Please join us for the Loving-Kindness Meditation Retreat with Venerable
Kai-Zhao at LBA's Amitabha Village Retreat Center on July 13th and 14th.
Venerable Kao-Zhao was ordained in Penang, Malaysia in 1987. Since then, he
has frequently visited prisons to bring the Buddhadharma to inmates and
therefore has been lauded as "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in the human world."
In this Loving-Kindness Meditation Retreat, participants will learn how to
treat oneself and others with loving-kindness and a mind that is soft and
at ease. Both beginners and experienced practitioners can benefit from this
practice with a clear sequence of progression.
According to Māhaprajñāparamitopadeśa (Treatise on the Larger Sutra on
Transcendent Wisdom), a practitioner who wishes to cultivate the
Immeasurable of Loving-Kindness should first make a vow: "May all beings be
happy." Then one takes the imagery of someone being happy and gathers one's
mind to meditate on it. The imagery will gradually be broadened to all
beings. It is like making a fire: one starts with things that can be easily
lit, such as hay and dried cow dung, and when the fire is sufficiently
fueled, it can burn even big wet logs. Metta samadhi is reached in the same
way: one starts with generating loving-kindness for one's family,
relatives, and good friends, and eventually one's loving-kindness will grow
to the point that one wishes happiness for even one's enemies.
Location: Amitabha Village Retreat Center (14796 Beardslee Rd. Perry,
Michigan 48872)
Time: 10 a.m., July 13 (Saturday) to 4 p.m., July 14 (Sunday)
(Note: This retreat will be conducted bilingually, with Ven. Kai-Zhao
speaking in Chinese and oral interpretation in English being offered
on-site.)
It is rare to hear the Buddhadharma, and it is rare to encounter good
spiritual teachers. Please seize this opportunity and partake in the Dharma
joy with your family and friends. Please register online *(click here to
register online<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEhxbGc3eUt5UGM1ajJtQUpNU2d6b0E6MA>)
*at www.lansingbuddhist.org
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Telephone: (517) 292-3110
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