and changing circumstances. All participants observe Noble Silence throughout the entire retreat. You will be asked to let go and refrain from all your communication and technology devices as well as to refrain from communicating with your fellow practitioners. In addition, participants will be required to attend the entire duration of the retreat; NO late arrivals, early departures or partial attendance.

This retreat is offered at a special reduced rate for all who attend; therefore, no scholarship funding is available. In addition to the registration fees, which only cover a portion of the retreat costs, you are invited to support the teachings and the retreat through the spiritual practice of Generous Giving or “Dana.” Our communities’ practice of generous support has sustained this retreat for 20 years, and is so greatly appreciated by all of our communities. Participants will be invited to offer Dana donations for the teachers, retreat managers and cooks on the last day of the retreat.

Lottery Details:
Applicants were notified by email of their status on Wednesday, March 20.