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Retreat picks for 2009

Posted on Sunday January 11th, 2009 at 15:16 in retreat, rodney smith, retreat centre, joseph goldstein, greg kramer, ajahn sumedho

So apparently it’s 2009. And since this is the International Year of the Meditator*, I thought it only right that I slap down what I consider as the highlights of what’s on this year at my favourite retreat centres. Amaravati Retreat Ce...
Do you want to go down the rabbit hole?

Posted on Saturday August 16th, 2008 at 12:28 in audio, intention, practice, rodney smith, add new tag

Only to be able to perceive reality from the drama that we create - and hope that meditation somehow evolves us sufficiently, or gives us sufficient tools, to give us some way to handle the drama in our life is a very limiting way of perceiving wha...