Vaj wrote: > Here's a better bargain: > > Please plan to join us for the Ahimsa Center meditation > retreat with Dr. B. Alan Wallace. > It's kind of expensive to fly out to California, Vaj. Can they help a person learn to transcend? I'm already about a mile from the Maharishi Golden Dome at Radiance, Texas and across the street from one of the largest Hindu temples outside India. I could drive up I-35 to Fairfield if I wanted to, in about 12 hours, and do program in the Patanjali Golden Dome, since I've still gor a dome badge.
For what purpose would I fly out to Pamona to learn a beginners meditation technique when I've already studied with a Marshy, two Tulkus, a Zen Master, and a Rasik Saint, not to mention the Deepackage? Does Dr. Tara Sethia have any ras out there? Bhairitu wrote: > > > Of course you can get good meditation techniques for less > > > than that these days. > > > Richard J. Williams wrote: > > Which meditation techniques do you consider to be good? Are > > they easy and simple to learn? Can they help a person learn > > to transcend? Do they include free checking for life? And, > > where would a person get them these days and where would > > all the money go? Can you be specific? > > > > At my age, I'm not much interested in left-handed > > basket-weaving or memorizing a bunch of non-sense syllables > > or sitting in a locked-leg position concentrating on the tip > > of my nose. It costs a lot of money to take a Tony Robbins > > course or get audited by a Scientologist. > > > > It costs over $1500 just to take a one day computer course > > these days. The average tuition for university is over > > $15,000 per semester. Cigarettes or cable TV could cost > > a person thousands of dollars a year. So, learning > > TM to be able to relax for $2,500 seems like a bargain to > > me, as long as you don't turn it into a guru cult like you > > and some others did. > > > Here's a better bargain: > > Please plan to join us for the Ahimsa Center meditation retreat > with Dr. B. Alan Wallace. > The Retreat, Balancing the Heart and the Mind, will take place > at Cal Poly Pomona, Bronco Student Center on the weekend of > August 11 and 12. > > In this retreat we will focus on two methods for meditative > quiescence, or shamatha. We will begin with the practice of > mindfulness of the breathing--an effective approach to soothing > the body and calming the discursive mind. We will then explore > an approach to shamatha that is particularly pertinent for > meditative practice called "settling the mind in its natural > state." The attainment of shamatha is widely regarded in the > Buddhist tradition as an indispensable foundation for the > cultivation of contemplative insight (vipashyana), and this > retreat is designed to provide participants with a sufficient > theoretical understanding and a basis in experience to enable > them to proceed effectively toward this extraordinary state of > mental and physical balance. > > In addition, instruction will be offered on the cultivation of > the four immeasurables–loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic > joy, and equanimity. They are so called, for the development of > these qualities of the heart that can break down all barriers > that are created by attachment and aversion, opening our hearts > boundlessly to all beings. > > This retreat will be valuable for college faculty and students, > school teachers, business and community leaders, peace workers, > mediators and other professionals who are interested in achieving > balance and harmony in their lives. > > Members: $105, Nonmemeber: $125 > > For more information, including accommodation, please visit : > > http://www.csupomona.edu/~ahimsacenter/retreat/retreat_aug_07.html > > Tara Sethia, Ph.D. > Director, Ahimsa Center > Professor, History Department > California State Polytechnic University > 3801 West Temple Avenue > Pomona, CA 91768 > Phone (909) 869 3868 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.csupomona.edu/ahimsacenter >
