Deep Practice Retreat
with Patrick Kearney and Malcolm McClintock
November 19 - December 3, 2026
This retreat will be jointly led by Malcolm McClintock and Patrick Kearney. It is designed for experienced practitioners who are independent in their practice. A community of practice will be formed where shared practice will replace the normal structure of workshops, dharma talks and scheduled interviews. Practicing together with Malcolm and Patrick, the community will meet each evening to share daily experiences, just as the students of the Buddha did in the earliest days of the dharma. Malcolm and Patrick will be available for individual consultation when practitioners request it.
The retreat is open to yogis who have completed at least one retreat of four weeks or longer in the Mahasi tradition. Applications for experienced yogis who have not completed a Mahasi style retreat of this duration will be accepted with approval from Malcolm or Patrick.
Teachers
Patrick Kearney has practised mindfulness meditation (satipaṭṭhāna vipassanā) since 1977. At that time there was little or no Buddhist meditation training available in Australia, so he spent years travelling in Asia and the USA working with teachers from different Buddhist traditions to learn the craft of meditation practice. Most of his training has been in the insight meditation lineage of Mahāsī Sayādaw of Burma, which included several years as a Buddhist monk. His main teachers were Sayādaw U Paṇḍita and John Hale. He has also trained in the Diamond Sangha lineage of Zen where his teachers have been Robert Aitken…
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Malcolm began meditating in 1966 at the age of 16 years in Sydney and has trained with a broad range of experienced and respected teachers over many years in Australia and overseas. His teachers include Sivali Mahathera, Sayadaw U Janaka, Sayadaw U Pandita, Sayadaw U Indaka as well as Mahasi Sayadaw himself. Malcolm has also practiced with Joseph Goldstein and and Jack Kornfield. Malcolm has twice taken temporary ordination while in Burma. His practice is centered around Vipassana, Samatha and Metta.
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