How to practise after a retreat | EN | Venerable Canda

Etter et retrett, hvordan kan vi fortsette vår praksis, hvordan kan vi overføre ferdighetene våre til hverdagen?

After a retreat, how can we continue our practice, how can we transfer our skills to our daily lives? At this retreat at Venabu a whole toolkit was given: right approach to mediation, what happiness and suffering is, learning to be mindful and developing wholesome qualities, the importance of joy and how it is aroused, and wisdom – what it is and how it is developed.

In our daily life we must protect the seed we have planted, and remove the weeds. Keeping the soil moist by virtue – which actually is a beautiful and fun training leading to a blameless bliss. Trying to keep up the daily practice of meditation. Trying to read the original teaching of the Buddha, remembering that patience is the highest spiritual quality. Also – try associate with the wise, they will keep your inspiration up!

In the end of this talk (35:02), there is a finishing off guided loving kindness meditation.

This teaching was given at Venabu 2024.

  • Publisert: 2024-04-29

    49 participants from 9 countries met at Venabu for meditation and inspiration for 8 days - nice weather, lots of meditation, inspiration, smiles and joy, as well as good opportunities for skiing or walking for fresh air.

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About the Author: Venerable Canda

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Venerable Canda first encountered the Dhamma in India in 1996 and spent over a decade in Asia training in the Goenka vipassana tradition, later ordaining in Myanmar in 2006. Inspired by Ajahn Brahm’s teachings, she moved to Australia in 2012, received full bhikkhuni ordination in 2014, and began teaching. In 2016 she returned to England to establish the Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project, which now runs Anukampa Grove Bhikkhuni Monastery near Oxford.

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