Scholarship Opportunity: Intimacy and Awakening: An Online Insight Meditation Retreat with David Chernikoff

This  teaching by Dogen Zenji, the founder of Soto Zen Buddhism, has profound  implications for how we understand ourselves and our world. In a  supportive, caring environment, we’ll explore these implications and the  ways in which they can inspire a heartfelt commitment to what Zen  teachings call the Great Way. A primary focus of the retreat will be the practice of sitting and walking meditation in silence.There  will be meditation  instruction and a dharma talk on the retreat theme.  In addition, we'll do some guided meditations and interactive exercises  that are designed to deepen our understanding of the role of intimacy  in our personal lives and in the process of spiritual awakening.Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.

A student of meditation since 1971, David has  completed the Community Dharma Leader training at Spirit Rock  Meditation Center and has been teaching Insight Meditation since 1988.  His teaching has been influenced by…