Daylong Meditation Retreat

Dharma Inquiry and Exploration

Pre-registration Required

By Lottery--Space limited

Ven. Sayadaw U Tejaniya

July 18-24, 2009

Registration and Lottery: Registration opens on March 15th, and if applications exceed slots, there will be a lottery on April 15. Those not chosen will be placed on a waitlist.

Cost: The teachings are freely given, there is no cost. Your $150 retreat deposit will be returned to you if you attend the teachings or cancel before June 15. Donations are welcome. Please make any checks out to: Insight Meditation Center

Location: Insight Meditation Center, 108 Birch Street, Redwood City, CA. See website for directions:

Description: This will be a non-residential practice period supported by instructions, Q&A and group interviews. Sayadaw will be encouraging people to participate in their normal work day during the week. The beginning weekend (7/18-7/19) will be intensive, with guided meditations, instructions and Q&A with U Tejaniya. Then, starting Monday, each person will be assigned to an interview group, and will see Sayadaw twice during the week. Friday will be a wrap-up day of Q&A. There will be very few formal sitting and walking periods offered at the center during the week, at Sayadaw's request. See reverse side for schedule details.

Sayadaw U Tejaniya instructs students to relax the body and relax the mind while paying close attention to the present moment’s experience. Sayadaw guides students in understanding the “nature” of the physical and mental experiences one is aware of. He encourages continuity of awareness in all activities and postures including sitting, walking at normal pace, talking (when necessary), eating and other general activities. His teaching style is particularly suited toward Western laymen and laywomen.

Biography: Sayadaw U Tejaniya started practicing and studying dhamma with his teacher the late Shwe Oo Min Sayadaw (the Gold Cave Hermitage Monastic Teacher) when he was thirteen years old. Ordained as a Buddhist monk for more than 10 years, he teaches meditation at Shwe Oo Min Dhammasukha Tawya in Yangon, Myanmar (Rangoon, Burma).

To be assured of being in the April 15th lottery for this retreat, please download the application from our website’s Special Events page: and scroll down to find the description of this event. If you do not have access to the internet, contact Andrea and she will send you a form by mail.

Send the completed Application along with your $150 deposit, made payable to IMC, to

Andrea Fella

P.O. Box 391745

Mountain View, CA 94039

Email:

Phone: 650-279-4087 (Email queries are preferable, and will receive a faster response).

Schedule of Events

These 2 days are also open to the public (no registration needed, registered participants must attend):

Saturday, July 18: 9:00 am Meditation Instructions and Q&A

*11:00 am LUNCH

1 to 4:30 pm Q&A

Sunday, July 19: 8:30 to 10 am Alternating Sitting and Walking Meditation

10:00 am Short Instructions with Q&A

*11:00 am LUNCH

1 to 4:30 pm Q&A

4:30 to 5:30 Registration for Dharma Inquiry and Exploration

The rest of the week is for registered participants only:

Monday-Thursday July 20-23: 8:30-9:30am Optional group sitting

2:00-3:00pm Optional group sitting

Monday-Thursday July 20-23: Group Interviews

Participants will be assigned to a group. Each group will have 2 interviews during the week:

Monday and Wednesday 9:30-11:00am Interview Group A

Monday and Wednesday 3:00-4:30pm Interview Group B

Tuesday and Thursday 9:30-11:00am Interview Group C

Tuesday and Thursday 3:00-4:30pm Interview Group D

During the week, except for the time of their scheduled interviews, participants are expected to work with the teachings in their normal daily life activities of work and home life.

For registered participants, in addition to the optional group sittings mentioned above, the center will be open for sitting and walking between the two scheduled interview groups.

Friday July 24 9:00 a.m. Wrap-up Q&A Session

*11:00 a.m. LUNCH

1 to 4:30 p.m. Wrap-up Q&A Session

*Bring Lunch. Note: Sayadaw will be taken out for lunch, so no need to bring food offerings.