Silent Retreat with Ajahn Brahm at Jhana Grove (Cancelled due to COVID-19)

Take an inward journey . . . getting to know your mind, your emotions and learning to let go of the past and to stop worrying about the future. Ajahn Brahm will be leading this retreat with opportunities to have one-to-one interviews.

Live under the stars, amongst the trees and be in touch with yourself and nature. Vegetarain meals will be provided. Each room has an attached shower, sink and toilet. Please clean up before leaving,

This is a 8-precept silent retreat for people with PRIOR meditation experience.

Retreat Fees: $700 (includes accomodation, daily breakfast, lunch and tea break)

Please observe SILENCE in all areas of the retreat centre including inside the cottages.

PROGRAM

Friday

You may arrive on Friday from 3pm onwards, soup and bread will be available from 6pm-8pm.

Saturday to Saturday - subject to adjustments by Ajahn Brahm

6am Meditation

6:45am Breakfast plus lunch preparation - duties will be rostered

8am - Dhamma Talk

11am - Lunch

12pm - 2pm - Rest

2pm - 4pm - Walking & Sitting Meditation (self-practice)

4pm Sutta Class

5pm Tea Break

7pm Group Meditation

8pm - 9:30pm Evening Q&A Session

Saturday 3 Oct 2020

6am Meditation

6:45am Breakfast

8am - Dhamma Talk

11am - Lunch plus Clean Up for Kathina

1pm - 2pm Closing of Retreat

Chill out after that with one extra night stay to join Kathina Celebrations on 4 October 2020.

(The above is subject to change. Interview timings, if granted, will be announced at the retreat)

TRANSPORT

Air and land transport to and fro Perth airport to Jhana Grove are to be self arranged. You will be provided with a contact to make your OWN arrangements as retreatants are arriving on various flights and leaving at different times. Retreat and Kathina will end at 2pm. If you are using transport by Mark Ang on Kathina Day, please note that his transport from Jhana Grove will only be available from 2pm onwards. You may use Uber transport for other timings.

KATHINA

Kathina celebrations at Jhana Grove will be on 4 Oct and you are welcome to join. Preparations will commence in the morning after breakfast and end at about 3pm.

MEALS

All meals (breakfast, lunch and tea breal) provided are vegetarian. The meals will NOT be free of garlic, onion, eggs and milk products. You may eat an extra meal in the evening due to medical reasons.

If you need the extra meal or have special diets, you will need to bring your own supplies.

ACCOMMODATION

Participants will be assigned single ensuite rooms in mixed sex cottages. This being a silent retreat, requests to be accommodated in the same cottage as friends or relatives, or specific rooms will NOT be entertained except for medical reasons.

CHORES

Everyone has to pitch in to do chores: preparation of food, cleaning the dining hall and kitchen, sweeping the corridors, cleaning the toilets etc. If you are not used to doing the chores, this is an opportunity to learn a new skill.

CANCELLATION POLICY

Cancellations will be treated as donations. In other words, cancellations will NOT be entertained. This retreat will not be cancelled so once you have booked it, best not to change your mind.

Please purchase a travel policy instead to protect yourself against any financial loss due to cancellation for whatever reasons, flight delays especially if you are flying a budget airline or any unexpected situations.

Wishing ALL a Peaceful & Enlightening Retreat!