Meditation Retreat: Day 4: Sunday, 12:40pm
5.00am: Rise with a smile
5.30am: Morning Puja & Guided Group Meditation
7.30am: Breakfast
8.00am: Sitting/ Walking Meditation
11.00am: Lunch
1.00pm: Round up/Admission of short comings
2.30pm: Group photo and farewell
Cleared out the mattresses and pillows from the rooms, this being the last day. People are talking again. Feels weird. I find that I am avoiding the talkers. Talk seems so frivolous now. Still I tell myself that they are talking so that I can learn patience and practice tolerance. I sit amongst them now. I meditate amongst the talking. I learn to be amongst them -- and to still my own mind from disturbance. Live in joy even amongst the afflicted. Your own state (of happiness) is not dependent on external circumstances and the doings of others.
We are putting our belongings into the largest room. It is full of plaques and calligraphy scrolls commemorating the new abbot’s investiture. The lacquer still smells fresh. We are now going for the debrief in the meditation hall. I wonder what the teachers have to say to us.
5.30am: Morning Puja & Guided Group Meditation
7.30am: Breakfast
8.00am: Sitting/ Walking Meditation
11.00am: Lunch
1.00pm: Round up/Admission of short comings
2.30pm: Group photo and farewell
Cleared out the mattresses and pillows from the rooms, this being the last day. People are talking again. Feels weird. I find that I am avoiding the talkers. Talk seems so frivolous now. Still I tell myself that they are talking so that I can learn patience and practice tolerance. I sit amongst them now. I meditate amongst the talking. I learn to be amongst them -- and to still my own mind from disturbance. Live in joy even amongst the afflicted. Your own state (of happiness) is not dependent on external circumstances and the doings of others.
We are putting our belongings into the largest room. It is full of plaques and calligraphy scrolls commemorating the new abbot’s investiture. The lacquer still smells fresh. We are now going for the debrief in the meditation hall. I wonder what the teachers have to say to us.
