Retreats

  • $304.00 – Includes room, meals, and registration.
    Does not include additional dana (offered at the end of the retreat) to the teacher and to Heartwood. You can read more about the practice of dana here.
  • $207.00 – Includes registration and meals, but not lodging.
    Does not include additional dana (offered at the end of the retreat) to the teacher and to Heartwood.
    Commuters attend the full retreat, including lunch and dinner, but are not provided with overnight accommodations. It is important to note that by registering as a commuter, you agree to attend the entire retreat and to arrive and depart at the scheduled time each day. Your presence is important, as having retreatants come and go or miss sessions can disrupt the container created by group practice.

Date & Time Details: Opening Day: check in is between 2-5pm, with orientation at 5:30pm and supper at 6pm. Closing Day: ends at 11am.

Location: Heartwood Refuge and Retreat Center

Address: 159 Osceola Rd Hendersonville, NC 28739

Contact: Retreat Manager
[email protected]
828-356-5568

Cancellation Policy: View Here

Room Assignments: Rooms are double-occupancy. Depending on the number of retreatants, if single rooms are available, we assign them in order of registration to those who registered earliest.

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Dharma Path of Love

with John Orr

July 18 - 21, 2019

All of us want to live with ease and we long to be free from suffering.  The first teaching that the Buddha offered to us after his awakening describes a path that, when practiced skillfully, liberates humans from suffering.

It is called the Eightfold Path and it is beautiful in the beginning, the middle and the end. This is a gradual path of spiritual evolution and progression known as dharma or “the way.” It is a gentle and compassionate way to the release of suffering and to facilitate ones’ ability to live with increasing love and compassion. This is a solid and time-honored path that has helped many through the ages. Vital to this path is that our practice be connected with our hearts.

Combining silent meditation with spiritual inquiry, we will explore the meaning of consciously walking the dharma path that is both challenging and which leads us all to a deeper peace, more love and freedom.  Instruction in Insight (Vipassana) Meditation and heart-centered meditations will be offered. Dharma talks and chanting from various spiritual traditions will be a part of this weekend, which is conducted in noble silence and open to all who wish to attend.

Leader

John Orr
John Orr received Theravada Buddhist ordination while living in Thailand and India as a monk for eight years in the 1970’s. He has been teaching meditation and leading retreats internationally since 1980 and has also practiced in the Taoist, Dzogbchen and Hindu Yoga traditions. He teaches through the New Hope Sangha in Durham, North Carolina and Deep Spring Center Ann Arbor, Michigan. He recently retired from teaching for three decades at Duke University.
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