Metta is the Pali term for lovingkindness or friendship.
In this practice, we cultivate an attitude of unconditional kindness for ourselves and for others that goes beyond our normal limitations. We therefore strengthen our natural capacity for goodwill leading to a greater acceptance of ourselves and others. This quality may reveal our fundamental connectedness to all of life.
In this retreat, we will be spending the day alternating between the sitting and walking posture while all the time radiating metta in an atmosphere of noble silence.
The teacher will be giving daily meditation instructions, dhamma talks and interviews which will help elucidate the practice.
This retreat is given in English with translation into Portuguese.
In this practice, we cultivate an attitude of unconditional kindness for ourselves and for others that goes beyond our normal limitations. We therefore strengthen our natural capacity for goodwill leading to a greater acceptance of ourselves and others. This quality may reveal our fundamental connectedness to all of life.
In this retreat, we will be spending the day alternating between the sitting and walking posture while all the time radiating metta in an atmosphere of noble silence.
The teacher will be giving daily meditation instructions, dhamma talks and interviews which will help elucidate the practice.
This retreat is given in English with translation into Portuguese.
Where: 4 Ventos - a retreat centre near Tapada de Mafra, 40 mins from Lisbon.
How to get there: please check http://4ventos.org/contactos.html
Bring: in doors and outdoors shoes, ear plugs (the rooms a shared and someone might snore), if you have your own favorite zafu, bring that too.
Arrival: 1 May, Saturday, 9-9.30 am (programme starts at 10 am)
Departure: 3 May, Monday, after 17h00
How to get there: please check http://4ventos.org/contactos.html
Bring: in doors and outdoors shoes, ear plugs (the rooms a shared and someone might snore), if you have your own favorite zafu, bring that too.
Arrival: 1 May, Saturday, 9-9.30 am (programme starts at 10 am)
Departure: 3 May, Monday, after 17h00
Patricia has been practicing Buddhist meditation (Vipassana and Dzogchen) in Asia and the West since 1984. She received numerous teachings from Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and practiced under the guidance of Sayadaw Upandita. Patricia has studied Insight Dialogue and the Relational Dharma with Gregory Kramer; and she has also completed her teacher training at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA. USA under the guidance of Joseph Goldstein and other senior teachers. She has been teaching Vipassana meditation since 1997 in Europe, Israel and the US.