Stream Entry Retreat With Ajaan Geoff (In Person Registration)
Stream Entry: A Two-Day, Hybrid, Non-Residential Retreat With Ajaan Geoff
This two-day event is co-sponsored by the Victoria Insight Meditation Society and Aranya Refuge Theravada Buddhist Monastery
Description:
The Buddha taught that there are four levels of awakening. The first level — called “stream entry” and “the gaining of the Dharma Eye” — is the point where you gain your first glimpse of the deathless. This is a momentous event in the practice. It marks the point where you are guaranteed full awakening within at the most seven lifetimes, and in the meantime, you are safe from being reborn on any level in the cosmos below the human.
This weekend retreat — through readings, talks, meditation, and discussion — will focus on the Buddha’s recommendations for how to attain stream entry, and his description of the characteristics of a person who has entered the stream.
When:
Saturday, August 17, 2024, 9AM to 4PM PDT
- AND -
Sunday, August 18, 2024 - 9AM to 4PM PDT
About the Teacher:
Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff) has been a Theravada Buddhist monk since 1976. After studying in Thailand with Ajaan Fuang Jotiko, he returned to the US in 1991 to help found the Metta Forest Monastery (Wat Metta) in the mountains north of San Diego. In 1993, Ajaan Geoff was asked to be the abbot and has continued to train monastics and offer teachings to lay people in North America, South America, Asia and Europe. Ajaan Geoff is a highly respected scholar and practitioner of the Buddha's teachings. His many recorded talks and writings can be found here.
In 2017, Taan Ajaan Geoff agreed to explore the possibility of establishing a refuge for Wat Metta monks on Vancouver Island. Aranya (Wilderness) Refuge was then established as a society and a registered Canadian charity. Since 2018, Aranya Refuge has organized four temporary monastery experiences and is planning for its first two-month temporary monastery in February and March 2025.
Contact:
Victoria IMS Retreats
Victoria Insight Meditation Society
vims1retreat@gmail.com