Saturday, September 9, 2023

9:00 am - 5:00 pm ET

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This program is now closed to new registrations.


During this daylong retreat for experienced practitioners, we will explore qualities of attention that refine our mindfulness practice and provide the ground for insight into the truth of the way things are.  Inclining our minds towards a deeply restful, allowing attention opens us to joy and ease.  Clear perception of moment-to-moment experience unclouds our attention.  Letting go of a mistaken sense of ownership of passing experience deepens our understanding of the truth. These capacities of mind are available to all of us, and they are the seeds of awakening.  

This online daylong retreat is appropriate for those who have been practicing mindfulness for at least three years and have completed at least one residential or online retreat of at least three days in length.

This retreat will include dharma teachings, mindfulness meditation instructions for both sitting and walking, and time for questions. We will invite integration of the wholesome qualities of mind of mindfulness, lovingkindness, and compassion to support a continuity of present moment awareness that gives rise to insight.

This retreat will be recorded and made available for on-demand viewing after the live sessions. On-demand videos will be available to registered participants for 90 days.

Meet Your Teacher

Tara Mulay

Tara Mulay’s teachings stem from the lineage of Mahasi Sayadaw. She has gratefully drawn influence from many other teachers within and outside of the Mahasi lineage, including Howard Cohn, Kamala Masters, Gil Fronsdal, Joseph Goldstein, Sayadaw U Tejaniya, and Ayya Anandabodhi. Tara practiced criminal defense law in California for over 20 years. She was a leader of Mission Dharma in San Francisco, and in 2016 she co-founded the San Francisco People of Color Insight Sangha. She remained a core teacher with the group until the spring of 2019, when she relocated to Western Massachusetts. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Insight World Aid. Tara is of South Asian (Indian) descent. She felt initially drawn to dharma practice upon encountering the Buddha’s teachings rejecting social caste as a measure of worth and of capacity for awakening. She believes classical Buddhist practices, designed to cultivate compassion, non-greed, non-hatred, and non-delusion, are uniquely potent vehicles for empowering people in marginalized communities and effecting social change.