Living in a world of increasing division and personal dissatisfaction, we are disconnected from our own experience. We mistakenly confuse the world of objective facts with the stories that shape our experience. We live a life ruled by habit and endless concerns.
“Human beings through the centuries have counseled one another to be more loving, to cultivate virtue, to treat others as ends rather than means. Yet despite that good counsel, not much has changed. I see the task before us differently—not about changing who we are, but about seeing the world differently.”
The above quotes are from a new book by Jack Petranker , to be published by Dharma Publishing USA. We are forunate that Jack agreed to lead a week long retreat based on this book in person in Winterswijk.
One with the World
In this weeklong retreat, we learn to stop “making sense” of our lives and simply inhabit them. No longer forced to be the one in charge of experience, we can let go of negativity, self-judgment, and endless distractions. Through experiment, reflection, and dialogue, we can discover the beauty we are already living. We can be one with the world we are.
“People sometimes say you have to work at love, and that may be so. Yet it seems to me that it also goes in the other direction: love works on you. Head and chest and heart come together, and a special wholeness emerges.”
Language
English
Program 31 August – 6 September
The retreat start Monday August 31 at 4 pm and ends Sunday September 6 at 2 pm after lunch
Click here for a detailed schedule.
Costs
The costs for this week long retreat are € 795,- per person in a shared bedroom with two beds, or € 995,- per person in a private double bedroom by paying a Single Room Supplement. All guest rooms have private sanitary facilities, seating and an electric kettle to prepare tea.
There are special rooms for guests with disabilities – please email us if you would like to book one of these rooms. The retreat is full-board, meals are home-cooked in our vegetarian, ecological kitchen.
Instructor
Jack Petranker is Director of Mangalam Research Center, and former Dean of the Tibetan Nyingma Institute in Berkeley. A direct student of Tarthang Tulku since 1980, Jack holds degrees from Stanford, Yale, and University of California, Berkeley. He is author of When It Rains, Does Space Get Wet? and the editor of many books in the TSK series.