The Five Recollections: Online meditation retreat about aging, sickness, death, loss and karma

The Buddha encouraged people of all ages to undertake the frequent contemplation of “The Five Recollections” – aging, sickness, death, loss and karma – as a key practice leading to joy and liberation. In this retreat, we will bring our attention to this seeming paradox. We will explore how cultivating an intimate understanding of these great matters of life and death can help us face, and master, our fears.

This program will be held online via Zoom. All registrants will receive the link to join the program in their Order Confirmation email. Times are ET. 

Over time, with mindfulness and an open heart, we can come to see these conditions of impermanence from a perspective of gratitude. Turning towards the inevitability of change and loss – rather than denying them or turning away -- helps us to more fully appreciate the beauty and preciousness of a life inspired and guided by Dharma practice.

This program is appropriate for both new and experienced meditators. Our time together will include sitting meditation with instructions, talks and time for discussion and questions. Everyone is welcome.

Full and partial scholarships are available up to 72 hours before the start of the program.

Narayan Helen Liebenson is a guiding teacher at the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center where she has been teaching since it opened its doors in 1985. She is also one of the guiding teachers at IMS (the Insight Meditation Society) in Barre, Massachusetts. Narayan is the author of a small book entitled Life as Meditation, and The Magnanimous Heart; Compassion and Love, Loss and Grief, Joy and Liberation (Jan. 2019). Her training includes over 35 years in the Theravada tradition as well as ten years in the Chan tradition with the late Master Sheng-yen. She finds it a joy and a privilege to share the Buddha’s teachings with all who are interested.

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