Popularly known as Insight Meditation, Vipassanā (literally “seeing intensely”) is found in the early Buddhist texts as part of a contemplative balance as “seeing intensely with tranquility” samatho ca vipassanā. This contemplative endeavor is given by the Buddha as a combined practice of correct ethical behavior, meditation technique, and a disciplined awareness of the interaction experienced with mental-physical phenomena. This practice leads to the cultivation of knowledge (vijjā) of the causes (samudaya) of problematic and dissatisfying mental reactions (dukkha), and the release (nirodha) of them through the arising of wisdom (pañña).
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Our Vipassana Tradition Vipassana Practice Sutta Study Vipassana RetreatRegistration Now Open
Spring Residential Retreats with Rebecca Bradshaw
Weekend or Weeklong
May 8-10 or May 10-17, 2026
At the Jesuit Spiritual Center of Milford, Ohio
The Yellow Springs Dharma Center (YSDC) is pleased to announce two residential Vipassana retreats in 2026 with Rebecca Bradshaw from the Insight Meditation Society. The retreats are appropriate for meditators new to residential retreat practice and those more experienced. Participants may choose either retreat or combine them for a 9-day retreat experience.
Deep Attention: Nourishing and Balancing Our Ways of Knowing
In this retreat we will widen the ways that we know, leading to deeper and fuller attention to our vibrant human life. Connecting to our experience through the doorways of the mind, heart, and abdomen allows us to develop the Buddha’s freedom through being grounded here on earth as a caring and conscious being. Our exploration will unfold in the silence of retreat as we sit, walk, meet in small groups, practice qigong, and allow the beauty of the springtime landscape to support us in our journey to full embodiment.
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