Upcoming Retreats

NOTE ON SARANALOKA-SPONSORED RETREATS: In keeping with the spirit of generosity, all retreats sponsored by Saranaloka Foundation are
dana-based (i.e., donations rather than set fees) with a refundable registration deposit. We are committed to going forward in faith and making the Dhamma openly available to everyone.

Click for general information about retreats that adhere to the Eight Precepts.

April 6 - April 15, 2012

IMS, Barre, Massachusetts
Led by Ayya Anandabodhi and Ayya Santacitta

Annual Monastic Retreat:
'Wisdom and Compassion Are the Gifts of Mindfulness'

Each year, the ordained sangha from the Forest tradition offers a monastic retreat at IMS. Ayya Anandabodhi and Ayya Santacitta will lead this 2012 course, focusing on the Buddha’s Four Foundations of Mindfulness as a path to awakening. The retreat will support the deepening of wisdom and compassion, opening the heart and touching the experience of emptiness.

This course is an invitation to all to experience a taste of monastic life, through observing the eight precepts as a community – this includes abstaining from eating after noon. Each day’s schedule includes devotional chanting and offerings of flowers and candles, silent sitting and walking meditation, Dhamma talks and responses to questions.

An optional daily period of yoga will be offered by Éowyn Ahlstrom.

For complete information and to register, please visit the IMS website.

April 28, 2012, 9:30am - 5:30pm

New York Insight Meditation Center, New York City
Led by Ayya Anandabodhi

As we cultivate mindfulness and develop the qualities of loving-kindness and compassion in our lives, we begin to transform the afflictive emotions of fear, anger and greed that are a cause of so much stress, both to ourselves and to others. Through this day Ayya Anandabodhi will offer times of guided meditation, Dhamma teaching and invite discussion on the theme of ‘Being Benevolence’.

Please visit the NYIMC website to register for this retreat.

May 27, 2012 - Vesakh Daylong Retreat

Aloka Vihara
Led by Ayya Anandabodhi and Ayya Santacitta

Join the Ayyas for a day of meditation and Dhamma guidance. Cultivating awareness allows us to rest more deeply into our true nature and to touch into the silence which can be so easily missed in our busy lives. 10AM - 5:30PM. For more info, please contact Dongshil.

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June 5 - 10, 2012

Upper Hall, Spirit Rock
Led by Ayya Anandabodhi and Ayya Santacitta

'Into the Depths'

This retreat is an opportunity to deepen practice, using the Four Foundations of Mindfulness as a basis for contemplation. Insight meditation is a simple and direct tool; the moment to moment investigation of the mind-body process through calm and focused awareness. Through seeing and letting go of our habitual attachments and reactions, we find a place of peace with life as it is. Joy, inner contentment and confidence are the fruits of such release.

An optional daily period of gentle yoga will be offered by Cator Shachoy.

For complete information and to register, please visit the Spirit Rock website.

July 8, 2012 - 9:30am - 5pm

Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA
Led by Ayya Anandabodhi and Ayya Santacitta

'Cultivating Inner Strength'

Using the framework of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, this day of practice will be centerd around building the resources to access our inner strength and clarity, so we can open to what is most important in our lives. There will be guided sitting and walking meditation, Dhamma reflections, a shared meal and opportunities for Q&A.

This is a dana-based retreat; no registration needed.

July 28, 2012

Mindfulness Care Center, San Francisco
Led by Ayya Anandabodhi and Ayya Santacitta

'Wisdom and Compassion are the Gift of Mindfulness'

This will be a daylong retreat. More info is forthcoming.

August 12, 2012

Aloka Vihara
Led by Ayya Anandabodhi and Ayya Santacitta

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September 9, 2012

Mindfulness Care Center, San Francisco
Led by Ayya Anandabodhi and Ayya Santacitta

'Heritage of the Buddha'

This will be a daylong retreat. More info is forthcoming.

November 24, 2012 - 9:30am - 5pm

Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA
Led by Ayya Anandabodhi and Ayya Santacitta

'Being Benevolence'

As we cultivate mindfulness and develop the qualities of loving-kindness and compassion in our lives, we begin to transform the afflictive emotions of fear, anger and greed that are a cause of so much stress, both to ourselves and to others. There will be guided sitting and walking meditation, Dhamma reflections, a shared meal and opportunities for Q&A.

This is a dana-based retreat; no registration needed.

December 9, 2012

Mindfulness Care Center, San Francisco
Led by Ayya Anandabodhi and Ayya Santacitta

'Be a Light Unto Yourself'

This will be a daylong retreat. More info is forthcoming.