Devotion to the Deathless ~ Retreat Scholarship Eligible ~ Zoom only~Registration Deadline September 11, 2020

with Acharya Christie Bates

September 17 - 20, 2020

Location: Zoom

Address: 159 Osceola Rd Hendersonville, NC 28739

Contact: Clear Grace
retreat@heartwoodrefuge.org
828-356-5568

Cancellation Policy: As a volunteer-based center, we are unable to provide refunds. At this time, all retreats are non-refundable. We understand that emergency circumstances arise. In this case, please submit in writing to explain the nature of the emergency circumstances to the retreat manager at retreat@heartwoodrefuge.org to secure a credit for future Heartwood offerings.

  • $152.00 – Zoom Online
    plus dana (offered at the end of the retreat) to the teacher and to Heartwood. You can read more about the practice of dana here.

Where we spend time, energy and attention determines our experience of life. Do we spend these valuable currencies investing in suffering or freedom?

We typically spend so much of our time lost, fused and mis-identified in what is not self, with what is unreliable and inconsistent. This is what is called conditioned existence. It’s painful, discouraging and exhausting.
We want to find what is reliable. We long to know and feel rooted in the Unconditioned, where we can experience joy, take courage and be invigorated. The
 example and teaching of the Buddha tells us that we can have this kind of life – even as laypeople – if we are willing to devote ourselves to it.
Join Christie Bates (Dharmacharya Passatininna) for Devotion to the Deathless. In this retreat, you’ll enjoy a mix of silence and fellowship as we share the dance of going within and coming together. We’ll see how the various facets of the Buddhist path are expressions of devotion, not ritual. And we’ll explore simple, everyday methods – both joyful and seemingly mundane – for making room in our lives and hearts for what really matters. Devote a weekend to what matters most!

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