Living the Essential Buddhist Teachings Retreat 2024

This past weekend, January 20th & 21st was a retreat on the core Buddhist teachings and precepts.  This was the second year of this popular program where Shao Shan Temple Formal Students were invited to select a topic that has been important in their life and present their experience working with a given precept or other foundational buddhist teaching.  This emphasized that these teachings are not abstract concepts but ways of being that we can all bring into our lives.

The weekend included several periods of meditation each day in addition to times of sharing and discussion, lunch and informal social time.