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Vipassana Montana News
(formerly called Intermountain Dharma Community News) is published three
times a year by Vipassana Montana as a way of informing you of the
retreats we have scheduled and updates on sangha activities.
We trust that this format will enable you to better plan
for retreats you
are interested in
attending over
the year.
Our mission
is to provide opportunities for practice and
instruction of
Insight Meditation
on a regular basis in Montana. |
Coming June
8-17, 2001...
The 10 Paramis
Ten-day residential retreat
featuring Matthew Flickstein at the Blacktail Ranch at Wolf Creek, MT
This Vipassana (Insight)
Meditation retreat will focus on the The 10 Paramis (see retreat details)
It is designed for those students who have completed a minimum of one
3-day retreat. No partial attendance is available for this retreat. There
will be alternating periods of sitting and walking practice, detailed
instructions, daily discourses with questions and answer periods, and
private interview times to discuss one's practice with the teacher.
Matthew Flickstein
is the resident teacher and founder of Forest Way Insight Meditation
Center in Virginia and has been practicing and teaching Vipassana
Meditation for over two decades. His primary teacher has been Bhante
Gunaratana, a Buddhist monk for almost 60 years and author of Mindfulness
in Plain English. Matthew has been a psychotherapist and is the author
of Journey to the Center: A Meditation Workbook (Wisdom
Publications, 1998), and Swallowing the River Ganges (Wisdom 2001).
Cost:
$420.00. A deposit of $100.00 is due at the time of registration. The
balance is due by May 11th, unless prior arrangements have been made with
the registrar. There will be no refunds after this date.
Registrations postmarked after
May 11th will be subject to a $25 late charge. Spaces are limited and
registration will be accepted on a first come first serve basis. Register
early, we expect this retreat to fill quickly and a waiting list will be
developed. Several partial work scholarships are available.
Couples
are not allowed to share rooms at this retreat.
Click
here for June 8-17
registration form.
Registrar:
Mary (406) 226-4486
Questions:
Susie ( 406) 864-2178, or (406) 543-2220
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