Like a Snow Lion in Full Power

Dear friends,

This autumn Bill Karelis returns to Romania. As some of you already know, two retreats are held every year at the Black Sea. This year the old location has been changed for a more spacious one in the resort of 2 Mai, Mangalia.
For those interested in the retreat, in the lectures that will take place before it, or in any other information, please do not hesitate to ask or write whatever you need to know.

You have the contact details, email or phone, for registration or information.

The basic theme for this autumn and a few words about it are presented below. I also mention that during the retreat there will be several presentations and subsequent discussions, as well as personal interviews with Bill, where you can bring up any issue:
LIKE A SNOW LION IN FULL POWER

with Bill Karelis

To bring out the best in ourselves, we need discipline. This is because the sun of awakening is often eclipsed in our ordinary lives. The sun is always there, of course, but our habitual patterns - patterns of thought, speech and behavior - keep it hidden. The fundamental discipline of a warrior is the practice of sitting meditation. Once the foundation is established, we need to extend this discipline into everyday actions. Kindness and wakefulness are tested precisely in our ordinary existence - at home, at work, in communication with others and in the way we manifest in the world. The ordinary circumstances of life best reveal the warrior within us. In the warrior tradition, as presented by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, the symbol of discipline is the snow lion. A lion leaping from one high mountain peak to another, with an authentic sense of joy.

During the lecture and the 8-day intensive retreat, Bill Karelis will present the discipline of the snow lion and how it applies to the practice of sitting meditation and to the activities that follow.

8-DAY INTENSIVE RETREAT: SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 6

@ 2 MAI (MANGALIA)

Details and reservations: andreea.catuneanu@yahoo.com; 0723 651 277

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