Vipassanā Fellowship's meditation course has been offered online for over 20 years.
The course runs for 10 weeks and our next session begins on June 16th 2018. It is a great way to explore the joy of a steadily developing meditation practice. Do join us.
The
course is an opportunity to learn to meditate or to refresh and deepen
an existing practice. We focus on developing a fruitful and sustainable
meditation practice inspired by over 2,500 years of tradition but
appropriate for today's lives in many cultural contexts. Many people
have found it to be an inspiring and supportive way to begin a new year
of practice.
The
session serves as a practical introduction to samatha (tranquillity or
serenity) and vipassanā (insight) techniques. Intended primarily for
beginners - of any faith or none - the course is also suitable for
experienced meditators who wish to explore different aspects of the
tradition. The emphasis is on building a balanced meditation practice
that is compatible with home life.
Meditation
can be joyful! It is sometimes approached as a heartless, mechanical,
activity - a daily chore to be endured at all costs through gritted
teeth.This is simply the wrong approach. On this course we take the
middle way and integrate what might be called both "heart" and "head"
practices directly from the advice given in the Pāli Canon.
The
course offers daily material for each of the 10 weeks, interaction
between participants and support from the tutor. Participants also have
access to audio guided meditations and chants to support the text. The
course will be led by UK based meditation teacher Andrew Quernmore, a
meditator with more than 35 years' experience.
The course begins on June 16th and ends on August 24th. Application details and further information is available here:
http://www.vipassana.com/course/
