Insight (Vipassana) Meditation Weekend Retreat with Bhante Bodhidhamma Bhante Bodhidhamma started training in Soto Zen in 1977, then in the Mahasi Theravada Tradition with Sayadaws U Rewata Dhamma, U Janaka and U Pandita. In 1986 he ordained, subsequently spending eight years at Kanduboda Mahasi Meditation Centrein Sri Lanka. He has been teaching in England, Ireland and internationally since 1998. From 2001- 2005, he was the Resident Teacher at Gaia House. He founded the Satipanya Buddhist Retreat in Wales, a meditation centre devoted to the Mahasi tradition. Outline: Training in Insight (Vipassana) Meditation and Buddhist Teachings This retreat teaches Insight Meditation according to the method developed by the Mahasi Sayadaw of Burma. Date: 6 p.m. Friday 29th Sept. -4 p.m. Sunday 1st Oct 2017 Venue: Dominican Retreat Centre, Tallaght Village, Dublin 24. Cost: €165 Residential Friday – Sunday €70 per day non-residential- Places Limited €65 deposit to secure place. Booking: To make a booking or if you require further information, please contact MargaretGroome:01-2828199/margaretgroome2@gmail.com • The retreat is suitable for beginners & advanced meditators. • Accommodation is in single rooms and vegetarian meals are provided. • The cost covers accommodation, food, etc., it does not include the teachings which are freely given. There will be an opportunity at the end of the retreat to make a donation to Bhante if you wish to do so.

"No one comes to me unless drawn by the Father who sent me" (Jn 6:44). St Augustine commented: "Believe and you come, love and you are drawn.... Is not a sheep drawn when fresh grass is shown to it in its hunger? It is not driven bodily on, but bound by desire. In this way too you come to Christ."

This retreat is now fully booked.

You are welcome to come for the entire six-day period, or for any part of it.

You are welcome to come for the entire six-day period, or for any part of it.

Experience relaxed natural breathing as a way of becoming open to the Holy Spirit. Participants will be helped to become more deeply aware of the ways in which the breath moves within them - and to experience where it leads us spiritually. Louis Hughes OP

six day with Louis Hughes OP. Experience relaxed natural breathing as a way of becoming open to the Holy Spirit. Participants will be helped to become more deeply aware of the ways in which the breath moves within them and to experience where this leads us spiritually. Res €440/ Non res €285

Busy day again in the Retreat Centre, our weekend with Diarmuid O'Murchu is under way and we have two other groups here, including the Day of Prayer - Our Lady of Fatima. Lovely to have so many in the Centre. Don't forget our ongoing events i.e. our meditation evenings, Zen etc. are still continiuing through May.

A Meditation retreat by Swami Sharanananda Korko Moses SJ an Indian Jesuit priest, and founder of Dhyanavanam, an Ashram inspired by Christian & Eastern spiritual traditions. Residential €390 non res €55 per day booking in advance with deposit.

This is a giant walnut tree from c. 1760 in the grounds of the Dominican Priory, Tallaght