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Meditation On Emptiness
Retreat Dates Wednesday 20th January 2010 - Wednesday 17th February 2010
Availability 
Course Code 10131
Course Fee £770 (£654) £924
Emptiness (shunyata) is the “crown jewel” and the most radical of the Buddha’s teachings. It is the cultivation of insight into these profound and subtle teachings of emptiness and dependent origination that brings the deepest peace and fullest liberation of the being, changing the very way we see the world, and transforming the heart in joy and compassion.
Providing extensive support and guidance through comprehensive unfolding instructions, Dharma talks, private teacher interviews, guided meditations and Q&A sessions, this retreat will explore in detail progressive stages and approaches to the contemplation of emptiness, supporting practitioners to develop the actual meditative tools for a deepening realisation of the emptiness of all things.
This retreat is not suitable for beginners. Please note there will be a number of sitting meditation periods everyday not led by a teacher. You will need to complete an RAF, and teacher approval will be required to sit this retreat. Please also note that registration is for the full four weeks: partial registration is not possible.
Led by John Peacock
Robert Burbea
JOHN PEACOCK is both an academic and a Buddhist practitioner of nearly forty years. He was initially trained in the Tibetan Gelugpa tradition in India and subsequently spent time in Sri Lanka studying Theravada. He has lectured in Buddhist Studies at the University of Bristol, but at present he is Associate Director of the Oxford Mindfulness Centre and teaches on the Master of Studies programme in MBCT at Oxford University. He has been teaching meditation for over twenty five years and is a member of the Gaia House Teacher Council.
ROB BURBEA has been practising and studying Buddhist meditation and Dharma since 1985 with a variety of teachers in England and in the USA. He has been teaching since 2004 and is currently Resident Teacher of Gaia House and a member of the Teacher Council. He is a co-founder of Sanghaseva, an organisation dedicated to exploring the Dharma through service work internationally.
