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  • AUD $730.00 – Online Standard Rate
  • AUD $360.00 – Online Concession Rate
  • AUD $1,120.00 – Online Benefactor Rate
  • AUD $1,120.00 – Onsite Rate

Date & Time Details: 7pm Friday 5th February - Friday 19 February

Location: BMIMC or Online

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A Two-week Online/Onsite Hybrid Retreat with Patrick Kearney

with Patrick Kearney

February 5 - 19, 2021

This hybrid online/onsite retreat gives the option of connecting from home by Zoom, or staying onsite at BMIMC. Both online and onsite attendees will follow the same schedule. Onsite attendees will be expected to remain in silence during the entire retreat while on the Centre grounds.
The daily schedule will include: an early morning posture and flexibility workshop to help develop mindfulness immersed in body (kayagata sati); a practice workshop which will progressively introduce different aspects of mindfulness meditation (satipatthana); group sittings; individual interviews; and an evening dharma talk. Each day will begin at 7:00 a.m. for the posture and flexibility session and end at 8:30 p.m. after the evening dharma talk.

Teacher

Patrick Kearney
Patrick Kearney is an independent dharma teacher in the lineage of Mahāsī Sayādaw of Burma, his principal teachers being Paṇḍitarama Sayādaw and John Hale. He has also trained in the Diamond Sangha lineage of Zen Buddhism. His original teacher was Robert Aitken Roshi, and he is now studying with Paul Maloney Roshi. Patrick has a particular interest in the Buddha’s teachings before Theravāda or Mahāyāna were thought of. He studies Pāli and seeks to bring his understanding of the early texts to the practice of dharma in the contemporary world. For further details see his website.
Learn more about Patrick Kearney