Formalizing our relationship to values of harmlessness, trustworthiness and respect in retreat, can remind us of what matters and let us land into a softer heart.
Reflections of various renditions of Piti from the Patisambhidamagga. And the natural cascade of arising of piti through the Seven Factors of Awakening, as outlined in the Anapanasati Sutta.
The initial disorientation of entering a retreat is useful. It reveals how familiarity breeds stagnation, blinding us to the deeper reality and vitality of being alive.
This course examines the Buddha’s teachings on the five spiritual faculties of confidence, energy, mindful awareness, stability of awareness, and wisdom. It is the development and balancing of these five faculties that provide the force that moves the mind from faith to wisdom and release.
