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Tri-State Dharma With Leigh Brasington

Thu, Jul 10

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Oakwood Retreat Center

This retreat combines the two main elements of the Buddha’s model of liberation: cultivating the meditative absorptions (jhanas), which lead to calm and clarity, and using the concentrated mind to gain insight in the nature of reality.

Tri-State Dharma With Leigh Brasington
Tri-State Dharma With Leigh Brasington

Time & Location

Jul 10, 2025, 4:00 PM – Jul 20, 2025, 2:00 PM

Oakwood Retreat Center, 3801 S 575 E Rd, Selma, IN 47383, USA

About the event

This retreat combines the two main elements of the Buddha’s model of liberation: cultivating the meditative absorptions (jhanas), which lead to calm and clarity, and using the concentrated mind to gain insight in the nature of reality. We will not only look at the insight practices given in the famous Satipatthana Sutta, we will also delve extensively into the Buddha's teaching of the dependent co-origination (paticca-samuppada) of phenomena. This course is limited to those who have completed at least two one-week or longer silent vipassana retreats.


Leigh Brasington is a teacher of insight meditation who was the senior American student of the late Venerable Ayya Khema, who authorized him to teach the jhanas. Leigh has taught them, along with other insight practices, at well over one hundred residential retreats throughout the United States and Europe. He is casual and warm, and is skilled at providing individualized instruction during retreats. Leigh…


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